[Sca-cooks] need help identify these items

[Huette von Ahrens]

--- jenne at fiedlerfamily.net wrote:
> > 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?
>
> well, they are both bulb-forming plants with similar
> leaf structure.
> Irises are sometimes called 'Flags'
> The roots/bulbs of each, when harvested and dried
> and ground, make a very
> nice  powdery substance with a faint smell which is
> often used in
> cosmetic recipes. So, yes.

Actually, they both form rhizomes, not bulbs.

Huette


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