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the herb that built an empire on pickles and emotional support for salmon
means A feathery green herb with a fresh, slightly tangy flavor, used to season pickles, fish, and sauces, and whose seeds also serve as a spice.
from From Old English 'dile,' with cousins across the Germanic family — Old Saxon 'dilli,' German 'Dill,' and Swedish 'dill.' The deeper roots before Germanic are uncertain, so the word seems to have simply grown in the northern gardens of Europe and stayed put for over a thousand years. The 'dill' in 'dilly,' by the way, is a separate playful coinage and not the herb.
- name origin
- From Norse 'dilla,' meaning to lull or soothe
- colonial money
- Pilgrims chewed seeds in church, called them meetinghouse seeds
- two crops
- Leaves and seeds taste wildly different from one plant
- ancient charm
- Romans burned it to fend off witches
dill pickle — fermented cucumber condiment using dill from claussen, poland, and american delis since the 1800s
gravlax — scandinavian cured salmon dish using fresh dill, traditionally from sweden and norway
tzatziki — greek yogurt sauce with dill and cucumber, staple of mediterranean cuisine across greece