Costmary

Tanacetum balsamita

herb

Large leaves tasting of mint and lemon, which flavored beer before hops and still scent salads and stuffings.

Origin

Caucasus and western Asia

Where to find it

An old cottage-garden plant, rarely wild; in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, it is still picked around houses.

Season (United States)

May to August

Preparation

The leaves are chopped raw, in small amounts, into a salad or stuffing. In small amounts, like all tansies.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Lutein and zeaxanthin · Chlorophyll

Did you know?

In English it is called bible leaf: American settlers slipped a leaf into their Bible as a bookmark.