When you find the cache please take a page of "The Herbal". It will help you find other caches in the series.
Beliefs and Legends
· this herb is widely used as a garnish
· it can sweeten the breath after eating onions or garlic
· sow the seed after the sun has warmed the soil, then water with boiling water - this will soften the hard outer casing and aid germination
· if the seeds are sown on Good Friday they will bring happiness and good fortune
· if this herb is planted around the onion bed it will keep away the onion fly
· if this herb is thrown into a fish pond, it will cure sick fish
Petroselinum Crispum is a bright green perennial herb. It contains three times as much Vitamin C as oranges, twice as much iron as spinach, is rich in Vitamin A and contains folate, potassium and calcium. It is also recognised for its cancer-fighting potential.
Recipes
Parsley Butter
For grills, fish and baked jacket potatoes -soften 125grams butter with a fork and work into it a few drops of lemon juice and 3 teaspoons of fresh or 2 teaspoons of dried parsley. Spread on a saucer and place in the refrigerator to harden. Shape into small pats and serve on a plate or place pats on the food just before serving it.
Parsley and Lemon Stuffing
100 grams breadcrumbs
1½ tablespoons chopped parsley
60 grams butter
1 tablespoon chopped thyme
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
1 dessertspoon chopped marjoram
Grated rind and juice of one lemon
1 egg
Salt and pepper
Soften the onion in the butter without browning. Put all the ingredients (with the onion) in a bowl, binding them together with the egg. Stuff the neck end of a chicken or turkey.
The other caches in this series are:
The Herb Garden
Rosmarinus Officinalis
Thymus Vulgaris
Salvia Offiicinalis
Allium Schoenoprasum
The final part of Petroselinum Crispum is missing - when the travellers, who are camped at GZ, have moved on we will replace the cache. If you find the micro, message us and we will email you the information from the final cache so that you can continue with the rest of the series.