name: Summer Savory

flavor_db_name_variants: summer savory

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Summer savory

id: 167

name_scientific: Satureja hortensis

description: Summer savory (Satureja hortensis) is the better known of the savory species. It is an annual, but otherwise is similar in use and flavor to the perennial winter savory. It is used more often than winter savory, as winter savory is thought to have a slightly more bitter flavor. Summer savory is a traditional popular herb in Atlantic Canada, where it is used in the same way sage is elsewhere. It is the main flavoring in dressing for many fowl, mixed with ground pork and other basic ingredients to create a thick meat dressing known as "cretonade", which may be eaten with turkey, goose and duck. It also is used to make stews such as fricot, and in meat pies. It is usually available year-round in local grocery stores in dried form and is used in varying proportions, sometimes added to recipes in large generous heaping spoonfuls (such as in cretonade), and sometimes more subtly (as in beans, for which savory has a natural affinity). Summer savory is a characteristic ingredient of herbes de Provence, a fairly standard mixture of dried herbs sold in most French food stores. It is also widely used as a seasoning for grilled meats and barbecues, as well as in stews and sauces.

itis_id: 32308

wikipedia_id: Summer_savory

picture_file_name: 167.jpg

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picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:36.000Z

legacy_id: 177

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Herbs

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:23.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:18.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 49987

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public_id: FOOD00167