oregano

Oregano goes perfectly with pizza, hot sandwiches and grilled meat as well as in pasta sauces and tomato soup. Oregano is also called mint or wild marjoram. If you dye yarn with oregano, the color will be a beautiful purple.

Oregano is a perennial shrub-like plant about 4 dm high and a close relative of marjoram, although with a stronger, more marked taste. It grows wild in most of Europe, Asia and America, also in Sweden. Shoots, leaves and buds are used as a spice, both fresh and dried.