[Sca-cooks] Lovage and Rue

[david friedman]

Anahita wote:

>...Many of the Roman recipe i'm looking at call for rue as a green herb.
>I doubt i can find any. But if i do, i am concerned about the
>possibilities of contact dermatitis, which rue can cause.
>
>Has anyone used fresh rue leaves? Can you possible describe the
>taste? Suggest a substitute?

We have a rather sprawly rue plant in the front garden.  (Pause to go
pick a leaf.) It tastes bitter, but I don't know how to describe the
rest of the taste. I don't get dermatitis from it, but other people
might.

Elizabeth/Betty Cook