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Title: cooking with asafoetida
Post by: Gaffers on 06 December 2011, 13:43:28
As I cannot eat garlic yet love the stuff I am in the process of experiementing with different foods and an internet search came up with this little gem - asafoetida.  It's a middle-eastern spice and I have lots of information I have gleaned off the web but I dont know anybody who has used it in real cooking to give their view on it.

Anyone?  :y
Title: Re: cooking with asafoetida
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 06 December 2011, 13:59:29
I hope that you know that this is also called 'Devil's Dung' G??? ;D

I haven't used it as I've no trouble eating garlic (even raw) but there seems to be plenty of scope to utilise it in the kitchen;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/asafoetida

http://www.tarladalal.com/glossary-asafoetida-113i
Title: Re: cooking with asafoetida
Post by: Gaffers on 06 December 2011, 14:02:28
Yes and many other choice phrases, although it would appear a bit like marmite as in you either love it or hate it as another phrase for it is Food of the God's

Title: Re: cooking with asafoetida
Post by: aaronjb on 06 December 2011, 14:04:37
Crikey, it's a real thing.. I thought you'd just had some kind of fit on the keyboard ;)
Title: Re: cooking with asafoetida
Post by: Gaffers on 06 December 2011, 14:14:33
Crikey, it's a real thing.. I thought you'd just had some kind of fit on the keyboard ;)

Nope, that's normal practice for me on here.  This was a brief moment of clarity... ;D
Title: Re: cooking with asafoetida
Post by: Debs. on 06 December 2011, 16:12:42
Crikey, it's a real thing.. I thought you'd just had some kind of fit on the keyboard ;)

 ;D.....or Sneezed whilst playing Scrabble! ;D
Title: Re: cooking with asafoetida
Post by: Gaffers on 06 December 2011, 16:14:53
Crikey, it's a real thing.. I thought you'd just had some kind of fit on the keyboard ;)

 ;D.....or Sneezed whilst playing Scrabble! ;D

 ;D ;D but I have been working on my Scrabble pokerface  "Are you sure you want to challenge that word...?" ::)