[Sca-cooks] Question on Cubebs

[Tara Sersen Boroson]

> As a practical substitute, I'd suggest using a much smaller amount of 
> freshly ground black pepper. The flavor is similar, though pepper is 
> hotter. But the ideal solution would be to keep up a supply of cubebs. 
> :-)


I agree - I've always thought cubebs were extremely pepper-like.  That's 
always been my substitution - and in fact, I've used cubebs in place of 
pepper once when I couldn't find my pepper grinder (darned toddler...)

-Magdalena

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Tara Sersen Boroson

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