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Chan looks like a delicious glass of ice cold frogs eggs

Looks like a delicious glass of ice cold frogs eggs – but it’s not.
Chan (Hyptis suaveolens) is the seeds of plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae) that is related to familiar kitchen herbs like basil, rosemary , marjoram, thyme and lavender. Dry seeds are soaked in water until they hydrate forming a slimy gelatinous coating with a vague flavor reminiscent of mint iced tea. It’s getting harder to find and since it’s not hard to grow and the plant is common I can only speculate why one doesn’t see chan nearly as often anymore
1) It looks like FROG EGGS!
2) It’s coated in SLIME
3) You have to make it fresh from scratch and can’t really duplicate the experience with artificial color or flavoring in a ready to serve packaged product.
4) It looks like FROG EGGS ;-)
An old traditional Costa Rican favorite that’s getting harder and harder to find.

Ray & Sue

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