[permaculture-oceania] Orris root

[Gordon, Sue]

Also Orris root is used in pot pourri, perhaps it doesn't have to be so
fine, perhaps it only needs to be grated and dried for that purpose

Sue
 
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[mailto:permaculture-oceania-bounces at lists.cat.org.au] On Behalf Of
Liane Colwell
Sent: Monday, 4 September 2006 12:26 AM
To: permaculture-oceania
Subject: [permaculture-oceania] Orris root

Virginia wrote 

I have a lovely big crop of orris roots. Does anyone know how to prepare
the powder? Do I just dry them and crush them, or is something more
required?
Cheers
Virginia

Virginia

I have only seen this referenced in beauty care books. One says it takes
4
years to grow this rhizome and TWO MORE YEARS TO DRY THEM OUT BEFORE
THEY
CAN BE USED. Wow!

They are used as perfume fixatives, natural talcum powder and a dry hair
shampoo.

Sorry if I missed previous emails about this or you knew it all anyway.

Do you know of any culinary uses of orris root other than in the
Moroccan
blend ras el hanout [trsl to 'top of the shop'] which contains as many
as
100 plus ingredients [including the neurotoxic Spanish Fly, which is
actually a beetle, ingestion of which does permanent damage].

Kind regards 

Liane Colwell


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