[Sca-cooks] Herb? Spice? Other?
Antonia Calvo
ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Wed Feb 11 18:14:44 PST 2009
Antonia Calvo wrote:
>> I'm trying to decide if dried flowers are spices or not. I tend to
>> list items such as roses, lavender, and safflower separately from
>> spices.
>>
>> Same goes for animal products, such as musk and ambergris, that were
>> used in foods. I tend to list them separately from spices, too.
>>
>
>
> Well, that looks like my classifications from Wikipedia, so I think
> it's accurate :-)
>
> I'd be OK with adding flowers to the list, if I knew of any flowers
> used specifically as culinary spices. I agree that musk and ambergris
> are *not* spices.
>
OK, I thought of one... elderflowers. But then that seems like more of
a herb than a spice...
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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo
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