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4 unusual facts about Thyme


Charles Hopkins-Thyme

He styles himself “Success Counselor” and according to media articles he has worked with among others Jennifer Lopez.

Illa Conillera

The land is rocky and arid which supports very little vegetation apart from such shrubs and herbs as Rosemary, Thyme and Rue, which grow in abundance here.

Illa de s'Espartar

Other vegetation includes such shrubs and herbs as Rosemary, Thyme and Rue, which grow in abundance here.

Poor's Allotment

The calcareous limestone grassland includes a range of fescue species and herbs such as Rock Rose, Thyme, Stemless Thistle, Salad Burnet and Bird's-foot Trefoil.


Baklava

"The Taste for Layered Bread among the Nomadic Turks and the Central Asian Origins of Baklava", in A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East (ed. Sami Zubaida, Richard Tapper), 1994.

Café de Paris sauce

The Paris newspaper Le Monde reports that the sauce as served by Le Relais de Venise – L'Entrecôte is made from chicken livers, fresh thyme and thyme flowers, full cream (19 percent butterfat), white Dijon mustard, butter, water, salt, and pepper.

Gardening in restricted spaces

The University of Maryland Cooperative Extension recommends media depth of four to six inches for things like leaf greens, Asian greens, mustards, garlic, radish, basil, cilantro, thyme, mint, and marjoram.

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

A Colonial Herb and Flower Garden, having plants common to Washington's time, such as thyme, sage, basil, and other herbs, flowers such as hollyhocks, forget-me-nots, and roses, as well as trees and bushes that date to Washington's time, may be viewed.

Golden-cheeked Warbler

Susan Wittig Albert uses the golden-cheeked warbler as a plot device in her 1992 novel Thyme of Death.

Herbero

The plants used in the production of herbero include at least four of the following: sage, chamomile, pennyroyal, lemon verbena, the root of the blessed thistle, peppermint, cattail, fennel, anise, melissa, agrimony, savory, felty germander, thyme, and French lavender.

Lesser Grey Shrike

It is built by both birds out of the stems of various flowering plants such as cudweed (Gnaphalium) and (Filago), and thyme (Thymus), and lined with whisps of wool, hairs, roots and feathers.

Let No Man Steal Your Thyme

Let No Man Steal Your Thyme is a two CD compilation album of the music of Shelagh McDonald released in 2005 on the Castle Music imprint of Sanctuary Records.

Levantine cuisine

Sami Zubaida, "National, Communal and Global Dimensions in Middle Eastern Food Cultures" in Sami Zubaida and Richard Tapper, A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East, London and New York, 1994 and 2000, ISBN 1-86064-603-4, p. 35.

Mount Bozgush

Tulips are cultivated on the rich volcanic soil of Mount Bozgush, and medicinal herbs such as pennyroyal, thyme, borage, nettle and liquorice grow wild on the mountain's slopes.

Peermade

At a recent show spice growers from Peermade displayed samples of organically grown spices like cardamom, black pepper, white pepper, nutmeg, mace, cloves, turmeric, ginger, vanilla beans, vanilla powder and herbs like oregano, sage, thyme and rosemary.

Tortelli

The tortelli from the Apuan area (or "tordelli" in the local dialect), typical of Lucca, Versilia and Garfagnana however, have a semi-circular form and contain a filling of meat and herbs (first of all, thyme, or "peporino").


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