[MR] FW: *WH* Mystery spice

[Rebecca Wendelken]

Break one open.  What does the inside look like?  My first guess was dried Persian limes.

Fu'il

>>> "David Wendelken" <davewendelken at earthlink.net> 09/02/05 9:56 AM >>>
 
here's a mystery for you...
 
xxxooo!
 
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On Behalf Of C. Brian Towey
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 9:46 AM
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Subject: *WH* 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