Basil!!

I searched high and low through the internet to find a sound bite or a video clip of Sybil from Fawlty Towers shouting, 'BASIL!'.  

I couldn't find one, so you will just have to read the title of this post in that vein.  

Sometimes life here can be a little Flowery Twats.

The Cook decided today to pick the basil and make several big batches of pesto for the freezer.

One batch was very bitter and she couldn't work out why.

That was until she pointed out the plant she had picked the leaves from.

For your information, capsicum leaves 
make a very unsatisfactory pesto.

I suppose, looking at these photos, I can see how she made the error...except there was huge green capsicum on the plant she picked from.

You may think the one on the right is not basil, but it is.  

I bought it as a seedling this season and it was labeled 'perennial basil'.

Its leaves are a little hairy and not as shiny as sweet basil so it isn't so good torn into a salad.  

But it has a good hearty basil flavour and makes great pesto.

I am wondering if it will die down in the winter.

Thank goodness, The Cook is better in the kitchen than Manuel!