[Sca-cooks] spices question

[Olwen the Odd]

>Fresh off my adventures as novice head cook, (well 6
>months) I'm autocratting Storvik's Yule Revel.  It's a
>dessert potluck.  We are having contest with 2
>catgories (best period dessert and Baronness'
>favortie).  In an effort to encourage period cooking I
>want the prizes to be small baskets of some spices
>which are period but a little harder to find then
>going to your favorite local grocery store.
>
>So here's my question.  If you were to win one of
>those prizes, what spices would you like to find in
>the basket?  As it's a dessert contest I've had a
>couple of people suggest that they should be baking
>related but I'm not sure I want to limit myself to
>this yet.  I'm also planning on putting into each
>basket a pamplet with a couple of recipes for each of
>the spices in the basket and some urls for websites
>and names of books for further research.
>
>Orlaith --how do I get myself into these things?

Orlaith, let me know if I can pick up any items for you at my local spice
shop or Issinglass or whatever.

You coming to cooks guild at my studio Sunday?
Olwen

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