article_snippet.sent: Scientists have found traces of compounds found in camomile and yarrow in the hardened plaque of 50,000 year old Neanderthal teeth found in El Sidron, Spain.
article_snippet.sent: In the dental plaque of one young adult researchers at the University of Barcelona discovered three compounds that occur naturally in yarrow and camomile.
article_snippet.sent: Camomile was also a popular treatment for inflammation, hayfever and stomach problems, but is still used to today to flavour foods in top restaurants.
article_snippet.sent: In a French cookbook, a recipe proposes cooking a blanquette of veal with camomile. '
article_snippet.sent: Camomile is well known as a herb that can produce some interesting flavours for dishes and was eaten by Neanderthals according to recent research on dental plaque that had hardened onto fossiled teeth .