CHAPTER XIII 



SWEET, POT AND MEDICINAL HERBS 



ARE a very welcome addition to the kitchen 

 garden, giving just the often needed touch 

 to the achievement of a successful dish, a touch 

 that will change an everyday vegetable or meat 

 course to something unusual and fancy in 

 cuisine, and with no trouble or added expense 

 to the cook — just a little pinch of this or that, 

 and what a difference it makes ! In most house- 

 holds sage is depended on for the flavoring of 

 poultry dressing, sausage and the like, in spite of 

 the fact that it may be anything but pleasing to 

 some member of the family or the welcome guest ; 

 so accustomed are we to its use that substitution 

 is scarcely thought of, and yet a very pleasing 

 one is found in summer savory, which most 

 people like better than sage, once its acquaint- 

 ance is made. Coriander and caraway seeds are 



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