Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Hi Everybody, I hope you all had a great holiday and had time to relax and take it easy. I just had to tell you about my latest pursuit, spurred on by something that happened on Christmnas day as myself and my husband were preparing the veg for dinner. We were peeling parsnips and my husband commented on the lovely smell of the parsnips. I knew they had a distinctive smell but it was the first time that I took a few good deep smells. It smelled like a cross betwwen freshly cut timber and a garden center, it was sweet, woody and earthy. I thought about drying the parsnip and tincturing it. I will have to wait till we have more parsnips in stock as we roasted what we had and ate them ...Yummy! Well I had a look on the internet today to see what I could turn up. I found some stuff suggesting that parsnip root contains a mammalian sex hormone namely " androstenon " . Which is apparently a boar hormone. Has anybody else ever done any work with parsnip? Ruth http://www.whitewitch.ie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.