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basic foods: the Apiaceae

widespread in the flora of the Mediterranean basin, that is one of the Apiaceae family that is important to learn to know, because it contains some of the staples of a diet instinctive. These vegetables and herbs such, apart from bringing our daily nourishment, also possess the following properties:

- antidyspeptic / stomachic, that facilitate and speed up the digestion

- antispasmodic, that calm intestinal spasms

- carminative, reduce Intestinal gas production

- Other (antidepressants, vasodilators)

What are these plants?

root vegetables: carrots (the normal one, or there are also purple or yellow), the celery root (also called celeriac), the root of parsley (Also called Hamburg parsley), parsnips and Sisera.

Leafy Vegetables: celery (green or white), fennel (Roman, Mantua, Florence, Naples) and parsley (curly or straight).

Aromatic which one uses the leaves, seeds or roots: the burnet, chervil, dill, green anise, coriander, lovage (or celery mountain), the Macerone The angelic (or Archangel), Chinese angelica, cumin, caraway (or cumin or caraway), black cumin, fennel, wild fennel, the Mediterranean, the sea fennel, the fellandrio, hyssop Anis, the mitzuba, mirride the Alps, the sedanini of water, Centella asiatica, the hogweed, the visnaga, and Sichuan pepper (or Radhuni).

All of these herbaceous plants have one thing in common: they have the upside down umbrella-shaped flowers (as in the past were called Umbelliferae). But if you do not want to end up like Socrates, be careful what you seize because the famous poison hemlock, it is also un'Apiacea, could easily be confused with the other.

If you have a vegetable garden or you farmers, know that Apiaceae are very suitable for making the subsidiary, that is to be planted close to other crops: In fact, the pollen of flowers typical umbrella attracts many beneficial insects "omnivores," who hunt and eat insects harmful "grazers" who threaten the crop.

Apiaceae My favorites are celery (the beautiful white and fleshy), the parsley root (although in Italy it is difficult to find, but you can always plant) and fennel seeds (not dried, but still a bit 'immature on the plant).

More information about Apiaceae:
- Do not store carrots (and all other roots) near the fruit or tomatoes, because ethylene is the greening and become bitter.
- careful if you go to catch the wild Apiaceae: the leaves contain a latex which may cause irritation if it comes into contact with the skin to sunlight (fitofotodermatite).
- the calcatreppole, those beautiful blue thistles that are star-shaped mountain, belonging to the Apiaceae, and are very ornamental flowers that never wilt! (See photo)