Comments on: Eating Ginger Leaves? Thebu! http://food.laurieashton.com/2009/10/eating-ginger-leaves-thebu/ Laurie Ashton Farook's adventures and experimentations with food... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:22:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laurie http://food.laurieashton.com/2009/10/eating-ginger-leaves-thebu/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Laurie Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:43:06 +0000 http://food.laurieashton.com/2009/10/eating-ginger-leaves-thebu/#comment-668 No worries. I'm easily confused by a lot of things myself. :) Thanks to your mom for helping clear things up. :) You now have me very curious about Koppa Kola, especially since you say it's very tasty. If you get the chance, would you mind taking photographs so I can see what you're talking about? I haven't found anything online about it. No worries. I’m easily confused by a lot of things myself. :) Thanks to your mom for helping clear things up. :)

You now have me very curious about Koppa Kola, especially since you say it’s very tasty. If you get the chance, would you mind taking photographs so I can see what you’re talking about? I haven’t found anything online about it.

]]> By: Gaveen http://food.laurieashton.com/2009/10/eating-ginger-leaves-thebu/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Gaveen Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:22:29 +0000 http://food.laurieashton.com/2009/10/eating-ginger-leaves-thebu/#comment-664 Ah, my mistake. I had the opportunity to ask my Mom about this. She confirmed that what she call Thebu is the plant with ginger like leaves you mentioned. My confusion was about something known "Koppa Kola". That plant looks terrifyingly similar to Crotan. Still very tasty. :) Ah, my mistake. I had the opportunity to ask my Mom about this. She confirmed that what she call Thebu is the plant with ginger like leaves you mentioned.

My confusion was about something known “Koppa Kola”. That plant looks terrifyingly similar to Crotan. Still very tasty. :)

]]> By: Laurie http://food.laurieashton.com/2009/10/eating-ginger-leaves-thebu/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Laurie Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:36:13 +0000 http://food.laurieashton.com/2009/10/eating-ginger-leaves-thebu/#comment-660 Sorry, I was inaccurate. Ginger and Costus speciosus are of the same order, Zingiberales. Ginger is in family Zingiberaceae, Zingiber officinale. Costus speciosus is in the family Costaceae. More info can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costus_speciosus and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger We have crotons in our yard. This is one. http://srilanka.laurieashton.com/2009/09/project-365-day-5-croton/ From what I've found, it doesn't look like crotons are edible, or at least considered edible. I'm wondering if you've gotten other plants in the Costus family confused with crotons? I didn't know thebu was a name given to more than one plant. I asked Fahim, and he said thebu doesn't really translate, so I gather the word is not very helpful in distinguishing things... Thanks for the comment. :) Sorry, I was inaccurate. Ginger and Costus speciosus are of the same order, Zingiberales. Ginger is in family Zingiberaceae, Zingiber officinale. Costus speciosus is in the family Costaceae. More info can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costus_speciosus and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger

We have crotons in our yard. This is one. http://srilanka.laurieashton.com/2009/09/project-365-day-5-croton/

From what I’ve found, it doesn’t look like crotons are edible, or at least considered edible. I’m wondering if you’ve gotten other plants in the Costus family confused with crotons?

I didn’t know thebu was a name given to more than one plant. I asked Fahim, and he said thebu doesn’t really translate, so I gather the word is not very helpful in distinguishing things…

Thanks for the comment. :)

]]> By: Gaveen http://food.laurieashton.com/2009/10/eating-ginger-leaves-thebu/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Gaveen Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:36:01 +0000 http://food.laurieashton.com/2009/10/eating-ginger-leaves-thebu/#comment-659 I wasn't aware that Thebu was of ginger family. The variant I've had a few times looked so much from the Crotan family (I'm not sure there's such a thing as Crotan family), or was it? I had something which looked like a Crotan, but I'm not too sure it was Thebu. I'm pretty sure it was anyway. It was sure tasty. When I commented that the plant looked like a Crotan, someone told me it is from the Crotan family. Maybe people from different parts of the country call Thebu for different plants. My experience was in down south. .-= Gaveen´s last blog ..<a href="http://twitter.com/gaveen/statuses/5130577721" rel="nofollow">gaveen: Still awake. No craving for brains. I guess that qualifies as not being a zombie yet.</a> =-. I wasn’t aware that Thebu was of ginger family. The variant I’ve had a few times looked so much from the Crotan family (I’m not sure there’s such a thing as Crotan family), or was it? I had something which looked like a Crotan, but I’m not too sure it was Thebu. I’m pretty sure it was anyway. It was sure tasty. When I commented that the plant looked like a Crotan, someone told me it is from the Crotan family. Maybe people from different parts of the country call Thebu for different plants. My experience was in down south.
.-= Gaveen´s last blog ..gaveen: Still awake. No craving for brains. I guess that qualifies as not being a zombie yet. =-.

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