Salep

And it's not a nog, but there's the thick, creamy Middle Eastern beverage sahlep aka salep or sahlab, which is made with milk and powdered orchid root. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“It is what the Turkish people call salep, an oil made of the roots and flowers of the early purple orchid. ❋ Kate Douglas, Deanna Lee, Dawn Thompson (2008)

If you would like some of the salep, I can send it to you. ❋ Laurie Constantino (2009)

On the salep, that's a very generous offer - thanks! ❋ Laurie Constantino (2009)

For this reason it is illegal to ship true salep out of the country. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Kahramanmaraş region is known for its distinct ice cream, Maraş dondurması, which contains more salep than usual; it is much tougher and stickier, and may even require a knife and fork to eat. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The unusual texture is produced by the use of salep (a flour made from dried orchid tubers) and mastic resin as thickening agents, together with other flavorings. ❋ Unknown (2007)

However, the popularity of the salep flavor in Turkish ice cream has caused a decline in the populations of the region's wild orchids. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And ate pudding made from shredded chicken breast very good it was too, and drank salep, a 'warming winter drink made from orchid roots' it sa here. ❋ Slimmeroftheyea (2008)

Sina well compounded when the moon stands in the proper House; yellow earths I have — arplan from China that makes a man renew his youth and astonish his household; saffron from Kashmir, and the best salep of ❋ Unknown (2003)

Professor Royle states that the salep of Kashmir is obtained from a species of Eulophia, probably _E. virens_. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

( "American Journal of Pharmacy," vol. ix., p. 305), the Otaheite salep is obtained from a new species of tacca, which he names _T. oceanica_. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

Orchids furnishing salep, 354 an edible species of, 375 roots of some used as food, 377 ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

Indigenous salep is procured, according to Dr. Perceval from _Orchis mascula_, _O. latifolia_, _O. morio_, and other native plants of this order. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

The price of salep is about eight guineas per cwt. in the London market. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

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. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)