| Tom or Mary |
I noticed that in the strip district of Pittsburgh a new spice store has
opened. It is Penzeys Spices which appears to be a national chain. Anyone
have any experience with them. It seems as if they package their goods in a
number of convenient sizes. I was overwhelmed by all the spices, and almost
needed some type of reference in order to figure out what role each played
in the preparation of a meal.
Thanks
Tom
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| jmcquown |
Tom or Mary wrote:
> I noticed that in the strip district of Pittsburgh a new spice store
> has opened. It is Penzeys Spices which appears to be a national
> chain. Anyone have any experience with them. It seems as if they
> package their goods in a number of convenient sizes. I was
> overwhelmed by all the spices, and almost needed some type of
> reference in order to figure out what role each played in the
> preparation of a meal.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
Absolutely ADORE Penzey's. It's not really "national". They didn't open a
shop in Tennessee until early this year. They have absolutely wonderful
spices, exceedingly fresh. Available jarred, bagged and oh! Gift boxes
that are packed with bay leaves, cinnamon sticks and whole nutmegs.
Hie thee hence to Penzey's!
Jill
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| William Wagner |
In article <3i29f.13952$wG.9378@bignews4.bellsouth.net>,
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Tom or Mary wrote:
> > I noticed that in the strip district of Pittsburgh a new spice store
> > has opened. It is Penzeys Spices which appears to be a national
> > chain. Anyone have any experience with them. It seems as if they
> > package their goods in a number of convenient sizes. I was
> > overwhelmed by all the spices, and almost needed some type of
> > reference in order to figure out what role each played in the
> > preparation of a meal.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tom
>
> Absolutely ADORE Penzey's. It's not really "national". They didn't open a
> shop in Tennessee until early this year. They have absolutely wonderful
> spices, exceedingly fresh. Available jarred, bagged and oh! Gift boxes
> that are packed with bay leaves, cinnamon sticks and whole nutmegs.
>
> Hie thee hence to Penzey's!
>
> Jill
I use their spices.
Bill
http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/shophome.html
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| Melba's Jammin' |
In article <4364902d$0$76288$4d5ecec7@reader.city-net.com>,
"Tom or Mary" <tombates@city-net.com> wrote:
> I noticed that in the strip district of Pittsburgh a new spice store has
> opened. It is Penzeys Spices which appears to be a national chain. Anyone
> have any experience with them. It seems as if they package their goods in a
> number of convenient sizes. I was overwhelmed by all the spices, and almost
> needed some type of reference in order to figure out what role each played
> in the preparation of a meal.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
Use Google's Advanced Groups Search (search rec.food.cooking) for more
information, comments, and opinions about Penzeys than you would ever
want. Yes, LOTS of people here shop at Penzeys. They're very good. I
like their Old World Seasoning (like Lawry's seasoned salt but not as
salty -- thanks to Sheryl Rosen for that recommendation -- and the Fox
Point. I can buy excellent quality plain herbs and spices at my local
food co-op (fresh stock, high quality) but Penzeys shines at their
seasoning blends. There are a bazillion of them. If you haven't yet
checked their online catalog, why haven't you? "-) penzeys.com.
Plenty of descriptive info there as well as in their paper catalogs -
sam' t'ing. Didn't you pick up a catalog when you were in the store?
Start reading.
--
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 10-20-05 with a note from Niece Jo.
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| Nancy Young |
"Tom or Mary" <tombates@city-net.com> wrote
>I noticed that in the strip district of Pittsburgh a new spice store has
> opened. It is Penzeys Spices which appears to be a national chain. Anyone
> have any experience with them. It seems as if they package their goods in
> a
> number of convenient sizes. I was overwhelmed by all the spices, and
> almost
> needed some type of reference in order to figure out what role each played
> in the preparation of a meal.
