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History and Folklore
Marco Polo is reputed to have experienced chives on his travels in China, where they were a native plant, and reported back their culinary attributes on his return to the West, where they were readily accepted and cultivated ever since.
The word chives is said to be derived from the Latin cepa, meaning onion. Chives have been used in cuisine for a recorded 5000 years
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Current uses
Chives is a great culinary herb and we have a collection of great recipes listed here.
Chives, like a ll alliums, contain iron, and vitamins.
Chives have high levels of vitamin C and A and essential minerals such as potassium, calcium, folic acid. They are reputedly mildly antibiotic.
Chives, chopped and sprinkled on food, are said to aid digestion and stimulate appetite
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