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A Gourmet Seasoning Kitchen GardenThe Best Gourmet Meal Begins In Your Own Garden
Prepare ultimately delectable gourmet dishes with herbs, vegetables and spices harvested from your own gourmet seasoning garden or gourmet kitchen garden.
Where would the world be without seasoning and spice? Bring out the true gourmet in you by planting your own gourmet seasoning and kitchen garden this year. It can be a kitchen garden right out your back door. Or it can be a patio garden, a container garden, a window box garden, a square foot garden (raised bed gardening), a rooftop garden, or a part of your regular vegetable garden. Wherever it’s planted, the gourmet seasoning garden should succeed in pleasing the gourmet cook’s palate! The Onion Family: AlliaceaeA seasoning kitchen garden contains: garlic (Allium sativum L.), which is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. A significant benefit of many herbs, spices, and vegetables is their potential value for medicinal purposes (in addition to being a flavorful seasoning). A seasoning kitchen garden should also contain the close relatives of garlic—the onion, shallot, scallions, and leek. Don’t forget the smallest member of the onion family, delicious and delicately flavored chives (Allium schoenoprasum). Genus Capsicum (Hot Peppers)The seasoning and gourmet kitchen garden also contains members of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), such as Cayenne Peppers, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, more commonly known as chili peppers (of the genus Capsicum), and the close relatives of bell pepper, jalapeno and pimento. These are all native of Mexico but now cultivated worldwide. Widely used in spicy dishes and often dried and crushed into a fiery spice, the peppers are attractive and flavorful when added whole to apple cider vinegar in decorative glass jars. Herbs in the Gourmet GardenThe seasoning and gourmet kitchen garden might contain: Herbs such as Dill (Anethum graveolens), Marjoram (Origanum majorana, Lamiaceae), Sage (Salvia officinalis), Basil (Ocimum basilicum), Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), Thyme (Thymus vulgaris), Mint (Mentha) and Spearmint (M. spicata). Plant your favorites --herbs are a must for the gourmet kitchen garden! Italian Seasoning GardenIf Italian dishes are your favorites, plant an Italian seasoning garden. An Italian Seasoning garden blend such as is used to create tomato sauce would include items such as oregano (O. majoricum), basil, thyme, marjoram, rosemary, summer or winter savory (Satureja) and sage. Also, remember the garlic and onion family in your Italian seasoning garden! Ginger SpiceIf you like ginger ale, ginger bread, ginger snap cookies, or other Western cuisine sweet specialties, then growing Ginger (the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale) in your kitchen seasoning garden is a must! Originally from southern China where it flavors such dishes as seafood and mutton, ginger spice has spread the globe and is used widely in Indian cuisine, especially curries. China continues to lead world production of Ginger. The Definition of GourmetThe definition of gourmet is: “A gourmet is a person with a discriminating palate and who is knowledgeable in fine food and drink…It is often used as an adjective for meals of especially high quality, whose makers or preparers have used especial effort or art in presentation or cooking the meal, or for facilities equipped for preparing such meals, such as a restaurant. Gourmet is often used to modify another noun: gourmet cooking; gourmet restaurants.” (Source: Wikipedia) A gourmet herb and kitchen garden can provide you with countless delectable dishes that will be the rave of all your friends, seasoned to magnificent perfection. Whether you're a frugal gourmet or simply a perfectionist, nothing ever tastes better than homemade gourmet dishes prepared with fresh herbs, vegetables and spices straight from your own gourmet kitchen garden.
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