[Sca-cooks] [SCA-Cooks] Top 20 Multiuse Herbs and Spices plus Salt
Lilinah
lilinah at earthlink.net
Mon Sep 10 00:40:42 PDT 2007
Sharon Gordon wrote:
>If you could have only 20 cooking herbs and spices (plus salt as the
>21st item) and wanted at least half of them to be multiuse, what
>would you choose?
See my list below...
>Would you focus on spices of a particular cuisine or select a core
>group that works for many cuisines and maybe a few for specific
>cuisines?
Well, i like to make a few cuisines, but i've focused on Medieval
Near and Middle Eastern. I'd want to include even more, since i cook
modern Moroccan, modern Indian, modern Thai, modern Indonesian food.
I'll try to stick to what i use most when cooking "SCA-period" food.
So i'm missing paprika and powdered chili and some spices used in
South and Southeast Asian cuisines, not to mention a number used in
more northerly European...
>Would you stick to herbs and spices that can be grown in your area
>or would you choose the world as your garden?
The World is my garden!
OK, OK, so i've got 22 herbs and spices - minus the salt - i just
couldn't pick two more to eliminate - i already had to skip quite a
few i've got in my pantry.
Also i'm considering garlic a vegetable, along with its relatives
chives, garlic greens, scallion, onions, and leeks.
SPICES
--------
Caraway
Cinnamon: i prefer Ceylon/True
Coriander seed
Cubeb
Cumin
Galangal
Ginger
Grains of Paradise
Gum Mastic
Mustard: White or Black
Nigella
Peppercorns
Saffron
Sumac
HERBS
-------
Celery Leaves
Cilantro / Green Coriander
Citron (or other citrus) Leaves
Fennel Leaves
Lavender
Mint: apparently Spearmint was the kind used
Parsley: flat-leaf
Zaatar (the herb, not the blend - or my own substitute blend of
thyme, marjoram, and what else smells right - possibilities include
savory and hyssop)
Whew! I just read Sharon's most recent post... since she's allowing
both coriander seeds and coriander greens to count as one plant i've
only got 21 now :-)
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Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
the persona formerly known as Anahita
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