We Discover Lovage….. Click-mill Talk…...From The RSPB…..
by Bernie Bell - 08:19 on 10 June 2024
We Discover Lovage….
Our neighbour has a Lovage plant which a friend brought with him from South when visiting recently. I’d heard of Lovage, but never tasted it. Steve gave me a sprig to taste, and I like it! A bit like aniseed, with hints of celery (funnily enough, as I dislike celery). It’s a strong taste, so not much would be needed in cooking.
We had Lidl Lentil, Tomato and Smoked Paprika soup for lunch, chopped up the sprig of Lovage in it, and it worked well – though we’d only used a small amount we could taste it.
We’re now thinking of all the meals that it could be a good addition to – risotto, sprinkled on a curry as you would Coriander, and in tomatoey soups and stews similar to the tinned soup we had from Lidl. In fact - looking at the ingredients and thinking about the end result, it should be possible to make our own soup – in which we’d include Lovage!
The question is, where do we get a Lovage plant from? Mike remembers seeing Scots Lovage growing wild at Marwick and the Dam O’ Hoxa – Google tells us that it’s very similar to, but milder than, the cultivated variety. We’ll forage some and try it then maybe, at the right time of year, collect some seeds and try growing our own.
Old though we are, there are still new tasty things to be discovered!
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Click-mill Talk…
This looks good…..
https://www.orkney.com/events/click-mill-drop-in-talk
My tuppenceworths re. Mills…
https://theorkneynews.scot/2018/05/19/orkney-mills/
https://theorkneynews.scot/2021/09/09/breck-to-bu-and-back-again/
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