What is the lavender?

Lavender or Lavandula is a herb in the Mint family, which is primarily employed for its fragrance in the garden and personal care products, but is also found in culinary use. Various varieties are sometimes categorized as English, French, Italian and Spanish lavender.

cultivation

This plant grows to a height of one to three feet (30 to 90 cm). Its blue to lilac -colored flowers bloom from July to September. It is best in light soil and with a lot of sun and can be easily grown from seed or cuttings or seedlings. To dry, harvest the buds when barely open and spread in a dark, well-ventilated place.

culinary use

lavender was considered a characteristic only for Provencal Cuisine and is included as one of the voters Herbes de Provence , along with Chevil, Marjoram, Rosemary, Spicy, Estragon, Type and sometimes Fenis. Innovative chefs recently expanded their reach in The Kitchen. ManE be used to produce many different types of desserts and other sweet objects, including jelly, lemonade, crème brick, ice creams and biscuits. It can also be used in spicy meals and salad dressing, goat goat and as a spice for poultry.

Further use

Outside the kitchen, it can be used to smell of laundry and clothing in bags, pomanders and other dried arrangements. As a general aroma of air is also available as incense. Lavender oil is also used as a fragrance component in shampoo, hair gel, soap, bubble bath, bathroom, perfume and other products. It is also used as an antiseptic.

alerts

It is important to clearly mark the culinary lavender and not to replace personal care products or other lavender products in recipes. It was also recommended that young boys avoid personal hygiene products containing lavender because it resulted inGynecomastia, unusual breast development in boys. Please check any concern with a medical professional.

History

The name lavender is derived from the Latin lavare , which means "wash". The Romans used this plant to the scent of their baths and also discovered its healing properties. They introduced it to Britain during their early times. This maternal Rhyme, first printed at the end of the 17th century, is reported to refer to the cultivation of this herb near London at that time:

lavender blue,
Dilly, dilly,
Lavender's Green.
When I am a king,
Dilly, dilly,
You'll be a queen.