Konjac is a commodity:: http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/konjac-powder.html On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com> wrote: > Who'd a thought? > > "Dondurma, Turkish ice cream, is traditionally made with goat's milk, > mastic and salep, which is derived from the bulbs of wild Anatolian > orchids. These flowers are now endangered, so Lezzetli Ice Cream < > http://www.lezzetliicecream.com/>, which recently started selling its > homage to dondurma at the Hester Street Fair on the Lower East Side, > substitutes *Japanese konjac powder*. The ice cream is churned in a > machine, frozen, then beaten with a long rod (as is traditional) until it > clings to itself. Of the four flavors currently available, Chios vanilla, > named after the Greek island where the mastic tree grows and thoroughly > colonized by flecks of vanilla bean, is the doughiest; pull it and you can > see strands part, as with string cheese." > > From today's NY Times online. Emphasis mine. > > Judy in sunny, summery, humid New Jersey > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >