[Sca-cooks] Lovage, Lovage, who's got the Lovage?

[Rikke D. Giles]

On 2006.04.26 12:43, Aurelia Rufinia wrote:
> 
> Lets talk lovage.

  I've a huge growth of lovage (sounds like a condition really, and  
under certain circumstances it is).  It grows like gangbusters here.   
We've little seedlings here and there which I have to weed out, but  
we've also a stand of it at about 2-3 feet tall right now, and  
heading on up to it's 8-10 foot maximum.  Things just grow bigger  
here in the NW.

As for celery, it's a far better subsitute for lovage than parsley.   
Lovage is extremely strong 'celery' tasting.  So much so that one or  
two leaf fronds can take the place of a whole head of celery in a  
dish.  Now, Black Lovage is different, being an annual, much more  
delicate and having a slightly different flavor.  It does reseed  
itself every year for us.

If I can figure a way to send some fresh lovage your way, I am  
willing to do it.  Other than that, I would say that celery is the  
only really good substitute.

YS,

HL Aelianora de Wintringham
Barony of Dragon's Laire
Kingdom of An Tir