Products tagged with 'thyme'

It is a volatile oil obtained by water vapor distillation from the flowering branches of some Thymus (Lebiatae) species. It contains terpenic substances Thymol and Carvacrol. It can be used for hair and skin by diluting with water, olive oil or sweet almond oil.

Bagdat Selection Thyme is used in all kinds of meat products, sauces, soups, vegetables, pickles, cheese, olives, mushroom dishes, tomato salads, stuffed tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and eggplant, spice mixtures. Some varieties are also used freshly in herbal cheese around Van in Turkey.

Thyme is the herb of some members of the genus Thymus of aromatic perennial evergreen herbs in the mint family Lamiaceae. Thymes are relatives of the oregano genus Origanum. They have culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses, and the species most commonly cultivated and used for culinary purposes is Thymus vulgaris.