Finish the following sentence with the best choice: To chop rosemary into a powder,

Choices:
- put the whole branch of rosemary on a cutting board, and using a chef's knife, cut the rosemary into the cutting board over and over again, scooping pieces back into a pile repeatedly to cut them smaller each time.
- removing the leaves from the stem, place them on a cutting board flat, and using a chef's knife, cut them into the cutting board over and over again, scooping leaves back into a pile repeatedly to cut the pieces smaller each time.

Answer:
removing the leaves from the stem, place them on a cutting board flat, and using a chef's knife, cut them into the cutting board over and over again, scooping leaves back into a pile repeatedly to cut the pieces smaller each time.