[Sca-cooks] Question on Cubebs

[Maggie MacDonald]

At 09:20 PM 10/16/2003,Barbara Benson said something like:
>Greetings,
>
>I have come across some one else providing a suggestion for a Cubeb
>substitution. They said that a combination of black pepper and allspice
>would be a good substitute.
>
>This is a sub that I have not come across, and I am having a hard time
>envisioning the flavor combination.
>
>Anybody have 2 cents worth?
>
>I know allspice isn't period, but in a crunch this might be useful.
>
>Glad Tidings,
>Serena da Riva

Yes, thats about the flavor of a cubeb, if you had to fake it with 
something else.

There is a recipe somewhere, is it losyns? that calls for cubebs to be 
crushed and put in.

In the Joy of Cooking, so I hear, is a noodle recipe similar to losyns, 
with the noodles, cheese, etc .. and it calls for pepper and alllspice? 
nutmet? to be sprinkled over.   Just yet another giggle as to how a recipe 
is slowly adapted for modern use.

Regards,
Maggie MacD.