[Sca-cooks] need help identify these items

[Terry Decker]

Orris is Iris germanica.  Sweet flag is Acorus calamus.  While they may be
related, you're talking two different species and almost certainly enough
variance to be noticeable.

Bear


>
>Since the instructions call for orace, which is Orris
>Root, which is Iris root, _and_ it calls for "Calamus
>Aromaticus", which you say is "the root of Sweet
>Flag".
>Last I heard, Sweet Flag was a form of Iris.  Has no
>one but me noticed the similarity in ingredients?
>
>Huette