[Sca-cooks] poudre forte
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius at verizon.net
Sat Jun 14 20:52:53 PDT 2003
On Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 11:37 PM, kattratt wrote:
> Ok this is a question from someone who was looking for my shopping list
> and drew a blank...
> Exactly what are grains of paradise....
IIRC, afrimomum melegueta, a relative of cardamom (which is why a lot
of people erroneously equate GoP with the more common cardamom).
Somewhat peppery, sharp, aromatic. They look a little like little
reddish-brown, polygonal apple seeds.
> And I do mean other than Hops for beer or grain for alcohol....
Silly. Hops are flower buds, not grains!
Adamantius
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