Burning spices
It’s not always easy to know what’s in your spices. That’s a problem considering how often these products are supposedly mixed with other things during production. However, while we might be clueless for the most part, there is at least one spice we know how to test.
Asafoetida is commonly used in India, and it’s usual for foreign resins to be present in this product. To identify any unwanted additions to this spice, all you have to do is hold a spoonful of it over a flame. If the asafoetida hasn’t been tampered with, it will burn like a flammable wax.
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