Did they have catalogs available? You should get one (you can order
it online) and check it out at your leisure. A lot of people here get
their spices from Penzeys. I'm very happy with their selection and
service. Fresher and usually not as pricey as the supermarket stuff.
nancy
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| Thelma Lubkin |
Tom or Mary <tombates@city-net.com> wrote:
: I noticed that in the strip district of Pittsburgh a new spice store has
: opened. It is Penzeys Spices which appears to be a national chain. Anyone
: have any experience with them. It seems as if they package their goods in a
: number of convenient sizes. I was overwhelmed by all the spices, and almost
: needed some type of reference in order to figure out what role each played
: in the preparation of a meal.
I'm in Milwaukee where the original Spice House from which
Penzey's grew still operates; it's not affiliated with Penzey's.
Penzey's has finally opened a Milwaukee location that I can
easily reach and I visited in eager anticipation last week. I am
sorely disappointed. Everything was antiseptically packaged in
sizes convenient for the store, not for me. There was hardly the
vaguest aroma of all the spices around me. I needed cinnamon stick:
they had Indonesian cinnamon stick in 2" pieces and Indonesian cinnamon
stick in 3" pieces and Indonesian cinnamon stick in 6" pieces, all
prepacked as they saw fit.
I will continue to shop at The Spice House, which overwhelms me
with its wafting odors and offers different types of cinnamon
stick and a large inventory of bulk spices, herbs, dried
mushrooms...
--thelma
: Thanks
: Tom
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| Melba's Jammin' |
In article <dk2fkl$6bg$2@uwm.edu>,
Thelma Lubkin <thelma@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
> Tom or Mary <tombates@city-net.com> wrote:
> : I noticed that in the strip district of Pittsburgh a new spice store has
> : opened. It is Penzeys Spices which appears to be a national chain. Anyone
> : have any experience with them. It seems as if they package their goods in a
> : number of convenient sizes. I was overwhelmed by all the spices, and almost
> : needed some type of reference in order to figure out what role each played
> : in the preparation of a meal.
>
> I'm in Milwaukee where the original Spice House from which
> Penzey's grew still operates; it's not affiliated with Penzey's.
>
> Penzey's has finally opened a Milwaukee location that I can
> easily reach and I visited in eager anticipation last week. I am
> sorely disappointed. Everything was antiseptically packaged in
> sizes convenient for the store, not for me. There was hardly the
> vaguest aroma of all the spices around me. I needed cinnamon stick:
> they had Indonesian cinnamon stick in 2" pieces and Indonesian cinnamon
> stick in 3" pieces and Indonesian cinnamon stick in 6" pieces, all
> prepacked as they saw fit.
>
> I will continue to shop at The Spice House, which overwhelms me
> with its wafting odors and offers different types of cinnamon
> stick and a large inventory of bulk spices, herbs, dried
> mushrooms...
> --thelma
> : Thanks
>
> : Tom
Thelma, when you say bulk spices, etc., do you mean you can purchase
just the amount that you need? I can do that at my food co-op.
Supermarkets have some bulk bins with other stuff, too. I know the
disappointment you have in Penzeys as far as the bulk thing goes, I
like being able to buy one tablespoon of cardamom at my co-op.
--
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 10-20-05 with a note from Niece Jo.
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| Sheldon |
Thelma Lubkin wrote:
> Tom or Mary <tombates@city-net.com> wrote:
> : I noticed that in the strip district of Pittsburgh a new spice store has
> : opened. It is Penzeys Spices which appears to be a national chain. Anyone
> : have any experience with them. It seems as if they package their goods in a
> : number of convenient sizes. I was overwhelmed by all the spices, and almost
> : needed some type of reference in order to figure out what role each played
> : in the preparation of a meal.
>
> I'm in Milwaukee where the original Spice House from which
> Penzey's grew still operates; it's not affiliated with Penzey's.
>
> Penzey's has finally opened a Milwaukee location that I can
> easily reach and I visited in eager anticipation last week. I am
> sorely disappointed. Everything was antiseptically packaged in
> sizes convenient for the store, not for me. There was hardly the
> vaguest aroma of all the spices around me.
