[Sca-cooks] Herby things

[Stefan li Rous]

Maire commented:
> 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)
I'm curious. What types of recipes do you use the nigella seed in? I 
remember nigella seed being mentioned recently when I asked for help in 
identifying a spice here and I have a bottle of them I bought from the 
Pepperer's Guild. But like a number of my purchases from them, I bought 
it because they had it, not because I had a specific use in mind.

The same goes for the star anise that someone else mentioned. I 
recently had a question from a Florilegium reader asking if anise could 
be substituted for star anise. I told them I didn't think they were the 
same plant and pointed them to some sources to buy star anise.

Stefan
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