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

Thu Jan 27 17:58:04 PST 2011

I didn't notice if they had galengale, but you can get that at Nam Hai.  It looks like slices of dried ginger root, and the package reads "galangal."

Talana

> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:41:49 -0800
> From: j.t.herring at sbcglobal.net
> To: northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Drop Talana in a spice merchant's shop and watch her 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
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 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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