[Sca-cooks] Long Pepper Substitute?

[Huette von Ahrens]

Anahita,

Have you tried Indian spice stores?  As in Hindu?
There are several here in Los Angeles and the one I
went to recently had long pepper.  I just don't
remember what they wanted for it.

Huette


--- lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> None of the spice vendors where i live have long
> pepper. I can order
> it from Seattle for over $5 per ounce from
> http://www.worldspice.com
> but i wanted to mix up a batch of Poudre Forte this
> week and it calls
> for black pepper, long pepper, and some other fairly
> common spices.
>
> What i'm wondering, vainly perhaps, is can i
> substitute cubeb and/or
> grains of paradise for the long pepper?
> I know it won't taste quite the same, but would it
> be radically different?
> Or is there something else i should use?
>
> Anahita
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