On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:39:27 -0700, <RJ> wrote:

> I bought another container of Cardamom locally.
> Another batch of bread.... same ( sausage? ) results.
>
> Am I buying the wrong cardamom?
> Has my taste/smell gone to hell ?
> Anyone here bake with cardamom ? Help !!

You associate cardamom to a sausage smell for some reason. Stop
doing that. Simple enough.

I have a bag of green cardamom here in my desk at work (doesn't
everybody?) and I just took a whiff of it. I guess some could
confuse it with the smell of strong fennel, but tastewise it's
completely different.

-sw