{"id":23983,"date":"2019-11-26T20:47:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T19:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=23983"},"modified":"2019-11-26T21:20:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T20:20:07","slug":"dried-aster-scaber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=23983","title":{"rendered":"Dried Aster Scaber"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favourite perennial vegetables and a fantastic edimental is Aster scaber (<\/em>nowadays Doellengeria scabra)<\/em>, here harvested in spring in my garden:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Harvested Aster scaber shoots in my garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In September, in a farmer’s market in Atlanta, Georgia I found packets of dried Aster scaber<\/em>\u00a0leaves (I had searched unsuccessfully for chwinamul in other Korean supermarkets, but hadn’t found it before):<\/p>\n

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Packet of dried Aster scaber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the front of the packet is a WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm!<\/p>\n

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WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the other hand, on the back of the packet it says: “Keep your health with benefits of HAETAE Sangol Hyanggi Namuls”<\/p>\n

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On the back of the packet: “Keep your health with benefits of Haetae “Sangol Hyanggi” Namuls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Is the reason for the cancer warning on the packet due to the fact that the same packet is used for a range of dried vegetables and shiitake mushrooms (namul), including bracken fern which contains a carcinogen, ptaquiloside (however, it is both water-soluble and is destroyed by heat )<\/p>\n

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Is the reason for the cancer warning on the packet due to the fact that the packet is used for a range of dried vegetables and shiitake mushrooms (namul), including bracken fern which contains a carcinogen, ptaquiloside which is both water-soluble and is destroyed by heat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was also surprised to read what would seem to be the excessive\u00a0pre-preparation by boiling for 20 mins., followed by a soak overnight and then rinsing 7 times, to remove the bitterness.\u00a0 I’ve never detected bitterness and have understood it’s also used in salads. I wonder also why they are known as “thumbs”?<\/p>\n

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I was also surprised by the pre-preparation by boiling for 20 mins., followed by a soak overnight and then rinsing 7 times, to remove the bitterness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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