Did you know this about catnip? I learn something new every day!

I have heard that catnip makes a good tea for colds and can be used in cooking. I have never tried it though. I afraid I might start acting like the cat,sleeping all day and chasing little balls (Ha Ha) Really I usually use horehound tea with lemon and honey for my congestion.

Well now that is very interesting! My cat dearly loves catnip. He goes crazy wild when he is exposed to it and eats it. Strangly, it does not have that effect on my son's cat, it actually has no effect on his cat! Hubby grew some catnip in our garden one year as well as some spices and other things. After drying the various spices he put them in empty spice bottles. The catnip was placed in a zip-lock baggie. He laid the zip-lock baggie on the counter and my daughter thought it was oregano and put it in the spice cabinet. I came along and made home-made spaghetti sauce and used the 'oregano' (feeling quite proud of us for growing our own)in the sauce. Half-way through the meal my hubby says, "I think that the sauce is so much more flavorful with the home-grown, fresh spices. I added that I thought so too! My daughter said something about the oregano and my hubby said, "I didn't grow any oregano." We got a big kick out of eating the catnip and worried that we might get sick, but never did!

I have known about the cure for colds but I'm not a tea drinker myself so although I've grown catnip for years I've never used it myself.

huh, oh wow. I did not know about the flavor being lemony and minty - though I vaguely recall my son telling me that it is edible - he is a eule givens fan.

That is something that I learned today. My cats love the stuff and I like the smell of it. It would probably be good in cooking. I will have to read up on the subject.