Strange pesto - win or fail?

[Disaster]

I'll eat any pesto variety. Sometimes it's nice straight from the jar

 

[equationgirl]

Pesto is vile. Yeuch.

 

[lynne8]

It's not, believe me

It's so bland as to be almost tasteless.

Bog standard green pesto does for me - I only ever have it about once a month, with some linguine and black olives. It serves as a quick tasty cheapo meal.

too bad, I'll stick with the original then, my friend's mom grows masses of basil and if I hang around her house long enough looking sad and underprivileged she usually gives me 3 or 4 big jars of her homemade pesto. (this works for homemade wine and grappa too..)

 

[Negativland]

Homemade pesto is a totally difft thing from jarred. The ingredients are expensive - but when it's done right it is about the best thing you can put on pasta. Fucking love pine nuts.

 

[Delia]

I am obsessed with Naked Organics basil with chunks of feta an dcashew dip. It is so beautiful. Had it last night for dinner stirred through pasta, today I spread it on bread and made salad sandwichs, there is nothing it can't do.

 

[no-no]

All pesto has a whiff of dog poo about it.yuck

 

[May Kasahara]

I like red and green pesto, not interested in the rest. Red pesto is a useful ingredient in at least two of my favourite recipes (a bean bake thing and potato+onion tart), and green pesto is brilliant as a condiment. I don't often use either of them with pasta anymore.

 

[Rohen]

I make pesto with just basil and hard cheese and oil I miss out the nuts

It tastes just as good

seriously