Experience with far smaller block-grant programs such as the Children's Health Insurance Program suggests that allotment disputes and shortfalls are ongoing problems that almost certainly would grow bigger given the hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding at stake in Medicaid annually.
The leaves can be used in salads, or to make soup or season broths, and the roots can be eaten as a vegetable or grated for use in salads. Its flavor and smell is somewhat similar to celery. The seeds can be used as a spice, similar to fennel seeds.In the UK, an alcoholic lovage cordial is traditionally mixed with brandy in the ratio of 2:1 as a winter drink. In Romania, the leaves are the preferred seasoning for the various local broths, much more so than parsley or dill.he name lovage is from love-ache, ache being a medieval name for parsley; this is a folk-etymological corruption of the older French name levesche, from late Latin levisticum, in turn thought to be a corruption of the earlier Latin ligusticum, of Liguria  (northwest Italy), where the herb was grown extensively.
Technique : Turning vegetables. Turning vegetables is a classic technique used in French cuisine. Vegetables are turned in order to form exactly the same barrel shape and size thus ensuring even cooking while being pleasing to the eye. Here Le Cordon Bleu Chefs show how to turn a vegetable; a potato is trimmed into the âcocotteâ sized oval shape. Hold a small knife securely in your right hand; place the potato in the left hand, between the tip of the thumb and index finger. This hand should rotate in the opposite direction to the knife.