Diasfora
General Category => Food and Drink => Topic started by: xtopave on January 19, 2012, 08:54:49 AM
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smokester posted Orris Root (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orris_root) in the Forum games section and I got intrigued about its (alleged) raspberry taste and smell of violets (that last thing apparently needs years of drying and preparation).
Since I have Iris germanica planted in my garden I cut a piece, I'll let it dry out and see what happens.
When I cut it it smelled potato-ish, pretty much like any other tuber or garden bulb. I licked it and it tasted... well... like nothing. A bit astringent but that was it.
Here it is:
(http://i44.tinypic.com/iw6qet.jpg)
(http://i39.tinypic.com/2nbvsjo.jpg)
I'll post more pics when it's dry.
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Interesting stuff XT.
I hope the flavour occurs a lot sooner than the scent of violets.
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hey, what happened to the pictures ??
(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mep9cmWUof1qd0vwj.gif)
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Hey that's Charlie! My daughter watches that show.
Here are the "after" pics:
(http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae166/xtopave/orrisroot-dry.jpg)
The smell: nothing. It doesn't have much of a smell.
The texture: like cork but not that elastic.
The taste: a bit bitter at first and then like walnuts and something else that I can't define. Definitely NOT raspberries.
It's going to the trash can right this second. :)
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When I saw this thread's header I thought Orris Root was a person. *giggles*
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When I saw this thread's header I thought Orris Root was a person. *giggles*
It'd have been more fun surely.