[Sca-cooks] Cubebs and Grains of Paradise

[Georgia Foster]

OK, I have been curious about Grains of Paradise for a while now … so give 
up with some locations to get these (I am betting the local Super Wal-Mart 
doesn’t keep ‘em in stock) ,

Cubebs: Quibbes; Quibibes; Quybibe; Quybibes; Quybibys; Quybybis - cubebs, a 
spice related to pepper.

The dried, unripe berry of a climbing vine of the pepper family - sometimes 
called tailed pepper.

Culpeper : That you may reap benefit by these, be pleased to consider, that 
they are some of them.   Hot in the third degree. Juniper Berries, Cloves 
Carpobalsamum, Cubebs, Anacardium, bitter Almonds

Grains of paradise : Graynys of parise or perys - grains of paradise; 
however, some scholars say this is actually plain pear seeds, or ground-up 
dried pears.

Melegueta pepper, Guinea grains, Guinea pepper. The seeds of afromomum, a 
plant ... Lithospermum officinale, referred to as gromel by Culpeper (1653),

Trendy in the Middle Ages, these crunchy little seeds from West Africa 
deserve a comeback. They taste of spicy, nutty black pepper, cardamom and 
lemon.

Appropriated to the body of man, and so they Heat the stomach. Annis, 
Bishop's weed, Amomus, Smallage, Cummin, Cardamoms, Cubebs, Grains of 
Paradise

Culpeper notes (p. 88) "the seeds or leaves taken in wine, provoketh to 
venery... the juice of the herb in ale or beer, and drank, promotes the 
courses." (TTEM)



Cheers

Malkin
Otherhill
Artemisia





Jo (Georgia L.) Foster
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