Posts by Wyandotte

"...but if you swap out the butter for any good regular "butter-flavored" vegan oil, you'll be just fine. "   I am not a vegan, but sometimes I don't have butter in the house but do have solid coconut fat (if the kitchen isn't...

Several years ago I read that traditional Chinese medicine can cure some cases of loss of smell.   PS.  I don't get colds or flu anymore but I certainly can recall that sometimes, even after I felt relatively well, I had...

They will burn your throat if left raw.  Both the gold and the red varieties but the gold is worse in that respect.

Boy, reading this topic is so much fun!  Moi, I have a couple of little peeves:   1) the use of the word "decadent" to describe some ultra-tasty, wonderful, probably fatty and sugary, dessert.  I know what users of...

Ukrainian.  Pure as pure can be.  I like North America, though.  It's been my home for decades.

Thank you v. much for this info.   Hing is the Indian name for asafetida.  It smells a bit like garlic.  It is very nice after it's been cooked into a food.  It is a resin, I believe, and when you buy it it is...

Hilarious essay!  Especially "flaming lunch sacks"...

Glad to hear that, KY.  I wonder where we can find that stuff!  Is it easy to find or do you have to send away for it?   PS.  Is it anything like hing (Devil's Dung)? That too has a "hot energy" according to...

I have heard of people using Slippery Elm Bark, finely powdered.

Re epazote.  I've never used it, having heard it has a frightfully awful taste.  Is this true?