[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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