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Gardening with MAT COWARD
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ROCK SAMPHIRE is a vegetable which neatly divides the world into lovers and haters.
It would be hard to be indifferent to a flavour which even those who are most keen on it often describe as being reminiscent of church polish or kerosene.
Crithmum maritimum is sometimes known as sea fennel or true samphire, and shouldn’t be confused with marsh samphire (Salicornia), an entirely separate plant.
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