MB>Thanks for all the info. One more question can you just use a
MB>leave or two in ice tea to sweeten it, or do you have to do
MB>something with it before you use it?
  Marilyn,
  Most instructions call for drying the leaves, then crumbling them into
  whatever you want sweetened. The fresh herb has a bit of a "green"
  taste, if you know what I mean. Drying eliminates that. However, an
  alternate method I've heard (never used) is to nibble on a green leaf,
  then take a swallow of your beverage.
   The leaves dry easily if the humidity isn't too high.
                     ...Sandra...
---
 * QMPro 1.52 * Gene Police...... YOU!!  Out of the pool!  NOW!!
--- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 
---------------