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Comments (109)Thank you NC, I am happy to be back gardening and talking to the garden friends again.:) Thank you Anna for the warm welcome, it does make a big difference to be able to garden in our own backyards, it is very sad to eat only imported and expensive food like what I saw on vacation. The natives said that they actually come and buy things here that are affordable including food. The downtown area had shops like Gucci and others high end. I am glad that you are getting some sungolds they are usually the first to ripen for me. And was I surprised to see the dwarf container tomatoes when I came back, this tomatoes are the same in the green container, this is how they look now. The morning glories that are supposed to be black are a shade of purple And I got some corn for my african grey parrot Silvia...See Moregardenguru1950/Joe's Indian recipes
Comments (7)The trick to most Indian cooking is to have the masalas (spices) on hand. They can last a long time if kept in airtight containers, and only need a minute or 2 dry-fried in a pan before using. After that, it really is a quite simple cuisine to prepare. And you can mix and match various masalas, rather than follow exact recipes. Experiment! Lentils and beans, too, are generally interchangeable. No 2 Indian cooks prepare the same dish in the same way... And it is a surpisingly quick way to prepare delicious meals once you've tried it once or twice! Just took a pic of my masala shelf... This post was edited by shaxhome on Wed, Apr 3, 13 at 8:38...See MoreNeed advice - spice grinder/mill
Comments (7)If you use a coffee/spice mill for coffee, you won't want to use it for spices, and vice versa. That may be what the sales person was talking about, not that the machine was incapable of milling spices; because there are lots of "oils" in coffee beans as well. I have a Bosch coffee/spice mill (electric with a blade) that I've used for many years, mostly for milling flaxmeal, but I've also used if for milling whole allspice and cloves. When it comes to milling whole nutmeg in it, it's not suited for it. You would have to hammer a whole nutmeg into tiny bits for it to be able to mill it. Milling a whole nutmeg at one time would also make a LOT of nutmeg. So if you aren't using it freshly grated, you just as well use the stuff in the can/bottle. I'd suggest a nutmeg grater - the old-fashioned steel cone, a microplane - or a nutmeg mill which is designed specifically for whole nutmeg. I have a nutmeg mill and it never did a good job - I got nutmeg "shavings" rather than ground nutmeg, so I reverted back to a grater or microplane for nutmeg. I milled cinnamon sticks (broken into small pieces) in a Krups spice/coffee mill and it ruined the plastic cover, so I'd be careful milling cinnamon sticks, as well. What I have since learned is that cinnamon sticks are made up of thin layers and you can easily mill them. Cassia sticks are much harder, made up of one thick layer, capable of damaging a spice or coffee grinder. I must have been using cassia sticks.... I also have hand-mills for salt/pepper/spices. They work fine and most have adjustable grinds on them. I also have Porkert Poppy Seed Mill which is great for milling all kinds of things, including the tiny seeds of grain such as teff and amaranth, coffee, spices, oily seeds like sesame and poppy seeds. Choices abound and no one grinder/mill does it all.... -Grainlady...See MoreSuggestions for ordering spices...
Comments (21)I'm another fan of Penzey's, there is a store about 50 miles away, when stores were still open I went there regularly. I also buy some of the more "exotic" spices from the Mediterranean Market, they are far less expensive and they have such a big turnover they are fresh. I've never seen nutmeg or cinnamon there but they have turmeric and curry and Chinese 5 spice, and being a "grocery" they are still open (although I haven't gone there during this virus lockdown). I still have that quart jar of sumac that I "foraged" and dried and lots of dried herbs that I grew last year, I even have quite a lot of dehydrated garlic, I give it a whiz in an old coffee grinder to make powder... Annie...See Morekadefol
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