Caraway Seeds
Have any of you ever used Caraway seeds in your cooking. I have experimented one recipe which I use on a particularly regular basis is for baked potatoes with cheese and caraway seeds and it is very tasty. I have already popped up the recipe for this. It is relatively quick to use. The Victorians were very fond of Seed Cake a staple of the Victorian tea table. The seed in question being Caraway. Caraway seeds (Carum carvi) are known as the steadfast herb/spice as supposedly it prevented lovers from straying and it kept a man's pigeons and poultry steadfast too. It was also meant to ward off witches! But moreover Caraway is known as a digestive herb/spice to quote: "Chew seeds raw or infuse them to sharpen appetites before a meal as well as to aid digestion, sweeten the breath and relieve flatulence after a meal". Well that's the nice way of putting it. The liqueur known as Kummel is also flavoured with Caraway...