SC - Food Help!!!!

[Leslie Lansdowne]

Luveday / Tamara asked a couple of quick questions:

>Is it better to grind your coffee beans at home or at the store?  I ground
>mine at home, and I don't think I got the grind fine enough, compared to
>other times I've had Turkish coffee.  (Rather lumpy!)

Better to grind on an as needed basis. I keep my beans in the freezer (to
reduce volatilization of the flavor oils and to prevent or reduce rancidity
of all the oils)

I use an electric grinder, but am considering getting some sort of
cosmically cool looking hand grinder for SCA camping events... if i can
only find one that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

>What do others use for spice additives?  I used some fresh ground cloves and
>real cinnamon (not cassia).  Any other suggestions?

Traditionally, in much of the coffee drinking Arab world, cardamom is used;
however, in Yemen it is traditional to use ginger - dried, i think.

Anahita Gawri bint-Karim al-hakim al-Fassi


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