Content
- How is chervil different from parsley?
- The smell test
- The taste test
- An eye for detail: the leaves
- The flowers and seeds in comparison
- Similarities between the two herbs
- Tips & Tricks
How is chervil different from parsley?
Chervil and parsley - they both belong to the plant family of umbelliferae. Both of them are very similar in their appearance. And yet there are a lot of differences that separates them. Confusion was yesterday!
The smell test
Imagine, you are standing at a market stall with numerous herbs. They need chervil and are too proud to ask the seller. Now there are two herbs that could be chervil ...
Chervil can easily tell you from the smooth parsley smell.To do this, take a leaf and grate it with your fingers. Chervil has an aniseed to fennel-like and slightly sweet smell. Parsley smells spicy and peppery.
The taste test
At the latest with the taste a clear difference between chervil and parsley becomes recognizable. Chervil tastes sweet and reminds like its smell of anise. The taste of parsley is distinctive and subtly spicy.
An eye for detail: the leaves
If you do not dare to grate or taste the leaves, look at the leaves more closely. The leaves of the chervil are fern-like and more delicate and finely toothed than that of the parsley.
The flowers and seeds in comparison
If you grow chervil and parsley in your own garden, you will be able to enjoy the flowers if you do not cut the herbs in the summer. Here are further differences between parsley and chervil apparent.
Both are Umbelliferae. The flowers of the parsley are yellowish. On the other hand, the flowers of the chervil are pure white. The petals of the chervil resemble small hearts and are not connected. The single flowers of parsley seem much smaller and less obvious. When sowing, they will be able to recognize the following characteristics:
Similarities between the two herbs
The parsley grows like the chervil preferably in an absonnigen location. Both herbs are ideal for food such as:
Tips & Tricks
Whoever grows chervil and also wants to grow parsley, should note that chervil does not like to share its territory with other plants. A generous planting distance is therefore important.