HaHaHA!! Now where to get Fjallagras? But we get something called china grass. It is the extract of some brown alga. We can do some pudding of it thank you Madhuri
--- On Mon, 17/1/11, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Na Bha <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60599] Fruits & Vegetable week: Iceland Moss > To: "Madhuri Pejaver" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 17 January, 2011, 10:28 PM > Madhuri ji, > not every lichen is edible. But island moss yes. > Experts perhaps can tell which lichens are edible? > > a recipe in german with iceland moss. > http://www.arte.tv/de/europa/zu-tisch-in/Island/1393686,CmC=1393680.html > The following translation is from google-translate. > ####### start ###### > This unusual dessert gets its flavor through Fjallagras, > the weak bitter sweetness of caramelized sugar. > Ingredients for 4 servings: > > 50 g of dried Fjallagras (Iceland moss) > 1 L milk > 125 g sugar > 1 pinch salt > > Soak the dried Fjallagras several hours in water. Then > press and cut into small pieces. Heat the milk to just below > the boiling point. caramelize the sugar in a large heavy > skillet over medium heat. Stir constantly so the sugar melts > and caramelizes evenly . Also make sure that the sugar does > not burn. If the sugar is caramelized, you give the grass > and the hot milk and with a pinch of salt. Mix well, let > cool and refrigerate. > > Created: 23-11-06 > Last updated: 23-11-06 > #### end ###### > > Enjoy. > Nalini > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Madhuri Pejaver" <[email protected]> > To: "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]>; > "Na Bha" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 2:35 PM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60506] Fruits & Vegetable > week: Iceland Moss > > > I have not drunk soup of Lichen, nor heard too. > Could not get sarate????? > Masala if traditionaly prepared yes all ingredients are > used. There are some ladies who do this as buissiness, > selling the day to day requirements like pickels, masalas, > different flours, papad etc. If they are making traditional > ype we get all the ingradients. else fast masalas > Oldtimers like me know that we can prepare it at home else > the art is vanishing. > Madhuri > > --- On Mon, 17/1/11, Na Bha <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Na Bha <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60506] Fruits & > Vegetable week: Iceland Moss > > To: "Madhuri Pejaver" <[email protected]>, > "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Date: Monday, 17 January, 2011, 1:52 AM > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *********************************************** > > > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA > > DEFICIENT > > > !!" > > > > > > > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > > > Research Associate > > > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > > > Department of Habitat Ecology > > > Wildlife Institute of India > > > Post Box # 18 > > > Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > > > > > > > > >
