THE CULINARY HERBS

I learned that herbs like thyme and chervil can be used to the kitchen  , it is called as culinary herbs. Culinary herbs are the fresh or dried leaves of herbaceous plants that are used as a food flavoring. There are literally hundreds of plants that can be grown for this purpose. Some of the more popular commercially grown herbs include cilantro (Coriandrum sativum), chives (Allium schoenoprasum), dill (Anthum graveolens), French tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus), horseradish (Armoracia rusticana), mint (Mentha spp.), oregano (Origanum vulgare), parsley (Petroselinum spp.), rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), sage (Salvia officinalis), sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum), and thyme (Thymus vulgaris).These herbs are food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring . The leaves and sometimes stems of a group of aromatic, non-woody plants used in cooking The same and additional plants are also used medicinally. Culinary herbs are used to impart aromatic quality to food either individually or in a mixture. The flavour comes from the oil stored in the leaves , which is released when the herb is crushed, chopped or heated. Particular herb suit different styles of cooking and every cuisines has its favourite herbs. We used the thyme as ingredient to our egg omelet and the chervil for our cucumber salad . The thyme is a genus of Eurasian mints with small pungent aromatic leaves , we used this as mixed ingredient to our omelet and its has aroma that gave the dish good smell . The chervil is also aromatic herbs , we used this as seasoning to our cucumber and then add mayonnaise.  I learned the different kind of culinary herbs like chervil, dill,thyme, borage , tarragon . I learned also there uses and how to make this kind of dishes .