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Culinary Herbs |
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| Common Name | Latin Name | Uses |
| Anjelica | Anjelica archanjelica | Candid stems, flavourings, Use leaves like celery in Liqueurs e.g. Benedictine |
| Basil | Ocimum | Salads, with tomatoes and onions in olive oil |
| Bay leaf | Larus noblis | Stews soups & casseroles, ingredient of bouquet garni also used in desserts |
| Borage | Borage officinalis | Flowers with Pimms, Leaves & flowers in salads |
| Dill | Anethum graveolens | Fish recipes, dill water for children, pickles & vinegar |
| Sambucus nigra | Elderflower champagne & wine, fruit for pies, jelly | |
| Fennel, bronze & green | Foeniculum vulgare | Tea, eaten raw in salads, garnish, cooking inside fish |
| Garlic (wild) | Ransomes | Leaves in salads & soups, fritters, new cuisine |
| Horseradish | Armoracia rusticana | Sauce made with cream, young leaves in salads |
| Lemon verbena | Aloysia triphylla | Tea, poultry/stuffing’s, salads, dressings, summer drinks |
| Liquorice | Glycyrrhiza glabra | Liquourice root, pontefract cakes, sweets, laxative |
| Lovage | Levisticum officinalis | Salads, casseroles, soups, stews, brandy & lovage |
| Marjoram | Origanum | Salads, stews, soups, garnish. Leaves & flowers/tea |
| Mint | Piperita,viridis,longifolia | Tea, Mint sauce, Asian & Greek cuisine, garnish |
| Rosemary | Rosmarinus officinalis | Flavouring meat, soups & stews, spigs steeped in vinegar/wine/oil for sauces/dressings |
| Sage (Green) | Salvia officinalis | Sage & Onion Stuffing etc, died & powdered/condiment,Italian dishes, Veal & Ham, Sausages |
| Sage (Pineapple) | Salvia fructicosa | Leaves are infused for tea known as chanomilia |
| Sage (Purple) | Salvia purpurescens | Tea, and use as officinalis above |
| Spinosa spinosa | Sloe gin, flavours, jellies & liqueurs, fruit in cooking etc | |
| Slippery elm | Ulmus fulva | Bark dried & manufactured for Irritable bowel syndrome |
| Tarragon (French) | Artemesia dracunculus | Chicken and egg dishes, recipes, tarragon vinegar |
| Winter savory | Saturureja Montana | Salads, stews casseroles & stuffing’s meat dishes & marinades especially for olives |
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