Organic Basil Medium

Product Type: Powder Plant Part: Root
Origin: Egypt, China
History: Beets, or beetroot, is a taproot part of the beet plant. Along with its amazing nutritional and superfood qualities, it has a history of use in food coloring and medicine. Beetroot’s use has been found in the Netherlands and in Egypt, which dates several thousand years ago, and cultivated in Mesopotamia and then Greece around 300 BC. Evidence shows that early use was just the plant leaves, while the beautiful colored roots were “offered to the Gods”. Beets would be used for medicinal purposes and even eaten for “life extension”. In the Roman cookbook Apicius, beetroots were used in soups and salads.
Uses: To enhance color of juices, sauces, desserts and preserves. A sweet ingredient in desserts, soups, beef, pork and potatoes.
Flavor: Sweet and Characteristic
Aroma: Aromatic, sweet and characteristic Appearance: Reddish-Purple, uniform, free flowing particles

Product Type: Powder Plant Part: Root
Origin: Egypt, China
History: Beets, or beetroot, is a taproot part of the beet plant. Along with its amazing nutritional and superfood qualities, it has a history of use in food coloring and medicine. Beetroot’s use has been found in the Netherlands and in Egypt, which dates several thousand years ago, and cultivated in Mesopotamia and then Greece around 300 BC. Evidence shows that early use was just the plant leaves, while the beautiful colored roots were “offered to the Gods”. Beets would be used for medicinal purposes and even eaten for “life extension”. In the Roman cookbook Apicius, beetroots were used in soups and salads.
Uses: To enhance color of juices, sauces, desserts and preserves. A sweet ingredient in desserts, soups, beef, pork and potatoes.
Flavor: Sweet and Characteristic
Aroma: Aromatic, sweet and characteristic Appearance: Reddish-Purple, uniform, free flowing particles

Product Type: Whole, Organic
Quantity: 5 oz Chef Jar
Origin: Mexico, Peru, Turkey, United States
Flavor: Mildly pungent and bitter, slightly sweet
Aroma: Aromatic and spicy sweet
Culinary Applications: This spice is used in a wide array of savory dishes, most notably for Italian dishes.
History: The first use of oregano was by the Greeks. Aphrodite introduced the herb by giving it to a man to make his life fuller. Translated, oregano means the joy of the mountains.
Farming and Harvesting: This perennial herb is harvested by cutting at the base of the leaves, and in Mediterranian climates, new stems quickly replace the harvested ones. Harvested product is dried and sized to specification.

Ingredients: Organic Oregano, Origanum vulgare, Leaf, dried and cut

Product Type: Whole, Organic
Quantity: 4 oz Chef Jar
Origin: Egypt, Israel
Flavor: Piquant and characteristic
Aroma: Aromatic with green grassy nose
Culinary Applications: Used as a garnish, broth, sauces, and in savory dishes
History: It was not a food source until recent centuries.Parsley was ironically placed around the necks of newlyweds in Roman weddings because it was supposed to ward off evil spirits!
Farming and Harvesting: Grown as a leaf crop, from seed

Ingredients: Organic Parsley Leaf, Petroselinum crispum, Leaf; dried and cut

Product Type: Whole, Organic
Quantity: 7 oz Chef Jar
Origin: Argentina, Egypt, Morocco, Peru, Spain, Turkey
Flavor: Aromatic and slightly bitter, astringent, balanced sweet and camphor like
Aroma: Highly aromatic, pungent evergreen
Culinary Applications: Savory dishes such as chicken and meat dishes, soups, stews, vegetable dishes
History: It was worn by brides for centuries as a symbol of fidelity and love. It was also used in a lotion to wash the feet of a thief, a process thought to stop criminals from committing crimes anymore.
Farming and Harvesting: This perennial plant has quite a long lifespan, though it is sensitive to cold temperatures. It is harvested by simply cutting the stems of which shoot up and contain plenty of leaves on each stem.

Ingredients: Organic Rosemary, Rosemarinus officinalis, Dried leaf