That overwhelimg aroma at the store simply means the spices are
improperly packaged and will have already given up their all long
before you get them home. Antiseptically packaged is a huge plus. I
don't want to be able to detect the aroma of my spices until I open the
package, and I don't want that package left open any too long either, I
appreciate hermetically resealable packaging. Penzeys uses the finest
cutting edge high tech packaging in the industry. And anyone buying
their spices scooped from an open bin is wasting their money. You need
to cleanse your mind of that third world sterotypical image of the
ancient spice market where everything is sitting out in the open.
Sheldon
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Thelma Lubkin wrote:
> Tom or Mary <tombates@city-net.com> wrote:
> : I noticed that in the strip district of Pittsburgh a new spice store has
> : opened. It is Penzeys Spices which appears to be a national chain. Anyone
> : have any experience with them. It seems as if they package their goods in a
> : number of convenient sizes. I was overwhelmed by all the spices, and almost
> : needed some type of reference in order to figure out what role each played
> : in the preparation of a meal.
>
> I'm in Milwaukee where the original Spice House from which
> Penzey's grew still operates; it's not affiliated with Penzey's.
>
> Penzey's has finally opened a Milwaukee location that I can
> easily reach and I visited in eager anticipation last week. I am
> sorely disappointed. Everything was antiseptically packaged in
> sizes convenient for the store, not for me. There was hardly the
> vaguest aroma of all the spices around me. I needed cinnamon stick:
> they had Indonesian cinnamon stick in 2" pieces and Indonesian cinnamon
> stick in 3" pieces and Indonesian cinnamon stick in 6" pieces, all
> prepacked as they saw fit.
> I will continue to shop at The Spice House, which overwhelms me
> with its wafting odors and offers different types of cinnamon
> stick and a large inventory of bulk spices, herbs, dried
> mushrooms...
> --thelma
> : Thanks
> : Tom
The Penzey's I visited in Overland Park Kansas had big covered
canisters in which one could poke her nose to inhale spice aromas.
I found I like my Indian grocery's curry better. I think having spices
all open would waste them. And the online store is nice when I'm
home. I pickle a lot and buying mustard seed at the store (at about
$1.79) for less than 2 ounces means $23. a pound. Penzey's costs
about $4. a pound.
Edrena
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| Carol Damsel Peterson |
Sheldon wrote:
>
> That overwhelimg aroma at the store simply means the spices are
> improperly packaged and will have already given up their all long
> before you get them home. Antiseptically packaged is a huge plus. I
> don't want to be able to detect the aroma of my spices until I open the
> package, and I don't want that package left open any too long either, I
> appreciate hermetically resealable packaging. Penzeys uses the finest
> cutting edge high tech packaging in the industry.
Yeah, what you're smelling in a Penzey's store is not the bottled and
bagged herbs and spices. They have apothecary-type jars of each item
that you can open and smell. Plus examples of gift boxes with bay
leaf, cinnamon stick, and whole nutmeg used as packing materials.
Carol
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| Sheldon |
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> Thelma, when you say bulk spices, etc., do you mean you can purchase
> just the amount that you need? I can do that at my food co-op.
> Supermarkets have some bulk bins with other stuff, too. I know the
> disappointment you have in Penzeys as far as the bulk thing goes, I
> like being able to buy one tablespoon of cardamom at my co-op.
Why would you want to buy spices from an open bin?!?!?
And what do you mean by a Tbs of cardamom... I assume you mean ground,
kinda difficult to buy whole pods by the Tbs... and why are you buying
ground cardamom anyway, from an open bin no less... and do they weigh
it, HOW?... or are you just buying some fercocktah mystery powder by
the scoop... typically when you buy ground cardamom it's ground pod and
all, often other filler is added as well... you really don't want to
know.
No one who takes cooking even slightly seriously buys ground cardamom,
especially not from some fercocktah Stupidmarket/Co-Op bulk bin.
