Yes Madhuri ji,
It is used in Masala. I don't know if one makes dessert or soup from
Dagadful. I think another ingrediant of masala is sarate, write?
Are these things used nowadays in masala or has masala also become
fast-masala?
Regards
Nalini
----- Original Message -----
From: "Madhuri Pejaver" <[email protected]>
To: "Na Bha" <[email protected]>; "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60157] Fruits & Vegetable week: Iceland Moss
one liken used in spices in Marathi called as "Dagadful"
Madhuri
--- On Wed, 12/1/11, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60157] Fruits & Vegetable week: Iceland Moss
To: "Na Bha" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, 12 January, 2011, 10:07 PM
Thats a nice information mam. I
assume we should keep lichens among spices.
I have seen people selling Lichens at very high rates in
Delhi market
as spices, and these plants are being extracted on a very
large scale
from temperate regions in Himalaya (I am just talking about
Indian
Lichen market).
Just to add, lichens are one of the preferred food of Musk
Deer in Himalayas.
Pankaj
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Na Bha <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Iceland Moss Cetraria islandica is not a moss, but
lichen, a symbiotic
> association between algae and fungus.
> is a circumpolar plant abundant throughout the arctic
and mountains regions
> of the northern countries. It is found on the
mountains of north Wales,
> north England, Scotland and south-west Ireland. In
North America its range
> extends through Arctic regions, from Alaska to
Newfoundland, and south in
> the Rocky Mountains to Colorado, and to the
Appalachian Mountains of New
> England.
>
> lant Parts Used: The whole plant. The lichen may be
gathered throughout the
> year; during the dry weather between May and September
is best. It can be
> dried for later use by removing loose debris and
drying it in direct sun or
> shade. Cetraria islandica is available as a dried
whole plant, and as
> powdered herb extract.
>
> I don't have my own fotos, because when I visited
Iceland digital cameras
> were not yet there. I have some slides, but it take
quite some time till I
> have digitalized all slides.
> But dishes of Icelan moss (soup, dessert etc. ) are
very tasty, and the moss
> has a flavour like cardamom.
> Here http://www.herbal-supplement-resource.com/iceland-moss.html
you can
> find more Information and one Pic.
> Regards
> Nalini
>
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