MORE HERBS & SPICES ~ BRIAN ~ An ABC Rhyming Acrostic !

ANGELA & BRIAN



 

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🧡🧡🧡   

 

 

 

 

  • Author: ANGELA & BRIAN (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: January 17th, 2019 03:23
  • Category: Nature
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Comments4

  • Michael Edwards

    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.

    • ANGELA & BRIAN

      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

      • Michael Edwards

        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.

      • orchidee

        A tasty write B&A.

        • ANGELA & BRIAN

          THANKS UNCLE MIKE ~ PLEASED YOU SAVOURD IT ~ Yours as always ~ BRIAN !

          • orchidee

            Uncle Steve here. lol.

          • Goldfinch60

            So many herbs so little time. I have only used half of this batch.

            • ANGELA & BRIAN

              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 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

            • Fay Slimm.

              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.

              • ANGELA & BRIAN

                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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