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[Alderton, Philippa]

winterstar4 at hotmail.com writes:

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What is paradise and cubebs?
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Actually, it's "Grains of Paradise" and Cubebs. Both are spices used in
period- both taste rather like our standard black pepper, but each has its
own specific flavor, with different over and undertones. Beyond that, all I
can say, is "They taste kinda like chicken".

;-)

Phlip

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Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

"All things are poisons.  It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a
poison and a remedy." -Paracelsus

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Scotland, the men." -- Johnson

"It was pleasant to me to find that 'oats,' the 'food of horses,' were
so much used as the food of the people in Johnson's own town." --
Boswell

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