What is Caraway?

The herb is a plant whose leaves, seeds or flowers are used to flavor food or in medicine. Other uses of herbs include cosmetics, dyes and perfumes. The name comes from the Latin Herba , which means "green crops".

Caraway ( Carum Carvi ) is used as vegetables, as well as herb and comes from the same family, apiaceae, as a dill, anise and cumin. Some of the tribe names, such as German kãmmel , tend to create confusion because they come from the root word that refers to a similar herb, cumin. The English and the Dutch call Caraway as wild cumin / wilde komijn . In Icelandic is cumin kummin , while Kasaway is kãmerin .

History. with the news that its use lasted 5,000 years, Caraway was certainly used in 1552 B.C. In Thebes, as shown in a medical record of papyrus. It is also reportedly one of the first spices used in Europe.

Descriptionn. as well as other members of her family, Caraway is a tall plant with gloomy green leaflets. It grows to a height of 1½ to 4 feet (0.46 to 1.22 meters). Flowers are white and fruits that look like ribs and are often incorrectly referred to as seed, gray-green or greenish brown.

horticulture. Cumin prefers a sunny and dry place.

food and other use. karawy is used to flavor breads and cakes, especially rye bread and Irish soda bread, cabbage and other cabbage and steamed meals. It is the primary flavor of liqueur Kummel and in Aquavit, sometimes described as a type of flavored vodka.

protection. The head of the flower should be collected after they have died, but trim some stem so you can tie them and hang them. During the drying process, some seeds may fall so it is good to place under the container plant orpaper to catch them. Shaking the heads of the flowers release the remaining seeds after completion of drying.