{"id":257,"date":"2017-07-12T15:08:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T15:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbs.widevalley.net\/?p=257"},"modified":"2017-07-12T15:08:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T15:08:54","slug":"thyme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/2017\/07\/12\/thyme\/","title":{"rendered":"Thyme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thyme<\/span><\/h3>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thyme is a popular culinary herb, native to Asian and European countries.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is popularly used for cooking soups, fish, meat, poultry and eggs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is a perennial herb belonging to the mint family; the leaves are used because of their strong flavour.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Botanical Name: Thymus Vulgaris L<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Family Name: Lamiaceae<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Parts Used: Leaves<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Habitat: Europe, North Africa and Asia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thyme is widely consumed in both fresh and dried form.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is also used to garnish various cuisines. The demand for dried thyme has been significantly rising as it has a stronger flavor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spain and France are the largest producers of Thyme leaves.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">70% of international trade in thyme takes place in dried form.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">EU is the second largest market for dried thyme.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The trade in this popular spice is growing in US and Asian countries like Indonesia are also growing thymeon a large scale to tap the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Uses of Thyme\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thyme is widely used in a number of international cuisines, especially French, for food flavoring and aroma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thyme is also said to have antiseptic, anti oxidative, bactericidal, astringent properties and hence used as an ingredient in quite a few medical preparations. Oil extracted from thyme is used in ointments, bath, toothpaste and mouth washes etc<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Product&#8217;s Season is May- October.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Final Product : Crushed Leaves, \u00a0Green Fresh Cut.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thyme Thyme is a popular culinary herb, native to Asian and European countries. It is popularly used for cooking soups, fish, meat, poultry and eggs. It<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions\/259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/widevalley.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}