[Sca-cooks] black pepper wars

[Johnna Holloway]

To find out what Penzey's has to say about the crisis,
see
http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/relief/
>From a business point of view the impact will be minimal.
All of our stick cinnamon does come from the island of Sumatra,
but as luck would have it the port of Padang where the sticks are
warehoused and then shipped was spared the destruction.

 From a human point of view the impact is beyond overwhelming.

Johnnae



Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:

> In theory, you're probably right. It remains to be seen, though, how 
> many of our spices now come from places like the Caribbean. For 
> example, I know they're growing nutmeg [and mace -- obviously] in 
> Greneda, ginger in places like Haiti and Jamaica, etc.
>
> Whether these are considered more botanical curiosities than viable 
> industrial alternatives, I don't know. It's also possible that 
> somebody has sufficient warehouses full of whole spices that the world 
> market can absorb the effects of these disastrous times without a 
> total cessation of product flow.
> But I'm speculating here.
> Adamantius
>