Garlic Mustard

I blipped this plant in our garden near the spirale for herbs.
My mum always thought, it was a kind of weed, but the bees love the blossoms, so it is allowed to stay.
Now she was searching the name of the plant for this blip. It is Garlic Mustard, a rather interesting plant. Wikipedia tells us:
"Garlic mustard is one of the oldest spices used in Europe. Phytoliths in pottery of the Ertebølle and Funnelneck-Beaker culture in north-eastern Germany and Denmark, dating to 4100–3750 BCE, indicate its use in that era.

In the 17th-century Britain, it was recommended as a flavouring for salt fish. It can also be made into a sauce for eating with roast lamb or salad. Early European settlers brought the herb to the New World to use as a garlic-type flavouring. Its traditional medicinal purposes include use as a diuretic. The herb was also planted as a form of erosion control.

Today, the chopped leaves are used for flavouring in salads and sauces such as pesto, and sometimes the flowers and fruit are included as well. The leaves, best when young, taste of both garlic and mustard. The seeds are sometimes used in France to season food. Garlic mustard was once used medicinally as a disinfectant or diuretic, and was sometimes used to treat wounds."

Things you learn because you blip :-D

Thank you for the good wishes. I had another day off and I feel fine again :-D

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