Some spices are really hard to find.
I knew this- and planned on bringing some down with me.
But, although I bought some, it never made it into the spice satchel.
So, I was all set to make cardamom owl rolls for our guests over the weekend- and – no cardamom.
There is one source here, but they want to sell me a cup+ of cardamom.
Why would anyone want to buy more than a few ounces of a ground spice?
And who in their right mind would pay $18 for the privilege of a ground spice that has been sitting
on the shelf in a thin plastic container for half a year?
So, I raided the Chai tea container.
And I pulled the seeds out of the pods-
and ground up my own spice.
I love having and using a mortar and pestle.
It makes me feel like an apothecary.
And gives me the opportunity to make and eat-
THESE!
(The recipe is here.)
Hopefully, you have a small tin of cardamom. But I really enjoyed the freshness and
novelty of grinding my own.
My mouth is watering! I remember how great they taste. Your company had a delicious weekend with you and Frank..
Clever woman 🙂
I love cardamom.
Thank you, Cynthia. The rolls really turned out well!
Brydie, I only needed a couple of teaspoons. Now I have to replenish my tea with pods!
Genius at work to raid the chai tin! By the way since I wrote the owl post I found the link to the recipe in cups for American bakers on the internet. I thought of you too the other day when I was reading the Fresh Loaf and someone had made little round buns with choc chips in the middle and iced chocolate faces on the buns and then again I thought of you reading Andy’s Biscuits for the Bishop post which took me to Czechoslovakia to a retired man carving St Nicholas biscuit boards….. buns and biscuits… and I wanted to ring you up and say look at these Heidi!
http://gourmetfood.about.com/od/dessertrecipes/r/cinncardbuns.htm
Ha ha, Joanna! I would have loved seeing those!
The owl buns make me so happy- I love to see them bake up with such serious big eyes- they remind me of the whole wheat bears- coming alive in the oven!
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