[MR] Mystery spice

[Logan]

what does it smell similar to?  taste?  is it aromatic, earthy, hot,
chocolaty, bitter, savory, sweet, and whats the other one i can think
of........

of a digital picture.

regards
logan 


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-----Original Message-----
From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of C. Brian Towey
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 9:46 AM
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org; keep at windmastershill.org
Subject: [MR] Mystery spice

There I was at Pennsic, and.

 

Along came a wandering merchant with a broad basket full of all kinds of
spices.  He had one spice I didn't recognize, and said it was used in North
African and sometimes French cooking.  I bought a small bag of lumpy brown
seed pods, each about the size of a whole nutmeg.  They don't weigh much, so
I suppose they are mostly hollow.

 

There's just one problem.  He told me the name of this spice, but by the
time I got home, I'd forgotten it.  Without a name, I can't guess what to
cook with it.

 

I feel a bit as though I had traded a cow for some magic beans. 

 

Can any of you guess what spice this might be?

 

Sheepishly,

 

Charles Fleming

 

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