Thyme Herb: Facts, Uses, & Benefits
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Thyme is a prevalent and well-known culinary herb.
Many people use Thyme in stews, salads, meats, soups, and vegetables.
While growing, it is a very decorative plant and easy to grow, but be prepared because bees love Thyme.
Thyme is a widespread household herb and is a member of the mint family.
The plant is very aromatic and comes in many varieties.
Thyme is a frequently used herb in many fish dishes.
Oddly enough, honey bees love to suck the nectar from the Thyme plant as much as other insects loathe it.
Some people have made a mist spray of Thyme and water and used it as a bug repellent.
Various forms of Thyme are available year-round, but many people prefer to grow their own.
Nothing beats the smell and taste of fresh Thyme as long as you know to pick it just as the flowers appear.
Once fresh Thyme is harvested, it should be stored either in a plastic bag, in the crisper, or stood straight up in a glass of water; on the shelf in the refrigerator for easy access.
The bad news, fresh Thyme does not have a very long shelf life; you will be lucky if it lasts a week.
If you have selected fresh Thyme and decide to dry it, hang it upside down in a warm and dry atmosphere for about a week to ten days.
Then you can crumble it into a powdery form and store it in a sealed dark container for no more than six months.
You want to eliminate the stems as they tend to taste woody.
Thyme has some medicinal purposes and antiseptic, expectorant, and deodorant properties.
When combined with fatty meats, Thyme has been known to aid in digestion, especially with lamb, pork, and duck.
Herbal medicine has used Thyme for various things such as extracts, teas, compresses, baths, and gargles.
More modern medicine has chimed in and verified that Thyme might strengthen the immune system.
Distilled Thyme oils have been used to commercialize antiseptics, toothpaste, mouthwash, gargle, hair conditioner, dandruff shampoo, potpourri, and insect repellant.
It is also used to produce certain expectorants prescribed for whooping cough and bronchitis.
Thyme has also been used in part as an aphrodisiac and aromatherapy oil.
If by some chance you are in the middle of cooking recipes that calls for Thyme and you find that you are out, do not fret; it is said that you can use a pinch of oregano as a substitute if you have to.
Thyme is very often used when cooking European cuisine but is essential for the correct preparation of French foods as it has that faint lemony taste to it.
It has also been said that Thyme is one of the only herbs that a cook can not overseason with because the flavor is so mild.
Thyme is a primary spice that everyone should have stocked in their pantry.
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