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The culinary replacement (mostly) is asafoetida, which is not something I would think of as perfume. My personal description is "somewhere between sulpher, sku
by mcguire 6y ago
The culinary replacement (mostly) is asafoetida, which is not something I would think of as perfume.
My personal description is "somewhere between sulpher, skunk and death." It's not really that bad, but it is pungent and will not leave your nose.
- kingo55 6y agoYes, raw asafoetida has an awful smell. However, cook it/roast it and it becomes palatable and the fragrance develops into something rather distinctive and compelling.
- washadjeffmad 6y agoIt's sulfur with notes of heat degraded rubber or scorched oil. Heated, it loses the pungent odor and has a flavor like mild, mellow onion with garlic, but not as distinctive as shallot. Everyone around you not enjoying it will still assume by smell that you're eating a bag of farts, but it's pretty good. I wouldn't rush out to replace the garlic and onion powders in your dry rubs with it or anything.