[Sca-cooks] Fenugreek

[Sharon Palmer]

>Some 30 years ago I bought some Fenugreek for use in a forgotten 
>recipe.  About a third of the bottle came with me from Germany to 
>South Carolina to Oregon to my spice/herb collection.   On a wild 
>moment of madness I decided to check dates and replace or toss old 
>stuff.
>
>The seeds sat there looking ancient and harmless so I filled the 
>bottle up with water and let it stand for a few days before throwing 
>it on some newly weeded ground.
>
>Now I have many little fenugreek seedlings and no idea what you use it for!
>
>Ideas?
>
Use them any way you would use spinach or other greens.  It's a 
different flavor but very good.  Try mixing a little into some cooked 
potatoes, or use in bread.  Or use them as microgreens in salad.  I 
think it might be very interesting in fresh cheese.

If you know any nursing mothers, tea from the seeds is said to be a 
good galactagogue.

Ranvaig