AllenOK
Executive Chef
I planted several plants this year, then one of my neighbors gave me a HUGE plant she had in a pot. It was looking kind of sick. I figured it just needed to be moved into either a bigger pot, or planted in the ground, which I promptly did. It took off after a couple of weeks.
I must have picked over a pound of leaves today. I took it all into work, spread them out onto six full-size commercial sheet pans, and dried them in our hot-box. Then, I ran them through a commercial Robocoup to process them. I ended up with 172 g (a little over 6 oz) of Sage. This ought to last me a full year.
I did a little checking at Wal-Mart tonight. They have sage in three different bottles, two by McCormick, and one other brand. The two McCormick are chopped Sage Leaves, and Rubbed Dalmation Sage. The leaves run $3.97/12 g, or 33¢/gram. The Rubbed Sage runs $4.12/17 g, or 24¢/gram. The other stuff, the really cheap stuff (not sure on the brand), is ground really fine, and runs 50¢/35 g (1 1/4 oz), or 1.4¢/gram. so, depending on which one I would buy (if I was buying), I saved myself $56.76 for Sage Leaves, $41.28 for Rubbed Sage, or $2.41 for the cheap junk.
Now, the Sage I processed is somewhere between Rubbed Sage and the powdered cheap junk. Either way you look at it, though, I'm rather pleased to have saved myself a sizable chunk of change for a large quantity of home-grown Sage.
I must have picked over a pound of leaves today. I took it all into work, spread them out onto six full-size commercial sheet pans, and dried them in our hot-box. Then, I ran them through a commercial Robocoup to process them. I ended up with 172 g (a little over 6 oz) of Sage. This ought to last me a full year.
I did a little checking at Wal-Mart tonight. They have sage in three different bottles, two by McCormick, and one other brand. The two McCormick are chopped Sage Leaves, and Rubbed Dalmation Sage. The leaves run $3.97/12 g, or 33¢/gram. The Rubbed Sage runs $4.12/17 g, or 24¢/gram. The other stuff, the really cheap stuff (not sure on the brand), is ground really fine, and runs 50¢/35 g (1 1/4 oz), or 1.4¢/gram. so, depending on which one I would buy (if I was buying), I saved myself $56.76 for Sage Leaves, $41.28 for Rubbed Sage, or $2.41 for the cheap junk.
Now, the Sage I processed is somewhere between Rubbed Sage and the powdered cheap junk. Either way you look at it, though, I'm rather pleased to have saved myself a sizable chunk of change for a large quantity of home-grown Sage.