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

Fri Jan 28 06:26:06 PST 2011

Pretty sure I got that from Penzy's - yep........
http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeysgalangal.html
although a local source would be easier!

Mercedes

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Herring" <j.t.herring at sbcglobal.net>
To: "The Barony of Northkeep" <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Drop Talana in a spice merchant's shop and watchher 
go

Really! Wow!!! Do you know if that galengale? I have never been able to find
it (was a gift from HE Mercedes) and it is the the finishing touch to the
hippocras i make for the Menjoire soup (I've made it for a couple of 
feasts).
Galengale along with grains of paradise really do seem to give it an extra
something that augments the flavors...

I'll have to try to get by there soon!

Thanks for the info!
Kelandra

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From: "aoife at cableone.net" <aoife at cableone.net>
To: The Barony of Northkeep <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thu, January 27, 2011 6:13:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Drop Talana in a spice merchant's shop and watch 
her go

Is Ceylon cinnamon similar to Vietnamese cinnamon?

Aoife

On Thu Jan 27 19:06 , Jennifer Carlson <talana1 at hotmail.com> sent:

>
>Certainment, mon seigneur!
>
>Talana
>
>> From: jeanpauldesens at gmail.com
>> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:46:46 -0600
>> To: northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org
>> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Drop Talana in a spice merchant's shop and watch 
>> her
>>go
>>
>> Any chance you might bring the *real* cinnamon and some normal cinnamon 
>> to
>> WK this weekend? I'd like to be able to compare the two...
>>
>> JP
>>
>> Qui mieux fait, mieux vault.
>>
>>
>> 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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