cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoIs lemongrass and all the other hippy-dippy calming tea ingredients bullshit?message-squaremessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareIs lemongrass and all the other hippy-dippy calming tea ingredients bullshit?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square66fedilinkfile-text
I buy these things but I wonder if they are truly pharmacologically-active and not just bullshit. Discuss
minus-squareroom_raccoon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23·9 months agoWhatever the heck lemongrass actually does, it sure tastes delicious
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 months agoIt never seems to get its own one-man show, its always lumped with at least like 5 other ingredients so I can’t isolate it but I’m sure you’re correct. I love lemon + I love grass so ya
minus-squareroom_raccoon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19·9 months agoI think the taste can be somewhat prominent in Thai curries and soups at least
minus-squaresquiblet@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoIt’s so good in that context! I grew some last year but uh…. never ate it. Didn’t get that large though.
minus-squareSnipingNinjalinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI have had tea made directly from lemongrass, not the packaged kind, and I loved it
Whatever the heck lemongrass actually does, it sure tastes delicious
It never seems to get its own one-man show, its always lumped with at least like 5 other ingredients so I can’t isolate it but I’m sure you’re correct. I love lemon + I love grass so ya
I think the taste can be somewhat prominent in Thai curries and soups at least
It’s so good in that context! I grew some last year but uh…. never ate it. Didn’t get that large though.
I have had tea made directly from lemongrass, not the packaged kind, and I loved it