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Sahlep (or salep) is a flour made from the tubers of the orchid genus Orchis (including species Orchis mascula and Orchis militaris). These tubers contain a nutritious, starchy polysaccharide called glucomannan. As The Times article states: ”.. the rose may bespeak courtly love, and the lily purity, but orchids say something else, and bluntly — […]