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

[Jennifer Carlson]

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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