[Sca-cooks] Re: ancient Roman cookery

[Susan Fox]

Aurelia Coritana wrote:

>Greetings!
>
>Serena, thank you so much for the roast recipe! It looks yummy. Since laser is extinct, lemongrass is a pretty good substitute for those (many) recipes that call for laser.
> 
>
For some reason, I thought Laser was Asafoetida or at least a close 
relative.  Called "Hing" in Hindi,  it is used in South Asian cookery, 
in very small amounts.

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Glad to make your acquaintence,
Selene Colfox, Caid