[Sca-cooks] Fenugreek
Sharon Palmer
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Wed Jul 9 06:52:23 PDT 2014
>On Jul 7, 2014, at 11:22 PM, Sharon Palmer <ranvaig at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Use them any way you would use spinach or other greens. It's a
>>different flavor but very good. Try mixing a little into some
>>cooked potatoes, or use in bread. Or use them as microgreens in
>>salad. I think it might be very interesting in fresh cheese.
>>
> > If you know any nursing mothers, [fenugreek] tea from the seeds
>is said to be a good galactagogue.
>
>Huh? Sorry, "galactogogue"?
Galactogogue is something that helps produce breast milk.
>Since the original poster, Wanda, was asking about leaves and not
>seeds, is the resultant tea made from the leaves different from that
>made from the seeds?
Probably. Perhaps I should have called it an infusion.
>Why is "tea" brewed from tea leaves and not tea seeds? Is it just
>that tea leaves are easier to get and more available?
>
>Stefan
Different parts of a plant have different qualities. Wikipedia says
they sometimes press oil from the seeds of tea plants, and I don't
image they would if you could brew tea from them.
Ranvaig
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