[Sca-cooks] asafoetida/sylphium

[Alexa]

I have a recipe for 'marinated cucumbers' that used
this ingredient.  Where would someone find it?

Alexa


--- Robert Downie <rdownie at mb.sympatico.ca> wrote:
  
> This must be Asafoetida (meaning "stinky root")- or
> Indian Hing which 
> was used by Romans as a substitute for sylphium. IT
> has a garlicky 
> bitter flavour, but I've never had it fresh so can't
> speak for the 
> resin. I've only been able to find the powder.
> 
>  


		
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