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    227 days ago

    Coleus amboinicus -> Plectranthus amboinicus and I’m back to having no coleus, I’ll never forgive

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      225 days ago

      Looked it up because I hadn’t heard of it. Wikipedia say the following:

      Common names in English include Indian borage, country borage, French thyme, Indian mint, Mexican mint, Cuban oregano, broad leaf thyme, soup mint, Spanish thyme.

      What? So does it taste like a mix of borage, thyme, mint and oregano?? Sure, they are all Lamiaceae (except for borage), but they have wildly different aromas!

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        325 days ago

        There are something like twelve common names in english, it was introduced to me as “oregano brujo” (wizard’s oregano). It’s most strongly oregano in its aerosol phenols but when I’ve used it in meals (usually in a slow cooker) it’s got notes of the thymol that come through.