What is the sage?

Sage is a herb with elongated gray green leaves used in cooking and herbal medicine. The herb has a pungent, slightly astringent, slightly bitter to pepper flavor that accentuates many foods, including baking, soups, salty sauces and stuffing. It is also used in extracts and tea to improve digestive problems and to regulate the menstrual cycle. Extracts and concentrated sage should prevent pregnant women because the herb stimulates the uterine contractions and people susceptible to convulsions and seizures because it contains a compound that can cause convulsions. Studies have also shown that Sage has a compound that can improve memory, although it would be necessary to consume a large amount. This variety is originally from southern and Eastern Europe and has been included in regional European cuisine for centuries. It has been widely grown in other parts of the world as a spice and is easily accessible in dried form in most markets. Shops with a selection of fresh culinary herbs usually also carry fresh leaves, although jIt is one of the few culinary herbs that have a more intense and concentrated taste after drying. If the chefs buy dried sage, they should keep it in a cold dark place in an airtight container to keep it tasty.

All sage leaves can be included in food to add taste and texture, or the herb can be used in crushed or powder form. In both cases, this should be used at the discretion, as the taste may be intense and a slightly flavored bowl can be amazed by the bitterness in the sage, which differs depending on the season and what diversity is consumed. This herb is particularly excellent with oily cuts of meat and can be included with roast, pushed, grilled or used as friction along with a mixture of other spices.

Sage is relatively easy to grow and will thrive in most environments, if it is sunny, well -drained soil. The plant prefers to completely dry outBefore it is re -connected, and the low shrub will produce purple flowers at the height of summer. Since the sage is permanent, it will return year after year, although in the autumn it may begin to look slightly paddy; It can be cut back closer to the ground for the winter when the gardeners winter the garden.