General Question

truecomedian's avatar

My friend, years ago, had a box filled with herbs, a foul smell would fill the room when you opened the box, what herbs could these have been?

Asked by truecomedian (3937points) September 14th, 2010

I called it his “stinkybox” it was a riot. The smell would go away quickly when you shut it. I know one of the herbs was wolfsbane, and there was one other herb, I always wondered what that could have been. I want to recreate this “stinkybox” for my own amusement.

Observing members: 0 Composing members: 0

5 Answers

Response moderated (Unhelpful)
Response moderated (Off-Topic)
Response moderated (Off-Topic)
Response moderated (Off-Topic)
Kayak8's avatar

My guess would be Asafoetida—it is used a lot in middle eastern cooking (giant fennel). Tastes great after you cook it, but it stinks to high heaven before cooked. It is a smell that would go away quickly after you shut the box lid. You can probably find it at an Indian food store (where it might be called Hing) or middle eastern food store.

Foetid is Latin, I think, and is the same as the English root for fetid (having a heavily offensive smell).

Answer this question

Login

or

Join

to answer.

This question is in the General Section. Responses must be helpful and on-topic.

Your answer will be saved while you login or join.

Have a question? Ask Fluther!

What do you know more about?
or
Knowledge Networking @ Fluther