Herb
Salad Burnet
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Salad burnet is the everyday English name promising cucumber-flavoured leaves for the salad bowl—mild, cooling, and best uncooked or barely wilted. A staple of historical English salad herb lists. Mix with lettuce, soft herbs, and vinaigrette; avoid long cooking that kills freshness. Drought-tolerant plants keep producing if clipped. Distinct from medicinal great burnet traditions.
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ClassicCoolCoolingCucumberEnglish Culinary NameHistoric SaladRaw LeafSalad
History
GB
Gerard and contemporaries described salad burnet for the table.
GB
Salad burnet was standard in English kitchen garden manuals.
Interest waned then returned with herb gardening fads.
Cocktail gardeners grew salad burnet for garnishes.