Org Celery Bunch

Description

Celery (Apium graveolens and A. rapaceum) is a member of the parsley family. This cool-season crop is a biennial plant grown as an annual. The plant also grows wild in wet places though celery is a popular herb and vegetable in North America and Europe. The stalk is served in raw vegetable dishes or sliced and cooked as an important ingredient in many soup- and stew-like dishes ghout most of Europe and was first cultivated in the Mediterranean region about 3,000 years ago. More frequently, they are cooked in soups or sauces as a flavoring herb. The root, often in combination with bay or boldo leaves, parsley root and lovage (a wild celery variety) leaves, also can be used as a flavoring herb or can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable.