On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:29:12 -0500, Frawley wrote:

> Saw some powdered galanga and some powdered lemongrass at one of our
> local markets. Anyone ever use such a thing? Did it make a
> reasonable substitute for the real thing or is it a total waste of
> money?

Waste of money. I've tried each one once and neither of them had
any flavor. They could have been old, though. I've also tried
trimmed lemongrass stalks bottled in water - same result.

-sw