From the Herb Garden: Dill Does More Than Pickles
Anethum graveolens may now fetch to heed a jar of crunchy , kosher pickles . But you may use this fine , feathery herb for far more than just flavour cucumbers ! aboriginal to westerly Asian and the eastern Mediterranean , dill weed has been a favor culinary and medicative herb for thousands of yr . Documented purpose of the herb can be found in an ancient Egyptian medical text believed to have been written around 3000 BCE ....