{"id":99,"date":"2011-01-31T19:42:27","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T03:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/31\/monday-magnoliophyte-chervil\/"},"modified":"2011-01-31T19:42:27","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T03:42:27","slug":"monday-magnoliophyte-chervil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/31\/monday-magnoliophyte-chervil\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Magnoliophyte: Chervil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chervil is an annual herb related to carrots and parsley. Primarily grown for seasoning mild dishes, like poultry, seafood, eggs, and soups, it is sometimes known as &#8220;gourmet&#8217;s parsley&#8221;. Native to the Caucasus, it was spread throughout the Roman Empire. Some types of chervil are grown as root vegetables (easy to understand given their relationship with carrots); though popular in the 1800&#8217;s, it is now virtually forgotten in all but French cuisine.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/imgs\/plants\/chervil.jpg\" alt=\"Chervil\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eudicots; Apiales; Apiaceae; <em>Anthriscus cerefolium<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Like many herbs, it is thought that chervil possesses many medical benefits, such as being a digestive aid or for lowering blood pressure. Supposedly, infusing it with vinegar cures hiccups, and it can be used as a slug repellant. For myself, I&#8217;ve always enjoyed chervil with eggs, and I find that to be its natural flavor setting. I&#8217;m growing my first batch now, and am eager to try it fresh from the plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chervil is an annual herb related to carrots and parsley. Primarily grown for seasoning mild dishes, like poultry, seafood, eggs, and soups, it is sometimes known as &#8220;gourmet&#8217;s parsley&#8221;. Native to the Caucasus, it was spread throughout the Roman Empire. Some types of chervil are grown as root vegetables (easy to understand given their relationship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}