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Maitake is a perennial polypore mushroom native to the temperate zone of the Eurasian continent. It grows at the base of trees and fruits from late summer right into autumn. It has a mostly greyish appearance and grows in a cluster with many spoon-like caps with limited tubes. Maitake is entirely edible and a young fruit tastes tender than an older one.
The ‘Hericium erinaceus’ is a large furry mushroom spread throughout the temperate northern hemisphere across the whole Eurasian continent from Britain to Japan. Its Latin name likens it to hedgehog, which explains its German and French name, while in English and Spanish, the mushroom was named after the king of the animal kingdom.
An important element in Vietnamese cuisine, in Singapore laksa leaves are primarily used in the spicy curry noodles soup called Laksa. For some strange reason, the herb is not used in Indonesian nor Thai cuisines.
Latin: Lycium ruthenicum Chinese: 黑果枸杞 English: Black Goji What are Black Goji Berries 黑枸杞? Grown high on the Tibetan plateau in western China, is a thorny flowering plant whose family is commonly known as the Russian box thorn in Europe….
Latin: Parmotrema perlatum English: Black stone flower, Kalpasi Sanskrit: Shaileyam Tamil: Kalpasi, Marapasi Malayalam: Adal Poove, Celeyam, Kalpuvu Kannada: Kalahu, Kaluhuva Marathi: Dagad Phool Hindi: Pathar ka phool, Dagad Phool Urdu: Riham karmani What is Kalpasi? Also known as ‘black…
English: Asafoetida, Yellow Powder, Devil’s Dung Hindi: हींग (hīng) Bengali: হিং (hiṅ) Malayalam: കായം (kāyaṃ) Tamil: பெருங்காயம் (perunkayam) French: Merde du Diable German: Teufelsdreck Dutch: Duivelsdrek Afrikaans: Duiwelsdrek Swedish: Dyvelsträck Finnish: Pirunpaska, Pirunpihka Estonian: Juudavaik Turkish: Şeytan tersi, Şeytan boku,…
The turnip is a root vegetable originating from Europe, but it reached China very early on, around two thouand years ago. Today, the Chinese turnip is naturalised in China and is mainly grown and eaten in the Zhenan 浙南 region (the southern part of the Zhejiang 浙江 province that has a mild temperate climate).
I have recently discovered what the internet has claimed to be the “true cinnamon”. The hype worried me a bit, especially when the claims about the benefits of “true cinnamon” are often exaggerated and mixed with a considerable amount of…
Latin: Cryptotaenia japonica Japanese: Mitsuba ミツバ, 三つ葉 Chinese: 三叶芹/三葉芹, 鸭儿芹/鴨兒芹 Korean: 파드득나물, 압아근(鴨兒根) English: Wild Japanese Parsley Mitsuba is a wild herb native to East Asia. Used commonly as a garnish in Japan, its stems and roots could also be…
Fried courgette flowers – Fiori di zucca fritti – has to be one of my favourite Italian dishes! It is so delicate and tasty beyond belief, and not many outside of Italy know of this beautiful dish, much less…
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