SC - Re: Orach vs Spinach
ChannonM at aol.com
ChannonM at aol.com
Mon Jun 19 06:06:14 PDT 2000
In a message dated 6/18/00 4:45:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Akim Yaroslavich
writes:
> You have used spinach for orach, which is a related
> but different potherb common in the Mediteranean
> region then and now.
snip< But so do many other leafy potherbs, including
> poke salat. I am not sure that this substitution is valid
> as Platina is using orach as a herb seasoner rather
> than as a vegetable. I think that boiling orach leeches out
> a flavouring which spinach does not possess, much as
> you would cook poke and other bitter greens in several
> waters to moderate their bitter taste. I don't see Platina
> regarding the herbal potency of spinach sufficiently high
> to use it as he describes with orach. I think orach embues
> a separate flavour. I will have to check out raw orach if I
> can find it. I think it is too late to grow it this season myself.
>
> Akim Yaroslavich
This is a very valid point, I'll have to do more research. It might not be
immediate as in the middle of replying to this post I found out my youngest
son has the stomach flu :0
Hauviette
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