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79. Basil and Tomato (Cont.)
The ancients regarded basilico as a sacred plant, to be cut only with specially designed instruments, made of pure metals, after proper rituals had been performed. Legend has it that Saint Helena discovered the "true Cross" under a basil patch, further sanctifying the herb for Christians.
No Italian garden is complete without enough tomato plants and fresh basil to perform the celestial marriage again and again. Their union is a distillation of the essential flavors of Italy-sweet, earthy, pungent, and lingering .
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