SC - galingal

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/26/99 6:09:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, cjvt at hotmail.com 
writes:

<< What struck me most was the fact that 
 it smelt so much like a mild turmeric.  Do the two taste similar?  Could one 
 use a _little_ turmeric to replace galingale in recipes? >>

Galingal does have an aroma that includes hints of tumeric. The two do not 
taste at all similar though. Galingal resembles in flavor ginger more than 
anything else with an added flavor that I can't quite describe with any rel 
accuracy. It is a sort of peppery ginger flavor. I don't think tumeric would 
be a good substitute for galingal. I've even tried black pepper and ginger 
combos and they  did work either to capture the flavor. 

Ras
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