Chervil, Where have you been all my life?

raymondo master gardener Posts: 2,101	Chervil, Where have you been all my life? Apr 10, 2013 3:27:44 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by raymondo on Apr 10, 2013 3:27:44 GMT -5 It's used a lot in French cuisine, often where you'd see parsley, especially with eggs, particularly flans, potato soups, fish, salads of shredded vegetables, epsecially cabbage and/or carrot.
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mayz Seasoned vet Posts: 270	Chervil, Where have you been all my life? Apr 10, 2013 4:44:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mayz on Apr 10, 2013 4:44:21 GMT -5 in Belgian cuisine too... chervil makes the best soup in my opinion : 2onions 1zucc (to thicken) and one bucket of chervil ...delicious
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kevin8715 gardener Posts: 237	Chervil, Where have you been all my life? Apr 19, 2014 18:29:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kevin8715 on Apr 19, 2014 18:29:52 GMT -5 Just wondering, is this crop shade tolerant? I have two raised beds in the back slowly being taken over by a passion fruit vine.
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oxbowfarm master gardener Posts: 1,988	Chervil, Where have you been all my life? Apr 20, 2014 8:25:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by oxbowfarm on Apr 20, 2014 8:25:25 GMT -5 The seed is cheap, doesn't hurt to try. It is very cool season, so your window in FL is likely over for this year, or will be very soon.

steev master gardener Posts: 8,803	Chervil, Where have you been all my life? Apr 20, 2014 23:22:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steev on Apr 20, 2014 23:22:38 GMT -5 So that sounds like chervil may be used more like greens (as substance) than herbs (for flavor).
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oxbowfarm master gardener Posts: 1,988	Chervil, Where have you been all my life? Apr 21, 2014 6:37:45 GMT -5 12540dumont likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by oxbowfarm on Apr 21, 2014 6:37:45 GMT -5 I think its pretty solidly a culinary herb.

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Chervil, Where have you been all my life? Mar 27, 2015 13:04:02 GMT -5

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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 27, 2015 13:04:02 GMT -5

Oxbow, the Chervil is doing fantastic. Please feel free to suggest other herbs. I was so jazzed by these that I went out and bought Sensoposai seeds.

Chervil Mayo on fresh farm artichokes. I think I may be in culinary heaven.

I also started some seasame and cumin...both plants I have never grown before.

Anyone growing Fenugreek/Methi? I'd sure love to hear about it.

In the baskets are fennel bulbs....

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templeton master gardener Box-ironbark forests of central Victoria. Skeletal sedimentary soil, 500mm rainfall Posts: 1,713	Chervil, Where have you been all my life? Mar 27, 2015 18:14:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by templeton on Mar 27, 2015 18:14:19 GMT -5 I thought i was growing fenugreek, but just googled images, and mine has deep purple flowers, so dunno what it is. T
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Chervil, Where have you been all my life? Mar 28, 2015 4:13:51 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by Al on Mar 28, 2015 4:13:51 GMT -5

I succumbed.
Generally I try & be pretty strict with myself about sticking to hardy plants, but I could not resist ordering a curry leaf plant having convinced myself there is room by the kitchen window. This is Murraya koenigii, a South Asian culinary herb also known as sweet neem, not to be confused with the curry plant which smells great but is no use in the kitchen.
Dried curry leaf is not impressive so I hope the fresh ones will be better. Also ordered Camelia sinensis, a tea bush, which might be hardy in Scotland. A Scottish grower recently won an award for best tea in the world, yours to try for £10 a pot.
Now to try chervil, fresh greenery in winter sounds good.

nathanp Seasoned vet Posts: 263	Chervil, Where have you been all my life? Mar 29, 2015 22:19:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nathanp on Mar 29, 2015 22:19:40 GMT -5 My chervil came up as soon as the snow melted last week, beating the garlic out. It also reseeds itself around in different places of my garden. Two inches of snow last night didn't harm it either.