spice do we detest? aesofetida

[Guest guest]

Hey, that name rings a bell. Isn't the the same stuff they used to put in a

leather bag and hang around their necks...to ward off vampires?

 

Joanie

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I always thought garlic was used to ward of Vampires.

 

gayle

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I'm sure the spice was aesofetida. Doesn't anyone else like this spice? I sure

do, does it smell......LOL I swear I use it often and never noticed it being

unpleasant.

Donna

 

glpveg4life wrote:

There is a spice that smells like armpits?

 

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[Guest guest]

I remember the first time I used this spice. I was cooking in St. Louis, and my

best friend cooking in NYC. Neither of us had heard of asoetida before, but I

found it at my local Wild Oats. I opened the jar (it was in the bulk spice

dept.) and almost gagged. It smells worse than an entire locker room of

armpits. When I Fedexed a pouch to my friend, I was sure cops were going to

arrest me for sending contraband, with the odor disguised by the asoefetida!

(They didn't, and I don't recommend trying!!!) Anyway, it does magical things

to the finished dishes, and the smell is absorbed or transformed, and it's worth

it.

 

 

Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower

 

Friday, April 14, 2006 2:30:35 PM

spice do we detest? aesofetida

 

I'm sure the spice was aesofetida. Doesn't anyone else like this spice? I

sure do, does it smell......LOL I swear I use it often and never noticed it

being unpleasant.

Donna

[Guest guest]

Bless you, Donna - actually the name tells you that it doesn't smell

good - asa-foetid-a = fetid. I bought a jar of it and the spice itself

comes in 3 individual containers which fit in the spice bottle, double

sealing it so that the smell doesn't infiltrate all your other herbs

and spices. Actually I don't find that it smells all that bad, but

then I have a cat whose sweaty paws smell like really rank socks, so

my sense of smell may well have been compromised, LOL.

Christie

 

, Donnalilacflower

<thelilacflower wrote:

>

> I'm sure the spice was aesofetida. Doesn't anyone else like this

spice? I sure do, does it smell......LOL I swear I use it often and

never noticed it being unpleasant.

> Donna

[Guest guest]

I don't know about vampires, Joanie, but it was believed to ward off

germs.

http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/asafetid.html

Christie

 

, grow514 wrote:

>

> Hey, that name rings a bell. Isn't the the same stuff they used to

put in a

> leather bag and hang around their necks...to ward off vampires?

>

> Joanie

>

[Guest guest]

Now that really made me laugh!

Donna

 

christie_0131 <christie0131 wrote:

I have a cat whose sweaty paws smell like really rank socks, so

my sense of smell may well have been compromised, LOL.

Christie

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

It's true - Poppy is such a beautiful cat and the rest of her smells

quite sweet for a cat, but her paws smell just awful and she has quite

a foot fetish - loves to stick her head in a shoe and chase across the

floor with her head stuck in it - very weird, but it never ceases to

make me laugh.

Christie

 

, Donnalilacflower

<thelilacflower wrote:

>

> Now that really made me laugh!

> Donna

>

> christie_0131 <christie0131 wrote:

> I have a cat whose sweaty paws smell like really rank socks, so

> my sense of smell may well have been compromised, LOL.

> Christie

[Guest guest]

Mmm! Now you've got me wondering. Maybe it's both, or maybe I need to do

some research and find out for sure.

 

Here it is:

Making Do: Old Time Recipes & Home Remedies

or copy and paste to your browser:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnstewar/makedo.htm#ASAFETIDA%20BAG

 

Joanie

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks. I found a link that says it was used for breaking up congestion too.

 

Joanie

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I had a cat do that...I tried to give her a shoe box instead. She did the

same thing with it.

 

Joanie