Herb
Plain Leaf
B tier
Plain leaf is the older English trade name for flat, non-curled parsley—the same culinary idea as Italian flat-leaf, sold under a simpler label in British and Commonwealth seed lists. Flavour is clean and savoury-green. Use anywhere a recipe wants tasting parsley: stocks, sauces, and chopped finish. “Plain” only contrasts with moss-curled forms, not with blandness.
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History
GB
English herbals and seed lists called non-curled parsley plain or common leaf.
GB
Market gardeners separated plain-leaf and curled parsley for different kitchen roles.
GB
Plain leaf remained the cooking parsley while curled types took garnish work.
GB
Heritage seed sellers kept plain leaf as a traditional flat parsley name.