Thyme, Spice
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a culinary and medicinal herb in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to southern Europe, and the Mediterranean region. It is also known as French thyme, Garden thyme and Common thyme. Thyme is a aromatic, low-growing, perennial herbaceous subshrub, 15-20 cm tall. The leaves are small, curled, elliptical, gray-green on top and underside whitish color. It bears small, pale pink to purple flowers, and quadruplet nutlet fruits. Thyme adds an aromatic flavor to sauces, stews, salads, soups, breads, vegetable, poultry, meat dishes, stuffings, jellies and desserts. Thyme contains essential oils - thymol and carvacrol. Thymol is used to treat hookworm in the United States, and also to control varroa mites and prevent fermentation and the growth of mould in bee colonies. It is also used as a preservative in halothane, an anaesthetic, and as an antiseptic in Listerine mouthwash.  Thyme Author: Donovan Govan (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported) | ||
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