somewhere, i recently read a food article discussing french cuisine which discussed that the french pretty much only use 3 herbs in their cooking.
somewhere, i recently read a food article discussing french cuisine which discussed that the french pretty much only use 3 herbs in their cooking. i have tried to remember which herbs? where i read the article? but i can't recall - driving myself crazy - can anyone help??
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10 Comments:
The traditional bouquet garni is made with parsley, thyme and bay leaves. Could those be the three mentioned?
homesicktexan at 1:59PM on 12/03/06
I think you'd have to add chervil and tarragon to this list.
pikawicca at 2:34PM on 12/03/06
appreciate comments, but it is NOT a bouquet garni, or its ingredients, or chervil or tarragon. i "THINK" they were parsley, thyme, & basil, but not sure if those WERE the 3 "must use" herbs used in france. it seems like it would be easy to figure out, particularly on a site that has so many who are not only passionate about food, but also knowledgeable. as i originally posted, i did read SOMEWHERE! unfortunately, the only thing i recall is the reference to.... & the statement ~ "with all the available herbs, the FRENCH appear to utilize ONLY 3". now obviously that does NOT mean, the French ONLY use 3 herbs when cooking, but it implies there "seem" to be the main herbs that apparently are the most used, at the exclusion of many others.
hope this is a little clearer as to what i'm trying to track down. normally, i see an article, etc, & immediately cut out for future reference. in this instance, i didn't, now i'm trying to figure out which 3 herbs?????
baruch at 5:10PM on 12/03/06
well its not true so what does it matter ...because arguably it has to be thyme, basil is a given and you cant eliminate parsley ,which would leaf out (get it ) rosemary, at the very least....so dont even get me started on chervil
SALTSMOKE at 6:39PM on 12/03/06
LOL thx
baruch at 11:13PM on 12/03/06
actually, on 2nd thought, the classic 3 of french cuisine could be: tarragon, rosemary, thyme????????
baruch at 1:04AM on 12/04/06
So if a Frog was stuck on a deserted island and could only have 3 herbs...? My 3 is parsley, chives and thyme. No wait...parsley thyme rosemary or chives, tarragon and basil. Oh forget it! This is just to hard.
blueapron at 12:01PM on 12/04/06
saltsmoke: I think I would like to see what it looks like when you get started on chervil!
Nika at 12:35PM on 12/04/06
@ SALTSMOKE: Basil is so not a given in French cuisine.
Perhaps you're thinking of the fines herbes: tarragon, chervil, parsley, and chives? Tarragon is pretty strong, so it's not used as often. If you remove it, you've got three herbs that are staples in French cooking.
Meg Hourihan at 1:07PM on 12/05/06
appreciate all the comments, but don't think have found the answer as per the article i read. sounds like it's between tarragon, chervil, parsley, thyme, rosemary; basil, as per "megnut" is not so much a french given
baruch at 3:47PM on 12/05/06