[Sca-cooks] Potrero seige contest

[Bj Jane Tremaine]

This is what was told to us by the people who ran the contest.

Jana
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> Bj Jane Tremaine wrote:
> >  The small black spice seed was galangal and we also had a compot of
root
> >  vegtables in cider.
>
> I wasn't there so i don't know what the black seeds were (wild guess,
> nigella), but there is not a doubt in the world that they were NOT
> galangal.
>
> Galangal is a rhizome closely related to ginger. It looks a lot like
> ginger, but the "fingers" are more cylindrical and the whole rhizome
> is much harder. Not a seed at all. In fact, the plant does not make
> seeds. It is propagated by breaking up the hands and planting the
> fingers.
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