{"product_id":"seed-chicory-forb-feast","title":"Seed Chicory Forb Feast","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection data-level=\"1\" id=\"ref1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"marker PREMOD1 mod-inline\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"marker MOD1 mod-inline\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"topic-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan id=\"ref71482\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003echicory\u003c\/strong\u003e, (\u003cem\u003eCichorium intybus\u003c\/em\u003e), blue-flowered \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/perennial\" class=\"md-crosslink autoxref \" data-show-preview=\"true\"\u003eperennial\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/plant\/plant\" class=\"md-crosslink autoxref \" data-show-preview=\"true\"\u003eplant\u003c\/a\u003e of the family \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/plant\/Asteraceae\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\"\u003eAsteraceae\u003c\/a\u003e. Native to Europe and introduced into the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/United-States\" class=\"md-crosslink autoxref \" data-show-preview=\"true\"\u003eUnited States\u003c\/a\u003elate in the 19th century, chicory is \u003ca class=\"md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off mw\" data-term=\"cultivated\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/cultivated\" data-type=\"MW\"\u003ecultivated\u003c\/a\u003eextensively in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Germany and to some extent in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/North-America\" class=\"md-crosslink autoxref \" data-show-preview=\"true\"\u003eNorth America\u003c\/a\u003e. Its leaves are eaten as a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/vegetable\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\"\u003evegetable\u003c\/a\u003eor in a salad, and the roots may be boiled and eaten with butter. The plant is grown as a fodder or \u003cspan id=\"ref71483\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/plant\/herb-culinary-and-medicinal-plant\" class=\"md-crosslink \"\u003eherbage\u003c\/a\u003e crop for cattle. Chicory root can be roasted and ground to impart additional colour, body, and bitterness to \u003cspan id=\"ref71484\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/coffee\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\"\u003ecoffee\u003c\/a\u003e; in the United States this practice is especially popular in the city of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/New-Orleans-Louisiana\" class=\"md-crosslink autoxref \" data-show-preview=\"true\"\u003eNew Orleans\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"marker PREMOD2 mod-inline\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"one-good-fact-module\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"marker MOD2 mod-inline\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"topic-paragraph\"\u003eChicory has a long fleshy \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/taproot\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\"\u003etaproot\u003c\/a\u003e and a rigid, branching, hairy stem that grows to a height of about 1 to 1.5 metres (3 to 5 feet). Its lobed toothed \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/leaf-plant-anatomy\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\"\u003eleaves\u003c\/a\u003e, in wild chicory similar in appearance to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/plant\/dandelion\" class=\"md-crosslink autoxref \" data-show-preview=\"true\"\u003edandelion\u003c\/a\u003e leaves, are borne around the base. The roots of some varieties are grown in the open during the summer and are taken up in the fall to be forced, or grown indoors out of season, during the winter. One method of \u003cspan id=\"ref71485\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/forcing-agriculture\" class=\"md-crosslink \"\u003eforcing\u003c\/a\u003eproduces \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan id=\"ref71486\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ebarbe de capucin\u003c\/em\u003e, the loose \u003ca class=\"md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off eb\" data-term=\"blanched\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/dictionary\/blanched\" data-type=\"EB\"\u003eblanched\u003c\/a\u003e leaves much esteemed by the French as a winter salad. Another method produces \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan id=\"ref1279083\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ewitloef\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003ewitloof\u003c\/em\u003e, the tighter heads or crowns preferred in Belgium and elsewhere. Throughout Europe the roots are stored to produce leaves for salads during winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"New Waverly Feed, Farm \u0026 Firearms","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44497702617188,"sku":null,"price":102.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/7935\/5492\/files\/B15606F5-F2B8-4235-993C-656DE4D24B6C.webp?v=1727734044","url":"https:\/\/newwaverlyfff.com\/products\/seed-chicory-forb-feast","provider":"New Waverly Feed, Farm \u0026 Firearms","version":"1.0","type":"link"}