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.
Mirepoix (cuisine) For other uses, see Mirepoix (disambiguation). Mirepoix, with some additional greens, on cutting board. A mirepoix (/mÉªÉrËpwÉË/ meer-PWAH; French pronunciation: â[miÊËpwa]) is diced vegetable cooked for a long time on a gentle heat without colour or browning, usually with butter or other fat or oil. It is not sautÃ©ed or otherwise hard cooked, the intention being to sweeten rather than caramelise.