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American Ginseng
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Chef Theresa Lin has been called a food ambassador and a culinary diplomat.
Samgyetang is a small chicken stuffed with sweet glutinous rice, ginseng root, and garlic, cooked in an herbal broth.
Growing up, I felt like these pieces of ginseng, suspended and unable to root myself to one place.
Ginseng “poaching,” or harvesting illegally, can be extremely lucrative if you disregard the threat of arrest, fines, and jail time.
Ginseng and I both call Appalachia home, yet, until recently, we hadn’t been properly introduced.
For generations, hundreds of “hunters” have dug the valuable roots for supplemental income.
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