ARE YOU GETTING YOUR FIVE (HERBS) A DAY ?
ANISE ~ always a star
BASIL ~ keep cool in a jar
CHICHORY ~ needed to flavour Coffee
DEMERERA SUGAR ~ Toffee !
ELECITARIA CARDAMON ~ Curry
FENNEL ~ cool not in a hurry !
GARNISH Salad with garden weeds
HELIANTHUS ~ Poppy Seeds
ICE ~ added to drink for cooling zip
JUELEANS REGIA ~ Walnut Whip !
K is a VITAMIN to keep you well-ery
LOVAGE ~ lovely tastes like Celery
MELLISA ~ tasty Lemon Balm
NASTURSIUM leaves wont do you no harm !
OLIVES ~ Coloured versatile
PARSLEY SAUCE ~ makes all Fish smile
QUATRE SAISONS ~ French herb ballad
ROSE HIP JELLY ~ great with Salad ?
SALAD BURNET ~ Cuc-umber taste
TURMERIC ~ used in Curry paste
UNCLE BENS SPICED RICE ~ fantastic flavour
VIOLETTA PASTE ~ gives taste & colour
WATER ~ keeps our cuisine fluid
XYLOPHONIC NOTES ~ mixed herbs from Druid !
YINGA BOOBA ~ is a stinger
ZINGERBER is the source of GINGER !
Thanks for tasting ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN🧡🧡🧡
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Mmm rose hip and crab apple jelly - great on toast but haven't had it for many years. Not heard of yinga booba - can you enlighten me? And poppy seeds (papaver) /helianthus not sure of the connection. Anyway enjoyed the write - there is much out there growing wild that we fail to make full use of.
Thanks UNCLE MIKE ~ Healianthus (from HELIOS = SUN) are Sun Flower seeds ! YINGA BOOBA isa bit more obcure BOOBA is an African Word for GRANDMA and YINGA refers to Ginger ! So it is Grandmas Ginger Spice (not Gerry Halliwell) ! Its 4 pm here and Ive just finished teaching ! Its 5 am (Friday) in Auckland so Angela ~ I presume is still fast asleep in her BED ! Work & sleep do interfere with MPS ~ Yours as always BRIAN
Yes I can see that Helianthus seeds are sun flower seeds but wasn't sure of the connection to poppy seeds although I guess they are similar. Love the idea of Grandmas Ginger Spice.
A tasty write B&A.
THANKS UNCLE MIKE ~ PLEASED YOU SAVOURD IT ~ Yours as always ~ BRIAN !
Uncle Steve here. lol.
So many herbs so little time. I have only used half of this batch.
Well UNCLE ANDY ~ Angela is a great one for Herbs & Spices in Spanish & Mexican cuisine. In the Flat she shares with Ruth (when in the UK) she has lots of ADDITIVES for us to expeirment with !
Love THROUGH Cooking to You & Joyce ~
BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Glad you included the humble nastursium in your interesting list of herbs Brian - - they have such a tangy taste with most salads....... great little read to remind us of what lies free to be gratefully picked.
THANKS FAY ~ My Mum lovs the taste of NASTURSIUM ! She picks them from the garden ~ removes caterpillarswashes & slices them into salads ! Tangy mustard taste ! Yours as always BRIAN The Herbalist !
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