SC - Apicius and Platina

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Bluwlf17 at cs.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 2/6/00 12:41:36 PM Central Standard Time, ddendy at silk.net
> writes:
> 
> <<  (so, anyhow,  if you have an Apician recipe calling for silphium,
>  your best substitute is the closely related asafetida).
>   >>
> Is there a more comonly known name for this?
> 
> Antonio de Navarre

Asafeotida, devil's dung, Teufelsdreck, hing... there are probably
others. Stores that sell herbs, some specialty spice stores, and Indian
markets, sell it, among others.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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