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

[aoife at cableone.net]

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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