SC - RE: sca-cooks V1 #2436
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Thu Jul 13 12:52:08 PDT 2000
The quick ref identifies orris as any of several species of iris with
fragrant roots, in particular, Iris germanica.
Bear
> On 7/12/00 6:42 PM sca-cooks at ansteorra.org wrote:
>
> ><< Hm. I had them grind scented spices together to make a
> powder that they
> > mixed with corn starch to make a scented powder to take home. >>
>
> Maybe she couldn't find orris root? I vaguely recall that that's the
> binder used for mundane Christmas cloved orange pomander
> "craft" projects
> ... and may be period? (it's IRIS root, I'm pretty sure).
> I'm not an
> herbalist or perfumer, this is just a random scrap surfacing.
>
> Chimene
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