The Todas scornfully deny the use of aphrodisiacs, but both men and women admit that they take salep misri boiled in milk, to make them strong.
Salep misri is made from the tubers (testicles de chiens) of various species of Eulophia and Habenaria belonging to the natural order Orchideae.
If too much salep is added, it gives its peculiar flavour to the bread.
Dr Percival has recommended the addition ofsalep with the same intention.
Dr Ure says that the Orchis mascula of our own country, properly treated, would afford an article of salepequal to the Turkey, and at a vastly lower price.
SALEP is the prepared and dried roots of several orchideous plants, and is sometimes sold in the state of powder.
Professor Royle states that thesalep of Kashmir is obtained from a species of Eulophia, probably E.
Salep is also obtained from the tuberous roots of Tacca pinnatifida, and other species of the same genus, which are principally natives of the East Indies and the South Sea Islands.
As marbling size, salep possesses very excellent properties, similar to carrageen moss, but its high price prohibits its general application.
Formerly salep was imported mostly from Persia, but now the tubers of orchids grown at home are collected and do not in any way differ from those coming from Asia.
In preparing size, use, to 6 quarts of water 2-1/2 ounces of powdered salep which must be well boiled for a long period so that it may become entirely dissolved.
From this root is made the salep of which the inhabitants of Turkey, Persia, and Syria, are extremely fond, being looked upon as one of the greatest restoratives and provocatives to venery in the whole vegetable world.
Percival, who stated that salep had the property of concealing the taste of salt water, which property it was thought might be turned to account in long sea-voyages.
Salep was much recommended in the last century by Dr.
Salep is now almost entirely disused in Great Britain; but we remember many saloop-stalls in our streets.
Salep obtained from the tubers of foreign Orchids was specially esteemed; and even now that sold in Indian bazaars is so highly valued for its fine qualities that most extravagant prices are paid for it by wealthy Orientals.
Salep is a most useful article of diet for those who suffer from chronic diarrhoea.
Lind, in the middle of the last century, strongly advised that ships, and soldiers on long marches, should be provided with Salep made into a paste or cake.
One dram by weight of the salep powder in a fluid dram and a half of the spirit, to half-a-pint of water, are the proper proportions.
The roots of this Orchis abound with a glutinous sweetish juice, of which a Salep may be made which is quite equal to any brought from the Levant.
It is said to contain more nutritious matter in proportion to its bulk than any other known root: an ounce of salep was thought to be support for a man for a day.
Salep was long imported from the Levant, till it was discovered that our native plants could supply it, specially the early purple orchis.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "salep" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
