[Sca-cooks] roasted cubebs

[Stefan li Rous]

Gyric asked:
> What are cubebs?

A few comments about cubebs from the spices-msg file in the Florilegium:

> Cubebs are yet another black pepper relative, looking vaguely like an
> allspice berry, but tasting rather like pepper with a strange numbing
> effect on the tongue. Not too different from Szechuan or Sansho or
> Fagara peppercorns (which are also not peppercorns, either...), and
> these are pretty good substitutes if you can't find cubebs.
>
> Adamantius

> If you cant get grains, I would recommend a mix of two parts black pepper
> to one part ginger. If you cant get cubebs, I would recommend substituting
> Tellicherry or other high quality flavorful black peppercorns. _Pleyn
> Delit_ says to use cardomom or a mix of cardamom and black pepper for
> grains, but to my palate, there is no flavor of cardamom. She admitted to
> me in a private email that she wrote that without ever having SEEN grains,
> much less tasted them. When I chomp on a cubeb, all I really taste is
> pepper.
>
> - --AM

> > There was a formula to 'create' cubebs, or something that would make the
> >  same sort of taste, but I haven't found anything about grains of paradise.
> >  How/Where can I find that.
>
> Cubebs can be found at a lot of Indian markets. You can TRY substituting
> allspice and pepper. Grains of Paradise are a kind of Cardomon, and they taste
> similar in my experence. Try an Indian or Orental market if there's one
> nearby.
>
> Cprwyn

> >CUBEBS
> >A mixture of black peper and alspice can replace the taste of cubebs.
>
> Not very close. Get the real thing.

> Francesco Sirene
> David Dendy / ddendy at silk.net
> partner in Francesco Sirene, Spicer / sirene at silk.net

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