WAIE (whatamieating.com)
This is the searchable online international food dictionary with 61,500 terms in 302 languages plus 12,690 plurals.
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The database behind this site was the loving creation of Suzy Oakes, who sadly passed away on 31st July 2011.
She will be greatly missed.
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Language: Spanish
Description: Sacred pepper. Sacred pepper is a large, aromatic leaf of the pepper family, with a slight flavour of anis or fennel, cloves, nutmeg and black pepper, used in cooking. It is often used to wrap fish or tamales.
| Hoja santa or hierba santa leaves, ready to be added to a mole amarillo at the lovely Restaurante El Naranjo in Oaxaca City in Mexico |
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Pronounced: OH-hah SAHN-tah
Latin: Piper sanctum
Ethnicity: Mexican
Most frequent country: Mexico
See places: Mexican food and cuisine
See foods and dishes: tamales
Other web reference:
Gernot-Katzer's-spice-pages.com
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