[Sca-cooks] blue cheese? sampling spices?

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

on finding out what spices taste like...
I usually have brave students crunch one, but its also nice to mix some with butter 
as some flavors are best oil solubilized. certainly mooshing some in a mortar and 
pestle and taking a good whiff is good too! :)

--AM


On Tue May  9 15:25 , "Kathleen A Roberts"  sent:

>
>i hate to ask (cuz i know you learn more when you look 
>yourself-- how many times have i told the students that!) 
>but the first is just for passing info...
>
>would a blue veinded cheese be in period?
>
>what is the best way to taste spices?  i won a selection 
>of of medieval spices (galangal, grains of paradise, long 
>pepper) and would like to find out how they taste.  is 
>just nibbling good, or should they have a vehicle like 
>bread or chicken breast.
>
>cailte
>(the c stands for curious too)
>
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