SC - Steamed Pudding Recipes - 2nd installment

[Elaine Koogler]

All right.  Now I'm confused.  When I think "pimento", I think of a reddish
pepper sort of thing that's sweet that I mix with mayo and cheddar cheese to
make pimento cheese.  Surely this isn't what you're talking about!  The pimento
I know is definitely a new world thing, and I've never seen it any way but in a
small glass jar.

So please, 'splain!

Kiri

Lee-Gwen Booth wrote:

> > <<2 tsp each of nutmeg, spice (pimento?), and cinnamon>>
> >
> > is what we call Allspice.
>
> Yes, I think so too - pimento and allspice are the same thing (in fact, the
> need to check this out led me to the following English synonyms for it:
> Jamaica pepper, Myrtle pepper, Pimento, Newspice.  I found this at
> http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/generic_frame.html?Pime_dio.html
>  - looks like an interesting site)
>
> Gwynydd
>