Discontinued Spice - McCormick's 'It's a Dilly'
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Comments (13)Thanks Lin and Dig; I suspect my recipe may be OK, but the finishing method is not. Here goes: 2 1/2 Cup Vinegar 2 1/2 Cug Water 2 1/2 Teaspoon Salt 2 Tablespoon Sugar Dash each, Nutmeg, Tumeric, Dill seed. (I substituted these for pickling spice, I didn't have any) Several cloves Garlic Whole Black Peppercorns This makes enough for 3-4 pints. The recipe says to blanch gus for 1 minute and plunge into cold water. Pack into jars with a garlic clove, peppercorn and some red pepper flakes. BWB for 10 mins, wait at least 3 weeks and enjoy. The pepper flakes are dried from my garden. I would like to add sliced onion or other ingredients (hot peppers) as they are available. This is really quite good, but I am afraid to supply to anyone. HELP! Can I safely substitute the pickling spices, I find the mixtures available here to be too strong. And I can buy pepper flakes, but would rather use my own. That way I can regulate the heat of the pickles. Do I need to wait longer than 3 weeks, or do I need to wait that long at all? Since asparagus grows so quickly I put in just stems to fill a jar. It tastes just as good, but is not as pretty, is that OK? Thanks for all the tips, Rock....See MoreHelp Finding Powdered Bay Leaf
Comments (19)Thanks for the info, cloud swift -- and for the recommendation, beanthere. I don't think I've ever heard of Spice House. It's always good to find new sources for hard-to-get items, especially when someone can vouch for their reliability. At least there's an alternative now if my blender turns out to be as wimpy as Dan's. lowspark, I guess the way I phrased that sounded like I had some special knowledge about the subject -- but, not so! When I said most of the time you'd "want" whole leaves, all I really meant was that's what is called for. You'll find thousands -- probably tens of thousands -- of recipes that list a specific number of bay leaves to use for every 1 that requires the powdered version. From a practical standpoint, it just seems a lot easier to use them in the form specified (and fish them out) rather than spending time grinding and then trying to figure out how much powder is equivalent to "1 large bay leaf" and whether or not grinding increases the potency or whatever. So my comment was strictly from an "if ain't broke..." perspective. Lou -- here you go. From Bon Appetit, if I remember correctly. Should probably note for anyone who might think about trying it that this is NOT a copycat version of Old Bay. It's different. Subtler, but somehow far more flavorful. If you grew up on seafood seasoned with OB and are addicted to it, you may not like this. (Hey, I can relate. Although I hate most commercial seasonings, they'll have to pry the giant economy-sized shaker of McCormick's Season-All out of my cold, dead hands.) Just go into it with an open mind, okay? DELMARVA SEASONING 2 t. salt 1 t. ground celery seed 1 t. ground mustard 1 t. sweet paprika 1 t. ground black pepper 1 t. bay leaf powder (DA-DUM!) 1/4 t. ground cloves 1/4 t. ground allspice 1/4 t. ground ginger 1/4 t. ground cardamom 1/4 t. ground cinnamon 1/4 t. ground nutmeg (much better if freshly-ground!) Combine all ingredients, stirring well to mix. Put in a tightly-sealed container; store in a cool, dark place. Keeps indefinitely. Enjoy! sm...See Morecan't find hickory smoke salt ...??
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