"It may have been a monkey trick to make us change, our quarters-the stuff was sulphuretted hydrogen and Asafoetida.
"Jack O' Judgment"
Edgar Wallace
And, above all, the appetite for the novel was still eager, fresh, and not in the least sated, jaded, or arrived at that point when it has to be whetted by Asafoetida on the plates or cigarettes between the courses.
"The English Novel"
George Saintsbury
Everything was running over with wine, truffles, and Asafoetida.
"Salammbo"
Gustave Flaubert