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the spice so foul raw cooks call it devil's dung, then transforms into pure onion-garlic magic
sap sourceDried gum from giant fennel-relative roots
raw stenchEarns nicknames like devil's dung worldwide
cooking trickHeat mellows it into savory umami
medieval tradeRomans stored it beside silver coins
vegan secretMimics onion-garlic for those avoiding both