[Sca-cooks] Herby things

[Elaine Koogler]

Sue Clemenger wrote:

> Mmmm...nice question.
> I'm pretty spoiled, in that I have not one, but two local places at 
> which I can purchase many odd herbs (we even have a place that sells 
> grains of paradise, and cubebs ;-)
> Packaging would be ideal for me if it had options--starting with 1 oz, 
> and then maybe 4 oz., etc.  That way, if I'm doing something that 
> requires large quantities, it'd be easier to buy a 4 oz. container of X.
> Things I'd be likely to buy include:
> nigella seed
> true cinnamon
> unusual peppercorns
> long pepper
> culinary-safe lavender and rosebuds
> (in other words, stuff I usually get from the Pepperers' Guild)
> --maire
>
You can get some of these from Penzeys, most notably true cinnamon and, 
I think, nigella.  (http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/shophome.html)

Kiri