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Amsterdam Fine
B tier
Amsterdam Fine is a delicate leaf or cutting celery with finely divided foliage and concentrated aroma—Dutch soup and seasoning traditions in plant form. Stalks stay thin; the crop is essentially a celery herb for the pot rather than a rib vegetable. Milder than raw smallage still beats Pascal leaf for perfume intensity. Chop into erwtensoep-style soups, salads, and egg salad. Excellent dried in winter blends with parsley and lovage. A specialist seed-catalogue name for serious herb gardeners who cook from scratch often.
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Amsterdam Fine-type leaf celeries were selected for Dutch kitchen gardens.
Fine-cut leaf celery remained a soup seasoning staple in the Netherlands.
International herb seed lists offered Amsterdam Fine to home growers.
Specialty markets occasionally sold bunched fine leaf celery under similar names.