[Sca-cooks] poudre forte

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

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