Heck no...must have been misinformed, as both of those herbs are fine any way you fix them, dried, fresh, frozen, etc. Enjoy!Enjoy! Enjoy! Lynn

Yeah, they were probably just saying that usually drived chives and basil aren't as flavorful. However, I find that home-grown and carefully dried basil is pretty darned good (doesn't have that fresh basil flavor though) and dried chives are pretty good too. Store bought isn't worth the money though!

Of course you can dry anything! But the others are right - both basil and chives are best frozen, because both lose a lot of flavour on drying - especially chives.

Penzey's sells good dried chives and basil - but it still doesn't measure up to fresh or frozen. The dried stuff has a faint taste of hay no matter how carefully dried. Of course, good hay doesn't taste bad!

Next time instead of drying your chives and basil, wash them thoroughly and then spin dry in a salad spinner. Pack tightly into a freezer zip lock bag, squish the air out and freeze. Tastes close to fresh and its a lot less work than drying. Having said that, I like a few bundles of dried herbs hanging in my kitchen for decoration. I just don't consider them as cooking value due to dust, etc.