[Sca-cooks] Fun with cubebs ...

[Huette von Ahrens]

Caid has lots and lots of rocks, tumbleweeds, cactus, sand, Joshua Trees, palm trees of every
variety, you name it, we got it.  With the Mojave Desert and Death Valley and Palm Springs, we go
from the sublime to the ridiculous.  Less than five miles from my house are the rock quarries of
Irwindale.  We live on an alluvial plain, so rocks are abundant here.  It also means that we
can survive all our earthquakes much better, as our bedrock isn't subject to liquifaction.  We
just shake and bake.

Huette 

--- Sue Clemenger <mooncat at in-tch.com> wrote:

> I put sugar (or substitute) on my hot cereals, as well, but the ground 
> cubebs provide a nice bit of spice.  Similar idea to adding a pinch of 
> cinnamon, really.
> "Cream of the West" is a Montana-local variant of Cream of Wheat, except 
> it's whole grain, so you all of the wheaty goodness.  I *think* it's 
> made from hard wheat.  Same company also makes a very tasty 7-grain hot 
> cereal, with a texture more like chewy oatmeal (the grains are rolled). 
>   Mundane reference, and not SCA at all.  Both are common breakfast food 
> in my place in the colder months.....
> Around here, Stefan, we tend more towards sagebrush (hence, "Artemisia," 
> after "Artemisia tridentata"), and leave the cactus to Atenveldt, and, I 
> suppose, the sand to kingdoms like Caid?  My barony, though, has lotses 
> and lotses of rocks (the joys of living in what was, at one point, a 
> glacial lake bed), so if anyone wants any.....
> --Maire (Montana/Artemisia)
> 
> Stefan li Rous wrote:
> > Maire commented:
> > 
> >> *drool*
> >> When can I come over to your house for dinner? <weg>
> >> I've played with cubebs, as well.  Pretty good on top of hot cereals
> >> (oatmeal, Cream of the West, etc.)
> > 
> > 
> > Hmmm. I'm more likely to put sugar (or now artificial sweetener) on  top 
> > of hot cereal. However, cubebs might be worth trying on to of  scrambled 
> > eggs or quiche.
> > 
> > But what is "Cream of the West"? I've heard of Cream of Wheat, but  this 
> > is new to me. Somehow, ground up sand, rock, cactus and  thumbleweed, 
> > just doesn't sound that good. :-) Or is this an SCA  variant similar to 
> > that South Downs Ale, which I've heard is known to  the non-SCA folks by 
> > a different name?
> 
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