OCR Text |
Show TIPS t0 (jardeners Know Your Herbs - OERBS are becoming more popular each year because they are easy to grow and help make everyday dishes more appetizing ap-petizing and flavorful. Here are important facts about the more important herbs which you can grow in your backyard garden: Anise Seeds used to flavor bread, cake, cookies, candy; green leaves good for flavoring salad. Borage Leaves and flowers give unusual tang to fruit drinks and are good salad garnish; blossoms blos-soms good cut flowers. Caraway Seeds used to flavor bread, cake, cookies, cheeses, baked apples. Chives Young leaves eaten like onions, or cut up to flavor soups and salads. Dill Seeds and leaves used for making dill pickles. Sweet fennel Fresh stems eaten eat-en like celery or used in salads; bulb at base eaten raw or cooked; leaves add flavor to sauces and soups. Marjoram Used for seasoning poultry dressing; young leaves good for soups and salads; makes attractive house plant. Sage Excellent in meat and poultry dressings. |