Making an Ounce of Laser Last (Asafoetida/Silphium)
Origin: Rome, Italy
Source: Apicius, 400
Ingredients
- ounce laser (silphium/asafoetida resin)
- pine nuts
Instructions
- Store the laser in a roomy glass jar together with about twenty pine nuts.
- When laser flavor is wanted, crush the (laser-scented) pine nuts into the food.
- Return the same number of fresh pine nuts to the jar each time.