[Sca-cooks] Laserpitium - was: ancient Roman cookery

[Lonnie D. Harvel]

Aurelia Coritana wrote:

> Since laser is extinct, lemongrass is a pretty good substitute for those (many) recipes that call for laser.
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Information on "laser".  Laserpitium latifolium
http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Laserpitium+latifolium&CAN=COMIND

It does not appear to be extinct:
http://www.floracyberia.net/spermatophyta/angiospermae/dicotyledoneae/apiaceae/laserpitium_latifolium.html

I know nothing about it myself, I was just curious...

Aoghann