Powder of Savoury Herbs

Ingredients

• Fresh herbs
• Appropriate spices
• Celery seed
• Dried lemon peel

Instructions

1. Gather herbs in fine weather; clear them from dirt and decayed leaves.
2. Dry them quickly but without scorching in a Dutch oven before the fire, or in any other gentle heat.
3. Strip the leaves from the stalks.
4. Pound the leaves into a fine powder.
5. Sift the powder.
6. If desired, add appropriate spices, celery seed, and dried lemon peel, all in fine powder, and mix together.
7. Closely cork the powder in separate bottles, or combine several kinds of herbs together for convenience.