Home grown Sage and Dill used in various dishes
Sage provides a strong dry flavor with a bitter tang ideal for sausages goose pork stuffing veal and game. Dill flowers seeds and leaves are used for pickles cakes fish sauces and salads, enhancing vegetables and eggs.
American growers chase authentic European herbs supply
American producers seek to duplicate Mediterranean herbs like sage oregano rosemary and thyme as labor shortages push prices up. McCormick and Spice Islands explore large scale domestic cultivation while Mexican oregano gains use in place of Greek imports.
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Mediterranean
B.H. Kaestner
McCormick Spice Company
Izmir
Turkey
Athens
Kaestner
McCormick and Spice Islands
California
Thomas Burns
American Spice Trade Association
Burns
Mexico
McCormick’s
Oats and Broccoli quiche and oat crust desserts
A collection of oat based recipes includes a broccoli quiche with ham and Swiss cheese baked in a pastry crust. Another dish combines oats nuts flour and butter to form a rich crust then serves with ice cream and strawberries.
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Cindy Cullen Chapman
Samuel Johnson
National Oats Company
England
Scotland
Nina Swan
Cedar Rapids
Swan
Sarah Fritschner
Washington Post