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The Exotic Taste of Rice
- krallja 11y agoWhy were the ambergris (obviously rare) and marrow left out? Both are very high in fat and would have dramatically changed the texture of the recipe.
- Zancarius 11y agoAmbergris is reputedly illegal to possess (or trade) in the United States[1], so depending on the authors' location--which appears to be Pennsylvania--they might not live in an area where they can gain access to it, and certainly not legally so. The talk page on the Wikipedia entry[2] for ambergris is of interest, particularly regarding the legality, and appears to suggest that the Marine Mammal Protection Act[3] provides precedence even prior to the Endangered Species Act (which prohibits trading parts or products of endangered animals, as I understand it). I can't speak as to why they'd omit marrow, because I'd imagine most butchers would be willing to part with bones fairly readily (Google suggests this is the case, particularly for some ethnic cuisines). I've never cooked with it nor sought it out, so I can only hazard a guess. [1] http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/ambergris-treasure-of-the-deep-01122012.html#p2 http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/ambergris-treasure-of-t... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AAmbergris#Illegal_to_buy.2Fsell_in_USA....Is_this_certain.3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AAmbergris#Illegal_to_bu... [3] https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/50/216.13 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/50/216.13
- dmd 11y agocf. http://the-toast.net/2014/09/04/eighteen-kinds-people-comment-recipe-blog/ http://the-toast.net/2014/09/04/eighteen-kinds-people-commen...
- mojoe 11y agoFor those unfamiliar with ambergris, it's a waxy secretion from the digestive system of whales that is sometimes found floating in clumps in the ocean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris
- fractallyte 11y agoSo, like a (real-life) marine version of the melange/spice produced by the sandworms of Dune/Arrakis...? ;-)