Editing Chervil (section)

== Uses ==

===Culinary===
{{Cookbook|Chervil}}
Chervil is used, particularly in France, to season [[poultry]], [[seafood]], young spring [[vegetable]]s (such as carrots), soups, and sauces. More delicate than parsley, it has a faint taste of [[liquorice]] or [[aniseed]].<ref name="S&S">{{cite book |title=Simon & Schuster's Guide to Herbs and Spices |editor=Stanley Schuler |isbn=978-0-671-73489-3 |author=Gualtiero Simonetti |year=1990 |publisher=Simon & Schuster, Inc |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/simonschustersgu0000simo }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chervil |url=https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/glossary/chervil-glossary |website=BBC Good Food |language=en}}</ref> It is used by some cooks as a [[garnish (food)|garnish]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=The Culinary Institute of America |author-link=The Culinary Institute of America |title=The Professional Chef |publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-470-42 135-2 |edition=9th |location=Hoboken, New Jersey |page=180}}</ref>

Chervil is one of the four traditional French {{lang|fr|[[fines herbes]]}}, along with [[tarragon]], [[chive]]s, and [[parsley]], which are essential to French cooking.<ref>[[Julia Child]], ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking'' vol. I p 18.</ref> Unlike the more pungent, robust herbs such as [[thyme]] and [[rosemary]], which can take prolonged cooking, the {{lang|fr|fines herbes}} are added at the last minute, to salads, omelettes, and soups.<ref>Peter, K. V. (Ed.). (2012). ''Handbook of herbs and spices'' (2nd ed., Vol. 2). Woodhead Publishing.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Biggs |first1=Matthew |title=The New Vegetables, Herbs & Fruit: An Illustrated Encyclopedia |last2=McVicar |first2=Jekka |last3=Flowerdew |first3=Bob |publisher=Firefly Books Ltd |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-77085-798-8 |edition=1st |location=United States, Canada |pages=235 |language=English}}</ref>

===Chemical constituents===
Essential oil obtained via water distillation of wild Turkish Anthriscus cerefolium was analyzed by gas chromatography - mass spectrometry identifying 4 compounds: methyl chavicol (83.10%), 1-allyl-2,4-dimethoxybenzene (15.15%), undecane (1.75%) and β-pinene (<0.01%).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baser |first1=K. H.C. |last2=Ermin |first2=N. |last3=Demirçakmak |first3=B. |title=The Essential Oil of Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) Hoffm. (Chervil) Growing Wild in Turkey |journal=Journal of Essential Oil Research |date=July 1998 |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=463–464 |doi=10.1080/10412905.1998.9700944}}</ref>

===Horticulture===
According to some, [[slug]]s are attracted to chervil and the plant is sometimes used to bait them.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GcWQQKJX1xEC&pg=PA375 |author1=Fern Marshall Bradley |author2=Barbara W. Ellis |author3=Deborah L. Martin |chapter=Chervil is irresistible to slugs |title=The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease |date=2 February 2010 |page=363 |publisher=Harmony/Rodale |isbn=9781605291796 }}</ref>

===Health===
[[File:Graine de cerfeuil.JPG|thumb|Seed of chervil]]
Chervil has had various uses in folk medicine. It was claimed to be useful as a [[digestion|digestive]] aid, for lowering [[high blood pressure]], and, infused with [[vinegar]], for curing [[hiccups]].<ref name="TBC">{{cite book |last1=McGee |first1=Rose Marie Nichols |last2=Stuckey |first2=Maggie |title=The Bountiful Container |publisher=Workman Publishing |year=2002 
}}</ref> Besides its digestive properties, it is used as a mild stimulant.<ref name="S&S" />

Chervil has also been implicated in "strimmer [[dermatitis]]", another name for [[phytophotodermatitis]], due to spray from weed trimmers and similar forms of contact. Other plants in the family [[Apiaceae]] can have similar effects.<ref name="McGovern-Barkley">{{cite journal |journal=The Electronic Textbook of Dermatology |url=http://telemedicine.org/botanica/bot1.htm |title=Botanical Dermatology |last1=McGovern |first1=Thomas W |last2=Barkley |first2=Theodore M |year=1998 |volume=37 |issue=5 |at=Section&nbsp;Phytophotodermatitis |publisher=Internet Dermatology Society |doi=10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00385.x |pmid=9620476 |s2cid=221810453 |access-date=23 October 2018|url-access=subscription }}</ref>