[Sca-cooks] galingale

[Stefan li Rous]

Well, this is the first time I've had powdered galingale to try. Years
ago, I had bought some of the dried chips stuff, but I apparently lost
it somewhere before I figured out how I was going to grind it. Then
when I was next at Pennsic the Pepper's Guild had Powder Forte and
since that was what I wanted to galingale for, I bought theirs instead.

Since then I've seen other recipes that called for galengale alone, so
I've wanted more just in case. I can't remember if I bought some powdered
galengale at last Pennsic or not. If I did, well, now I have more. It
was fairly cheap.

Stefan

(For those new to this group, galingale in its chip form has a
reputation of distroying normal spice grinders. See the galangale-msg file
in the Florilegium for more details.)

> Yeah, isn't that already powdered galingale just blissful? I'd never
> been able to get the other (small dried chips) past the
> little-shreds-of-wood stage.  <g>
> --Maire
>
> Stefan li Rous wrote:
> > I did see a few jars or cans of it in a local Vietmanese/Oriental
> > Market I explored yesterday.
> >
> > In that market I also found jars of *powdered* galingale! (galingua).
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