Chamomile + Intro [Lemon Balm]

[Guest guest]

I have been lurking and enjoying your recipes for a few days now,

and Rhoda's question about chamomile has given me the excuse to

introduce myself :-)

My name is Elena and I am from Italy. I am not a real vegetarian,

but I don't each much meat, and I eating lots of veggies.

 

Rhoda, in Italy chamomile tea is very very used: it has a soothing

effect, if you don't brew it for too long: 3-5 minutes is ideal. I

like it with lemon, but most people drink it as is, just with some

sugar or honey. We use it often for newborns when they have colics

and for adults, children and babies as a pre-sleep drink or when we

have stomach issues.

 

Ciao,

Elena

 

 

, " Rhoda Jayne "

<Rhoda.Jayne wrote:

>

> Thanks to everyone who has described lemon balm to me. After

hearing the

> description I remembered reading about it a few years ago. I

haven't tried

> to grow any herbs in a very long time. When our town got a Wal Mart

> supercenter they began selling fresh herbs. Our town also has an

ever

> growing Hispanic population so we also have access to spices that

are

> commonly used in Mexico. Our Supercenter has dried chammomile

flowers in the

> Hispanic section of spices & I'm wondering if they make tea with

the

> flowers. I'm hoping to find a small bit of cardamon in that

section of the

> store so I can try it. In the regular section of the spices it

cost about

> $10.00 for a bottle.

> Rhoda

>

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