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Cardamom is very strong and pungent if you remove the seeds from the pods and

grind them with a mortar and pestle. It is worth the effort. I do this. Once

you grind them they start to weaken in flavor and scent, this is why I usually

use pods instead of ground in a jar. You can buy pods in jars in the spice isle

of you are lucky. If not then order from Penzey's. Do not buy the black

cardamom pods if you are going to use for sweets. They have a smokey taste and

go in spicy Indian dishes. If you want me to send you some give a holler. Do

you use groiund cardamom?

Donna

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Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:06:00

 

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I was talking to my mom about the rice I made (trying to interest her in

food since her taste buds are all out of whack) and she reminisced about

something her mom used to make that she insisted on getting cardamom seed and

extracting her own for the recipe (escapes me what it was). Do you ever do

this?

Where do you find cardamom seeds? Mom said they were really hard, grandma would

wrap them in a towel and pound them with a hammer. Amy

 

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I was talking to my mom about the rice I made (trying to interest her in

food since her taste buds are all out of whack) and she reminisced about

something her mom used to make that she insisted on getting cardamom seed and

extracting her own for the recipe (escapes me what it was). Do you ever do this?

Where do you find cardamom seeds? Mom said they were really hard, grandma would

wrap them in a towel and pound them with a hammer. Amy

 

 

 

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In a message dated 11/1/2007 7:51:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

thelilacflower writes:

 

Do you use groiund cardamom?

 

 

I did in the Thai rice....it is ground from the grocery store and is old.

The flavor is probably gone. I'll replace it next time i go to the bulk food

store.

I'm going to sneak into the kitchen store today, shhhhh don't tell DH. Amy

 

 

 

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Donna, I get my cardamom from the place called " little India " in the

town of Artesia. They have really fresh spices (cardamom and many

others) and their spice/grocery stores are a delight to visit just

from the aroma alone! They are also really inexpensive. I should

take a trip there soon myself, I always find something else

interesting that I have not tried yet....for those of you not living

in Los Angeles, any Indian grocery store should have this spice.

 

 

, thelilacflower wrote:

>

> Cardamom is very strong and pungent if you remove the seeds from

the pods and grind them with a mortar and pestle. It is worth the

effort. I do this. Once you grind them they start to weaken in

flavor and scent, this is why I usually use pods instead of ground

in a jar. You can buy pods in jars in the spice isle of you are

lucky. If not then order from Penzey's. Do not buy the black

cardamom pods if you are going to use for sweets. They have a

smokey taste and go in spicy Indian dishes. If you want me to send

you some give a holler. Do you use groiund cardamom?

> Donna

> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

>

>

> akfral

>

> Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:06:00

>

> cardamom~Donna

>

>

> I was talking to my mom about the rice I made (trying to interest

her in

> food since her taste buds are all out of whack) and she

reminisced about

> something her mom used to make that she insisted on getting

cardamom seed and

> extracting her own for the recipe (escapes me what it was). Do

you ever do this?

> Where do you find cardamom seeds? Mom said they were really hard,

grandma would

> wrap them in a towel and pound them with a hammer. Amy

>

> ************************************** See what's new at

http://www.aol. <http://www.aol.com> com

>

>

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