Chervil Chervil

Chervil - Definition and Overview
Garden Chervil

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Subkingdom:Tracheobionta
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Subclass:Rosidae
Order:Apiales
Family:Apiaceae
Genus:Anthriscus
Species:cerefolium
Binomial name
Anthriscus cerefolium
(L.) Hoffm.

Garden Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium), often simply called chervil, is a delicate annual herb, usually used to flavor mild-flavoured foods such as poultry, some seafoods, and young vegetables. It is a constituent of the French herb mixture fines herbes.

Classification: Garden Chervil is a member of the parsley or carrot family, Apiaceae.

External links

  • Spice Pages: Chervil (http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/Anth_cer.html)
  • chervil (http://www.sallys-place.com/food/columns/gilbert/chevil.htm)
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Example Usage of Chervil
rydka: LOL @ house foundation? RT @guilty_: @rydka 4 sticks? That's a pound of butter! Your house foundations must be slippery, asking for Chervil
guilty_: @rydka 4 sticks? That's a pound of butter! Your house foundations must be slippery, asking for Chervil ;)
Cmdr0: Turkey grillin', chef swillin'... Sous chef mtz working away at the fruit & nut stuffing. (The secret ingredient is fresh Chervil.)
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