SV: SC - RE Mystery spice
Brokk
H940114 at stud.kol.su.se
Fri Feb 19 05:36:44 PST 1999
> <<"Kryddpeppar" <snip> - any allspice/kryddpeppar I?ve ever bought was
> brown
> and largish (larger than peppercorns, anyway). - Nanna>>
>
> Nope, you're right, it's powdered. I checked and was getting mentally
> mixed
> up with something else I bought. Mystery solved. Thank you Nanna and
> Francesco for the quick replies.
>
> *sigh* I really need to check my mailbox better than I do.....
> The kryddpeppar/allspice comes from the Pimenta Dioica plant (a bush
> iirc)
> that grows in the carribean(sp?), mainly on Jamaica.
>
> The fact that the taste is often described as a mix between cloves and
> cinnamon
> has given it the english name Allspice which was once the swedish
> commercial name
> as well.
>
> I'm terribly sorry for the late reply.
>
> Angus.
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