jmcquown wrote on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:30:57 -0400:

> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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

> When I was a teen I used to make a pot of tea for my parents
> in the evenings. I added green cardamom to the tea pot at my mothers
> request. I think it was something she grew up with.

Afghan restaurants use cardamon to flavor coffee. I rather like it once
in a while tho' I don't usually go for flavored coffees.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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