On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:36:47 GMT, wrote:

Hi there,

Could someone please help me out here? I have a recipe that calls for
'Venice Herbs' as added ingredients. Does anyone knows what they consist
off? The recipe is for celeriac and was written (at least) the middle of
the 19th century (the book was written in 1856!).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Bernhard

It seems too old a reference to be relevant to your book, but the
Oxford English Dictionary mentions the following from 1548.

"1548 Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 78 The greate kynde of thyme,
wherof Dioscorides maketh mention of in Epithymo, is called nowe
*Venetian thyme."

Apart from this the OED gives no citations relevant to Venice Herbs