[Sca-cooks] A silly question

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

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> I was chatting with a friend of mine and he was inquiring when Oregano made
> it out of the Mediterranean region and started to be used elsewhere. He also
> inquired if oregano was ever used in any type of celtic cooking, i.e. Irish,
> Welsh,Scots,Cornish, or Breton. I did tell him that to the best of my
> knowledge it never made it into Celtic cooking. I did however wish to tap the
> collective minds here and try to find out.

I don't know if oregano made it into celtic cooking, but oregano is merely
wild marjoram. I do know that Wild majoram, also called oregany, as well
as marjoram, did make it into English medicine. However, Mrs. Grieve
suggests that it wasn't used in British cuisine.

-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
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