Hop is native to Europe and western Asia. It was used originally as a medicinal herb by the ancient Greeks and Romans. The first to use it in brewing beer were probably the people living in Mesopotamia between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in olden days.
Hyssop is native to the Mediterranean region and central Asia and was introduced to central Europe in the 10th century by the Benedictine monks. In medieval times it was a popular kitchen herb, its leaves being used in soups, pickled vegetables, meat pts and poultry stuffings.
The female flowers are used almost exclusively in the brewing of beer, to which they not only impart a pleasant bitter taste but, because of the resin present in the lupulin, also prevent the multiplication of bacteria that cause lactic fermentation which spoils the beer. Tender young hop shoots were at one time eaten as a salad or boiled like asparagus.
Hops are a dioecious plant with sterns which twine in a clockwise direction. Only the female plants are cultivated, however, and if any male plants are found in the vicinity of hop fields they must be destroyed to prevent pollination and the development of fruits which would spoil the crop. Hops are raised in fields where they climb up a system of wires and poles to a height of 10 in (33 ft).
Star anise is sold in shops both whole and ground, but it is used for flavouring only in powdered form, like anise, chiefly in sweet dishes and coffee-cakes, in plum and pear compotes, and to flavour candies. It is also an ingredient of ground spice mixtures for flavouring pured fruits and tarts. It is a typical spice of Chinese cookery, used chiefly with young pork and duck, and is an ingredient of soy sauce. It is also used to flavour aromatic liqueurs such as anisette.
They are harvested mechanically and dried by artificial heat on mesh sheets in drying sheds.
Hyssop is native to the Mediterranean region and central Asia and was introduced to central Europe in the 10th century by the Benedictine monks. In medieval times it was a popular kitchen herb, its leaves being used in soups, pickled vegetables, meat pts and poultry stuffings.
The female flowers are used almost exclusively in the brewing of beer, to which they not only impart a pleasant bitter taste but, because of the resin present in the lupulin, also prevent the multiplication of bacteria that cause lactic fermentation which spoils the beer. Tender young hop shoots were at one time eaten as a salad or boiled like asparagus.
Hops are a dioecious plant with sterns which twine in a clockwise direction. Only the female plants are cultivated, however, and if any male plants are found in the vicinity of hop fields they must be destroyed to prevent pollination and the development of fruits which would spoil the crop. Hops are raised in fields where they climb up a system of wires and poles to a height of 10 in (33 ft).
Star anise is sold in shops both whole and ground, but it is used for flavouring only in powdered form, like anise, chiefly in sweet dishes and coffee-cakes, in plum and pear compotes, and to flavour candies. It is also an ingredient of ground spice mixtures for flavouring pured fruits and tarts. It is a typical spice of Chinese cookery, used chiefly with young pork and duck, and is an ingredient of soy sauce. It is also used to flavour aromatic liqueurs such as anisette.
They are harvested mechanically and dried by artificial heat on mesh sheets in drying sheds.
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