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Fines Herbes

GlorifiedRice

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GlorifiedRice

GlorifiedRice

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Hi,

Years ago I was researching spice blends and on Wikipedia they had authentic Fines Herbes listed as being a mix of 6 to 8 herbs, including garden cress and sweet cicely...I grew the garden cress and dried it and added it and tried growing sweet cicely, and a month before I could plant it outside (it returns every year) it suddenly died. Today I was going to order new seeds and just glanced at the Wiki entry again and all mention of garden cress and sweet cicely are gone.

 

So anyone who has olde [sic] cookbooks out there, what is in authentic Fines Herbes? Is it just the 4  or is it 6 or 8?

 

TIA

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ElainaA

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@GlorifiedRice

You made me curious so I pulled out some books. 

La Varenne Pratique  - (Anne Willan)  lists 3 herbs: tarragon, chives and chervil. She adds that parsley may be added.

On Food and Cooking (Harold McGee) - again three - tarragon, chives and chervil. No mention of parsley.

Joy of Cooking (Erma Rombaur) - 4 - tarragon, chives, chervil and parsley.

No one mentions cress or sweet cicely.

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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Cicero

But the library must contain cookbooks. Elaina

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