On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:52:01 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:


>I recently had occasion to heat fenugreek, and while the odor was fairly
>long-lasting, it wasn't NEARLY as pungent or as long-lasting or as
>insinuate-itself-into-every-crevice-in-the-kitchen as asafetida (a.k.a.
>hing). I won't even bring asafetida into the house anymore.
>
Amen, brother.

Alex