In article >,
sf > wrote:
>On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:07:41 -0700 (PDT), PickyJaz >
>wrote:
>>I am not familiar with Cardamom, can you offer what it may taste
>>like? I've googled and merely found uses for, but nothing about taste
>>or fragrance.
>>
>Cardamom is one of those things that isn't like anything else. The
>best you can do is find it and sniff it, but it will be a lot stronger
>smelling than it is in baked goods and you might not like it based on
>a sniff and no taste.

Alas for the sniff test, cardamom fresh from the pod smells
more than anything else like camphor. That's definitely not
what the finished products smells or tastes like, though.

It has a little of a similar character to cinnamon, it seems
to me. Kind of a similar "class" of flavor, but different.

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