[Sca-cooks] spices question

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

Hmmm.

Cubebs
long pepper
true cinnamon
galingale
grains of paradise


Although being me, I would make up the basket with spices that my period
counterpart would have used, thus I probably would include pepper, cassia,
cumin, and ginger even though they're commonly available.

Margaret


On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Nelson Beth wrote:

> 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?
>