Smithsonian blog post about ambergris

[BillC]

The book mentioned sounds interesting

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/06/ambergris-recipe/

 

[Quintar]

interesting, i always heard it was vomit seems the majority of ambergris is fecal. I knew it was used in cooking though after finding out about the secretion route it sounds a lot less appealing...

That statement about it being illegal to possess is wrong though. it's only illegal to import it and sell it...so i guess if you find some on the beach you're good to go!

 

[Jim]

I saw a link to a video interview with the author a while ago,very interesting. Some say the ambergris needs to spend decades at sea before it is "ripe".

 

[Evbo]

I saw a link to a video interview with the author a while ago,very interesting. Some say the ambergris needs to spend decades at sea before it is "ripe".

It definitely needs to age in the ocean. I've smelled fresh, "black" ambergris & lemmetellya, it's not pleasant.

 

[rickcharles606]

I couldn't tell you what it smelled like to save my life, but now wish I could, lol