[Sca-cooks] long pepper, was To Make a Fine Spice

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

the pepperers guild has it......
i believe Auntie Arwyn, of Crystal Connection and Auntie Arwyn's Spices also
has it....
and i *bet* you could mail order it from some other specialty sources.
Kirsten Houseknecht
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----- Original Message ----- 
> >And i finally tasted long pepper on its own. > >At first there was no
flavor and i thought maybe mine was stale - after all
> >i had bought about 8 oz in Morocco in Jan 2001, and it's been tied up in
a
> >bag that was tied up in another bag that had been hidden in an unpacked
box
> >since August 2001. But then it began to release a peppery flavor with a
> >*really* hot bite (like good quality dried ground ginger AND chili) that
> >was sustained and some of the, how shall i say, nose, of wasabi.
> >Hoo-boy-howdy! NOTHING like black pepper. I gotta use it more! If only i
> >had a reliable source for it (the only place i know of is World Spice in
> >Seattle, and they don't always have it).