SC - galingal

[Brian L. Rygg or Laura Barbee-Rygg]

Galangal (ground) is available from Penzeys Spices at $3.39 for a 4 oz. bag.
They are on-line at www.penzeys.com
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com>
To: <sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 4:32 p.m.
Subject: Re: SC - galingal


> LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> The closest I've been able to come to the flavor of galingale, short of
> galingale itself, has been ginger with eucalyptus, in roughly equal
> parts (depending on what form the eucalyptus takes).
>
> > 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.
>
> If one _did_ want to pursue the eucalyptus angle, given the dubious
> quality of the eucalyptus leaves I've seen for commercial sale, the
> strength of an essential oil and the question of toxicity, one could do
> worse than to pulverize a eucalyptus cough drop in a mortar, and use
> with ginger to taste. The illusion works best in things that also call
> for some sugar, for obvious reasons.
>
> Eventually you reach the point where it seems to be easier to just
> locate some galingale by mail order or some such.
>
> I wonder if perhaps there are Indonesian groceries available in Belgium,
> being next door, as it were, to the Netherlands. They'd almost certainly
> have kencur or laos in dried form, if not frozen.
>
> Adamantius
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
>
> troy at asan.com
>
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