James Silverton wrote:
> 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.
>
Yabbut, that is not the same as the all-pervasive artificial
flavorings that are in flavored coffees.

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Jean B.