Using Unknown Spices, The New Recipe Challenge
When a recipe calls for allspice or some spice or flavoring you’ve never heard of, do you immediately run to the store? Or maybe the first thing you do is look in your drawer or shelf full of spices and see if you have it already. Then you question whether it is still good, because you can’t remember when you last used it or what you used it for.
Don’t panic. First take a little of the spice you have had for a while and shake some into the palm of your hand. Take a spoon and rub it against the spice in your palm. Take a whiff. Does it give off a pleasing smell? If not, that means one of two things. Either the spice is too old and you should replenish it, or it means that you may not like the smell of the spice. And if you … Read more