SC - Grains of Paradise (was: Clarea redaction)

Mon Dec 25 05:36:00 PST 2000

>They are a cardamom relative, but not an especially close relative of
>the usual little green or whitish pods used today in Indian, Middle
>Eastern. and Scandinavian cookery. 

Does anyone have a Scandinavian recipe where GoP is used?  I've never seen one but most of my mundane cookbooks are Swedish with very few Norwegian/Danish/Finnish/Icelandic recipes in them.

>
>I understand they turn up as a common flavoring ingredient for some
>types of gin, IIRC.
>
>Adamantius

Bombay Sapphire is the one I know of, might be more though.

/Angus.

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