[Sca-cooks] Potrero seige contest

[Maggie MacDonald]

At 01:22 AM 6/1/2006,Bj Jane Tremaine said something like:
>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.
> > --
> > Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
> > the persona formerly known as Anahita


The organizer of the contest sent me the list of what spices were included:
>And here's the spices they were given:
>·        Salt (kosher/sea salt)
>·        Pepper
>·        Cubebs
>·        Mustard
>·        Juniper berries
>·        Caraway Seed
>·        Cardamom
>·        Nutmeg
>·        Mace
>·        Cloves
>·        Cinnamon
>·        Galingale
>·        Saffron

Baron David is rather familiar with his spices, so maybe those were the 
mustard seeds? I've used the dark mustard seeds many times at the local 
feasts, and theres 2-3 different colors available without going to any 
"exotic" sources.
cheers,
Maggie MacD.