[Sca-cooks] plea for help-- Soup for the Qan

[Martin G. Diehl]

Daniel Myers wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 11:52  AM, 
> <jenne at fiedlerfamily.net> wrote:
> 
> >> Does asafoetida have binding properties to it? (Like 
> >> cracker meal, or eggs, or something)
> >
> > Well, asafoetida is a resin, so it might have some 
> > binding properties....
> > But I'd be sceptical it was enough.
> 
> Especially considering how asafoetida is incredibly potent.  
> I can't imagine anyone using more than a pinch of it in 
> anything.  We keep the jars of that stuff sealed in plastic 
> bags so it doesn't ... um ... alter the flavor of the spices 
> in the nearby jars.
> 
> - Doc

I think I understand, but let me be sure ... is it similar to 
the way the English language borrows words from other languages?  

as Robert Downie wrote on July 26,2003:

English doesn't borrow from other languages.  It follows them 
down dark alleys, knocks them over and rummages through their 
pockets for loose grammar.

[snip]

Vincenzo

-- 
Martin G. Diehl