Chive Talkin'

It's not even June, and my chives have already gone a little crazy. So tell me...is it too late to use them for cooking? Should I have said "off with their heads" last week?



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Aside from being the subject of more childish gags with googly eyes, chives serve many useful purposes:

- Chives are one of the "fines herbes" of French cuisine, which also include tarragon, chervil and/or parsley.

- The violet flowers are often used in ornamental dry bouquets.

- Chives have a beneficial effect on the circulatory system, acting upon it by lowering the blood pressure.

- Chives are also rich in vitamins A and C and contain trace amounts of sulfur and iron.

- The Romans believed chives could relieve the pain from sunburn or a sore throat.

- It was believed that bunches of dried chives hung around a house would ward off disease and evil.

-The growing plant repels unwanted garden insects, such as Japanese beetles.

- Its flowers are attractive to bees, which are important for gardens with an abundance of plants in need of pollination.


~ From "Chives" Wikipedia