"david" > wrote in message >...
> "Andrew Berg" > wrote in message
> ...
> > in article , Iris at
> > wrote on 2/13/04 3:52 PM:
> >
> > > Hello everybody!
> >
> > snip
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> > > What are they supposed to smell like? And why do these ones I bought
> > > smell like soap?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Iris
> >
> > That's what kaffir lime leaf smells like. Go ahead and eat it.
>
> Mine don't smell like soap. They have a wonderful, well, limey/citrus aroma.
> It is impossible to ever think this is the bad thing.
Well, it was, indeed, the Kaffir lime leaves. Last week my husband and
I had lunch at a very nice Cambodian restaurant. This restaurant is
famous for their amok Angkor-style so we ordered it. When the waitress
brought it to the table, we knew right there that there was nothing
wrong with the Kaffir I had used in that Thai dish at home. I it just
us... Regrettably, we find the aroma of the Kaffir leaves loathsome.
It's just so weird. I love the smell and taste of ginger, lemongrass,
galangal, tamarind, etc., but can't tolerate Kaffir leaves, lemon
verbena or cilantro. Go figure.