Flat leaf or Italian parsley
With the cooler weather it is now necessary to cover the parsley at night to preserve the foliage. Parsley is a biennial plant so it is adapted to over-wintering in most parts of the country but in severe weather the leaves fall down and are not useable by the cook. This would be a great disadvantage as there are few members of that tribe of plants known as the sweet herbs which are more useful in the kitchen. Stephen Switzer observed in The practical kitchen gardiner (1727): “The cook can never be without it, there being nothing more proper for stuffing and other sauces.”…
