[Sca-cooks] Question on Cubebs

[Susan Fox-Davis]

OK well I tried.  If I were to try to substitute for cubebs, I'd go with 
stuff that is equally hard to find in the average supermarket, is the 
only problem.  Maybe black pepper plus grains-of-paradise with a light 
shaving of citrus peel.  I would not use allspice, since cubebs don't 
have that "clove-y" flavor, to my taste anyway.

Selene C.

Barbara Benson wrote:

>Thanks for the offer (and thanks to the others that offered).
>
>I actually have an ounce in my cupboard myself! This was more of an acedemic
>discussion because it was brought up on another list and I was skeptical as
>to weather or not the allspice was an acceptable substitute.
>
>The list the discussion was on is not a hard-core cooking list so I thought
>it would be inappropriate to have a period/not-period discussion on said
>list. So I brought it over here for informational purposes only.
>
>But again, I appriciate the offer.
>
>Glad Tidings,
>Serena da Riva
>
>
>>Do you want me to just send you some?  I found out the hard way this
>>summer that 1 ounce is a lot more than I will use in a year!  Herb
>>Products Company carries them, their home office is in my area so I just
>>walked in and bought a bunch of stuff. <www.herbproducts.com>  I can
>>send you about 1/4 cup if you send me a mailing address offlist.
>>
>>Selene Colfox
>>