This section is from the book "Cooking Vegetables. Practical American Cookery", by Jules Arthur Harder. Also available from Amazon: The Physiology Of Taste.
Chiendent. Queckengrass.
No. 599. - Couch Grass is a medicinal plant, of which there are several varieties. The root is the portion of the plant used in tisanes (diet drinks) and other decoctions.
Culture same as other pot herbs. See Article V.
 
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