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Oregano – joy of the mountain!

Though it seems just like yesterday, it was in fact 40 years ago that I spent a week walking the hills of Crete.
A striking memory is the aromatic scents that rose all around us as we crushed wild thyme and oregano underfoot. The oregano was ‘rigani’, origanum vulgare (hirtum). Bit of a gob-full, I suppose, but the last name (hirtum) is pretty important.

Green beans

Useful to know – green beans

Beware of out of season beans sold in tinted plastic bags – it’s a scam to enhance their green colour.

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