Even for me. Let me explain.
One of The Cat’s friends gave her a box of concentrated red ginseng extract.
Box
The little spoon came with the box, cute yeah? But I digress. It’s six-year-old, pure ginseng extract. Very expensive.
Ginseng Extract
The inside looks like something Jed Clampett might pull out of the ground (“black crude”, “Texas Tea”,”black gold”), hee hee.
The taste is not too pleasant, not excessively horrible, just not something I might gravitate to (my opinion). To me, ginseng has a very distinct taste and the extract has that powerful taste.
The instructions say to stir it into warm water and at sweetener (honey, sugar, etc.) to make it taste better but the two flavors don’t match (my opinion again). So, what did I do?
Ginseng on Toast
See, told you it was weird. Toast, butter, and a tiny bit of the ginseng extract.
Not bad. Definitely an acquired taste though. More palatable than dissolving it in water (still my opinion).
For me, it was just to try (The friend bought it for The Cat’s benefit after all). The Cat did not mind the water method, good for her.
So, the ginseng will not becoming a part of my regular diet … Happy Mouse. 🙂
Good to try though. Heading over to a Chinese dinner for some kind of chamber of commerce thingy (more of The Cat function). More on that later.
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
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Love the Jed Clampett reference. 🙂 Not so sure about the toast though. I like my with raw honey. The ginseng seems a tad potent…
Tad is an understatement. Thanks
Does ginseng have some sort of special health properties?
Supposed to be good for energy and some other stuff (never was good at remembering those things).
This is very potent Mouse! I bought this many years back and gave one to my uncle. Both him and my hub tried a tiny bit from the spoon and broke out with zits and sore throat. I hope your body can take it.
Thanks for the info. The Cat is taking very little at a time. Discussed with both western and Asian doctors.
interesting, looks kind of like vegemite on toast
Now that you mention it. Trying vegemite is on my bucket list.
I bought a similar product at a Korean ginseng shop in London years ago! It was something to do with improving my performance at university. I can’t remember how it worked for me but remember it did taste very odd (^-^;)
Good description, tasting very odd.