gansie, do you remember way back when we knew bugger all about cooking – I put cloves in pasta once and Ruth made fun of me – looking back, that was a pretty dumb idea – oh well…the only reason we have them now is that for our housewarming party in December my roomies made a muld (sp?) wine thing that used that, cinnamon, and other warm spices – pretty great
Mulled, and I thought they were chocolate chips, and I thought “That’s pretty hardcore, putting chocolate chips in a glass jar on the spice rack-ledge.” *slaps forehead*
Chris:All of those spices, including the lovely and precious saffron, are now useless sawdust. :(
If you truly want a lifetime supply of nutmeg, and better tasting nutmeg, buy the whole nuts. Those suckers never go bad and can be easily ground with your trusty microplane. Us generously in curries. On Bizarre Artifacts from the Depths of My Pantry
i checked out his stove too!
Nice rack!
oh mine could be his any day
and, actually, now that i think about it, the first thing i asked to see was his girlfriend
the spice rack (ledge) was a close second
Those peppercorns (are they peppercorns?) look like they are going to fall.
cloves, I think. The situation is under control.
wow. i don’t have cloves. tell me more about their usage.
Damn my ignorance, you could have lied.
gansie, do you remember way back when we knew bugger all about cooking – I put cloves in pasta once and Ruth made fun of me – looking back, that was a pretty dumb idea – oh well…the only reason we have them now is that for our housewarming party in December my roomies made a muld (sp?) wine thing that used that, cinnamon, and other warm spices – pretty great
we’re using the word “bugger” ??? is that from your time in south africa.
and no, i do not remember i time when i was a novice chef.
aaaaah – how quickly we forget – and “bugger all” is most def from my Irish mother.
Mulled, and I thought they were chocolate chips, and I thought “That’s pretty hardcore, putting chocolate chips in a glass jar on the spice rack-ledge.” *slaps forehead*
nice stuff, ground cloves go into pumkin pie.