[Sca-cooks] Cardamom?

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Daniel  Phelps:
>Was written:
>>
>>  I'm just curious, because there are so many other Asian spices that
>>  were used in Europe that are no longer, such as long pepper,
>>  galangal, and grains of paradise. Why not cardamom?
>>
>Excuse me, perhaps I misunderstand, is it being suggested that cardamom is
>not still in use in traditional European food?   If so I know for a fact
>that cardamom is still in use in traditional Finnish baking and the results
>are quite tasty.

I get the impression that the poster you quote is noting cardamom as 
an _exception_. IOW, why has it not become uncommon in the way that 
long pepper, galangal, and GoP have [allegedly]?

Adamantius