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Olga:
Three month ago I bought some dill seeds for planting and planted it into very good and expensive dirt and... no success :fighting0025: I don't know why. In Russia dill grows everywhere especially where you don't want :'(
andrewfi:
Hmmm...
Just shows to go you...
For Russians, salt and pepper are spices. :)
Dill is, last I looked, a herb.
Olga:
--- Quote from: andrewfi on February 06, 2008, 09:45:34 AM ---
Dill is, last I looked, a herb.
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andrewfi,
Nobody argue about it :)
--- Quote from: Olga on November 29, 2007, 02:39:57 PM ---
The herb dill (Anethum graveolens) has medicinal effects.
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ForgeMaster:
Herb to me implies that it has medicinal effects, as Olga's definition stated that is one of the purposes of dill.
Spice is something that we add to food to change the taste of it.
I honestly do not remember the last time I added dill to food for its medicinal properties, nor do I know what those properties are. I do know that it changes the flavor of things like soup, potato salad, stuffed peppers, and pickles.
Sometimes the worlds of medicine and spices overlap, but I did not intend for this to be the case here.
This brings up another question I have as I visit other cultures: Do Russians use spices/herbs for their medicinal properties? I have visited India Indians where the lady of the house has a closet the size of a small room full of spice shlelves. They can tell you exactly the effect that each of these bottles will have on food, taste and the person eating it. Are there Russians who have remembered the herbology/spiceology of the past?
:reading:
FM
Olga:
--- Quote from: ForgeMaster on February 06, 2008, 01:49:12 PM --- Do Russians use spices/herbs for their medicinal properties?
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Yes we do and we even use vegetables for medical treatment :)
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