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Article: Having great thyme; wish you were here
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 2, 2000
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There are almost as many varieties of thyme as there are
Washington restaurants that use the word "thyme" in the title. A word
of caution when you are plucking it from your backyard: Not all
varieties - whether shrub or ground-hugging - are edible.
The most common variety of thyme destined for culinary purposes is
known as "common," or garden, thyme (or thymus vulgaris) and grows as
a small shrub. It comprises a number of subvarieties, including
French (with silvery green shades and narrow leaves with pointy
edges) and English (with smooth shiny leaves with rounded ends and
robust flavor).
Another well-known but less common variety is wild thyme; the very
popular lemon thyme falls under this ...