[Sca-cooks] How Many Cardamom Pods in a Tablespoon?
Maredudd
maredudd at blackroot.org
Sun Apr 7 10:31:38 PDT 2013
Thank you Mairi!
As it turns out I only had 3 tsp of ground so that's what I've used.
Maredudd
P.S. see you at Oldenfeld in May!
On Apr 7, 2013, at 12:50 PM, "Mairi Ceilidh" <jjterlouw at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Three teaspoons is a tab tablespoon. As best as I can tell there should be
> about 24 or so whole pods in a tablespoon (yes, I counted, but the pods are
> not uniform size). If you ground the 24 pods you would get 4 or so
> teaspoons of ground cardamom. I think I would back off a bit and use three
> teaspoons of ground. It is going to infuse much stronger as a ground spice
> than as a whole spice. Of course, you also have to factor in how old your
> spice is. The longer it has sat ground in a bottle the more the flavour
> will have faded.
>
> My suggestion? Go with your best guess ;-)
>
> Mairi Ceilidh
>
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>
> Hi Folks!
>
> I've got a recipe that calls for a tablespoon of cardamom pods but I can't
> find any. Ok, I didn't look too hard because I do have ground cardamom and
> know I can use it in stead. I even know that 6 pods equals 1 tsp of ground.
>
> Problem is, as I say above, the recipe calls for a tbsp of pods and not a
> specific number of pods.
>
> I've done a giggle search and all get is confirmation that "6 pods equals 1
> tsp ground. . . "
>
> Can anyone help? Even if it is to check empirically for me?
>
> Thanks for any assistance!
>
> Maredudd
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