Posted by alexandra_k on December 29, 2013, at 21:02:43
In reply to Re: herbs and spices » alexandra_k, posted by Poet on December 29, 2013, at 18:48:44
> I don't cook, but my husband does and we've substituted butternut squash for pumpkin in soup, and it does taste similar.ooh. you guys do eat pumpkin, that's right. i made pumpkin pie with butternut squash and it was good. i didn't realize that you guys actually made it with those big pumpkins...
> Unfortunately I don't know how to grind spices, so I can't be of help there.I think you just grind them. in a coffee bean / spice grinder or by hand with a motar and pestle.
> I do grow herbs in summer and love using fresh picked basil on pizza and rosemary on potatoes.
yum. have you had potato pizza? It has very (very very very very) fine slices of potato. They might be lightly poached in a pan before being put on the pizza, even. so they cook. then olive oil that's had some fresh rosemary siting in it for a bit. you might like that if you like pizza and rosemary and potato (but hadn't thought to blend them). i know it sounds odd... but it is quite good.
> The sage is buried under three feet of snow, so our Christmas turkey didn't get any fresh sage for the dressing. Sigh, I hate cold weather.
aw. sage is one herb i'm not that keen on. perhaps i had too much of the dried stuff as a kid. actually... took me ages to get over an aversion to curry powder, too. bad, english ones. i found one today at the indian market... no additives or preservatives... just a bunch of dried and ground stuff... apparently such things taste a lot better if you freshly grind them yourself. nutmeg, too. hmm.... i wonder if i could do a lot with one of those cheese grater upright contraptions...
my stew turned out okay but the kumara / sweet potato was a bit of an odd thing out. i liked the green peppers a lot (forgot how much i liked them with meat and tomato based sauce) but the kumara was a bit sweet.
trying the pumpkin and chick pea coconut curry (got fresh corriander to put through at the end, too).
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