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8 Responses to “Salé / Tanglad / Lemongrass”

1. stef says:

   4 October 2005 at 11:29 am

   It’s ta khrai or tak rai in Thai. Also called citronella in Hungarian and German, Citroengras in Dutch and oilgrass in some other language(s?), but I think that creates confusion because citronella is a different cultivar (cymbopogon nardus) and is used more as a pesticide/insecticide. Verveine des Indes in French. Zacate di limon or Te di limon in Spanish. Shiang Mao or Xiang Mao in Chinese. Sereh in Indonesian. (hmm, closer to your Sale) — Is this fun or what? And I’m wondering why it’s referred to as “te” in Spanish, I suppose they had lemongrass tea even way back when? zacate i think is a general name for grass…. i could be wrong….
2. Apicio says:

   4 October 2005 at 5:31 pm

   Zacate is fodder, grass is hierba, weed is mala hierba as in ‘mala hierba nunca muera’ and we all know mint as hierba buena. A mint with a pronounced lemon flavour is called lemon balm here, also very nice as tea. Tanglad salabat keeps me wide-eyed all night.
3. stef says:

   4 October 2005 at 10:45 pm

   wow, apicio, what does that mean?! bad herb that never dies? i’m afraid my spanish is atrocious….
4. Apicio says:

   4 October 2005 at 11:25 pm

   Matagal daw mamatay ang masamang damo.
5. jojo says:

   11 October 2005 at 6:40 pm

   madam karen:

   any postings on tugak fest?
   :frog:
6. Midge says:

   14 October 2005 at 5:14 pm

   :cat: Hi, Karen. Bhustrina is the Sanskrit word for lemongrass and in both Laos and Cambodia it’s referred to as bai mak nao. In Germany, they call it Zitronengras. Sorry I’ve been out of circulation of late; I just started my own baking service! :kettle:
7. Karen says:

   16 October 2005 at 4:09 am

   Hmmm… the tribe of David has indeed invaded my blog, hehehe!

   Jo, you’re so tugac-obsessed. Unfortunately, I was in Megamall for a trade fair during the festival otherwise I may have covered it. I’ll give you a week’s lead time next year. :frog:

   Thanks Apicio, Stef and Midge. I’ll add the names to the list.

   Midge, do tell! :cake:
8. Midge says:

   18 October 2005 at 2:01 pm

   :cake: Hi, Karen! I’ve been baking for friends’ parties of late from my home in Muntinlupa. I usually do miniature cupcakes, pastries, cinnamon rolls, and dark chocolate cakes.