[Sca-cooks] Fenugreek

[Sharon Palmer]

>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