[Northkeep] Drop Talana in a spice merchant's shop and watch her go

Thu Jan 27 10:43:21 PST 2011

Spiceology had some paprikas.

Herbs and spices for Dummies.  I've had a similar experience when trying to find something out of the ordinary.  Even Whole Paycheck doesn't carry much that Reasor's and Wally World don't.  The Indian and Middle Eastern stores can only fill in a little of the gap.

Talana

> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:13:04 -0600
> From: tinabetta at gmail.com
> To: northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Drop Talana in a spice merchant's shop and watch her go
> 
> I have been looking for a source for good mild Hungarian Paprika, just can't
> make a decent Paprikash without it, and I can't seem to find it anywhere.
> The selection in Walmart and Reasor's is almost depressing, it's like herbs
> and spices for Dummies.
> I plan to visit when next I am on that side of town.
> 
> Tina
> loves to cook a bit
> 
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Susan O'Neal <catmafia03 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Ahhh, sounds like we need to plan a pillage soon and maybe a fun cooking
> > day. I love when you take us through the 'notions' and give us all the
> > ways
> > we can use them. Once Jim is beyond his next stage of torture in a few
> > weeks, I would happily open our house up for a cooking day where you can
> > share your secrets. I have a small store of spices to start from, the
> > Spice
> > Godess and a few others have had me hitting my favorite Indian market to
> > build up my stores-though I have no idea how long of trip they took to get
> > to me. Anjum has been teaching me the easy way to make Indian food and has
> > a simple way to make Naan, Bal demonstrated a couple Roti variations, and
> > Aarti showed me how to make Chapatties this last week. I am ready to move
> > beyond the packet Indian food like I brought to the December Grub and Garb
> > and really, really want to work on some of the breads. That and I'd love
> > to
> > learn the nuances of the different regions Garum Masallas. I have learned
> > the secret to mango lassi, so we can be sipping these as we treasure the
> > other things.
> >
> > Can't wait to visit Spiceology,
> > Susan the Curious
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Jennifer Carlson <talana1 at hotmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Tulsa . . . has an epicier!
> > >
> > > Spiceology opened this week in the Farm Shopping Center, just north of
> > > Hancock's Fabrics, in the space once occupied by the Game Shop. I have
> > been
> > > waiting eagerly since the sign went up over the door before Christmas.
> > Last
> > > night, while making an emergency run for thread at Hancock's, I saw that
> > > they had finally opened for business, but alas, had closed for the day.
> > > This morning the Tulsa World and an article on the store, which opened
> > > yesterday: so, of course, I beelined for the shop after work this
> > evening,
> > > and was delighted at what I found.
> > >
> > > The shop is set up like a boutique, meaning that the display cases are
> > > small and the shop has a lot of open space, but hey - their product is
> > all
> > > in small bottles, so there is a great deal of stock to drool over.
> > You'll
> > > see test tubes among the bottles - those are display samples you are
> > welcome
> > > to sniff. They package and label their own goods, and the colors and
> > scents
> > > of their wares tell you this stuff hasn't spent five years in a leaky
> > > Italian galley coming from Cathay by way of India, to be held in an
> > Adriatic
> > > port for another year until it's packed and shipped to Paris, with
> > upcharges
> > > and price hikes along the way, until a poor London housewife can hardly
> > > afford a bit of cinnamon for her camaline sauce, and peppercorns become a
> > > form of currency.
> > >
> > > I immediately scooped up a jar of Ceylon cinnamon - that's cinnamomum
> > > verum, or true cinnamon, not the cassia that we're used to. True
> > cinnamon
> > > has a more delicate scent and flavor. It was $3.49 for .9 ounces - you
> > > can't beat that. Also for $3.49 I snagged a bottle of garam masala.
> > It's
> > > so fresh the aroma smacks you. Diarmaid is looking forward to a tikka
> > > masala dinner soon.
> > >
> > > I made myself pass over whole and ground corianders and cardamoms and
> > > nutmegs. They have juniper berries, allspice, mace, and cloves. They
> > have
> > > jars of grains of paradise that make the tiny packets from High Gravity
> > look
> > > stingy. One display case is devoted to salts - sea salt and mined salt;
> > > white, gray, and pink. There's even a salt that our friends who ride the
> > > Mongolian Steppes would be familiar with. For those whose cookery leans
> > > toward the grill, you can take your pick of mixtures and rubs. If you
> > need
> > > extracts, you can find high-quality vanilla (I confess I didn't examine
> > > those as closely, as my wallet was making mewling noises and I knew if I
> > > didn't leave soon, it would be ramen noodles for dinner till payday).
> > >
> > > I was hoping for long pepper, cubebs, and blade mace, but at least for
> > now,
> > > their stock is a tad more mainstream. The owners (a husband and wife),
> > > however, said they are open to doing special orders, and took notes about
> > > the long pepper in particular.
> > >
> > > I am not being paid anything by Spiceology - I'm not getting kickbacks or
> > > free merchandise for talking them up (though that's something to discuss
> > > with them). My reason for emoting is far more selfish:
> > >
> > > We have a spice merchant in town. The prices for some of these items -
> > > when you can find them - at local grocers would make a Geonese trader
> > > petition for price controls. Let's do what we can to get them up and
> > > running and keep them that way.
> > >
> > > Oh, and their hours are 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Tuesday through Saturday.
> > >
> > > Now, back to making candy,
> > >
> > >
> > > Talana
> > >
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