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William Elkus <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 27 Oct 1996 18:33:27 GMT
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Catherine Whiteside <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
CW> A warning about the ingredient "hing" or "asafoetida" which is often in
CW> pappadums:  when you buy this spice separately, the ingredients include
CW> wheat.  The main ingredient is a resinous gum from members of the carrot
CW> family but to make it usable in cooking it is prepared as a powder, the
CW> bulk ingredient of which seems to be wheat.
 
I have been able to find hing which uses rice flour instead of wheat, it is
made by Frontier Spices of Iowa.  However, as you say, almost everywhere I
looked, other brands had wheat or "flour" was listed as an ingredient.
 
Bill Elkus
Los Angeles

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