Always buy whole cardamom pods, those will maintain their potentcy for
many years, actually indefinitely, AND there will be absolutely no
doubt whatsoever that what you have is actually 100% cardamom.
Cardamom seeds are fairly soft and very easy to grind, a small mortar
and pestle works fine, for one or two pods worth I use the back of a
wooden spoon on a board, the wooden spoon holds the seeds so they don't
go flying, once the seeds are broken up switch to a metal spoon to make
a fine powder... well worth the two minutes.
I suppose I would trust penzeys ground cardamom more than others but
still I buy whole, because ground cardamom loses it's potentcy rather
quickly... I would never think to buy ground cardamom from a bin, I
wouldn't no matter how inexpensive, in fact I wouldn't use it were it
free. I gotta actually see the cardamom seeds come out of the pod...
cardamom seeds look very much like mouse droppings, only a trained eye
can tell the difference.
You can buy cardamom in rather small quantities from Penzeys, less than
an ounce. Whole cardamom fresh ground is very potent, a little goes a
long way... one or two pods worth is more than enough for a large cake
or a big batch of cookies.
http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penz...yscardamom.html
Sheldon
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Sheldon wrote:
> [snip]
> I gotta actually see the cardamom seeds come out of the pod...
> cardamom seeds look very much like mouse droppings, only a trained eye
> can tell the difference. [snip]
>
I missed the training in examining mouse droppings, but then I was in
the Army, not the Navy.... ;-) -aem
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| Puester |
Thelma Lubkin wrote:
>
> I'm in Milwaukee where the original Spice House from which
> Penzey's grew still operates; it's not affiliated with Penzey's.
>
> Penzey's has finally opened a Milwaukee location that I can
> easily reach and I visited in eager anticipation last week. I am
> sorely disappointed. Everything was antiseptically packaged in
> sizes convenient for the store, not for me. There was hardly the
> vaguest aroma of all the spices around me. I needed cinnamon stick:
> they had Indonesian cinnamon stick in 2" pieces and Indonesian cinnamon
> stick in 3" pieces and Indonesian cinnamon stick in 6" pieces, all
> prepacked as they saw fit.
>
> I will continue to shop at The Spice House, which overwhelms me
> with its wafting odors and offers different types of cinnamon
> stick and a large inventory of bulk spices, herbs, dried
> mushrooms...
> --thelma
1. The one Penzey's I visited in person (Connecticut) had every single
one of their spices available for smelling in a glass jar next to the
packaged version.
2. Their spices were available in a huge variety of sizes from
tiny, couple-of-spoonsful packages to half-pound and even pound
size.
3. I would be leery of buying spices from open bulk stock since that
type of storage would allow the spices to lose flavor and allow the
introduction of insects.
YMMV, of course.
gloria p
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| Spitzmaus |
"Puester" wrote:
> 1. The one Penzey's I visited in person (Connecticut) had every single
> one of their spices available for smelling in a glass jar next to the
> packaged version.
>
> 2. Their spices were available in a huge variety of sizes from
> tiny, couple-of-spoonsful packages to half-pound and even pound
> size.
>
> 3. I would be leery of buying spices from open bulk stock since that
> type of storage would allow the spices to lose flavor and allow the
> introduction of insects.
>
> YMMV, of course.
>
> gloria p
Penzey's has never disappointed me, and I've been an online patron for years
(although I don't limit myself to them exclusively). Excellent customer
service as well. Caveat: some folks over on the King Arthur Flour Baking
Circle haven't always been happy with Penzey's, but of course I can't speak
to their experience.
Spitz
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"Home, James, and don't spare the horses!"
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| Carol Damsel Peterson |
Spitzmaus wrote:
>
> Penzey's has never disappointed me, and I've been an online patron for years
> (although I don't limit myself to them exclusively). Excellent customer
> service as well.
I've been disappointed just once. I ordered their dried cilantro, and
it was totally flavorless. First and only time I've ever thrown away a
jar of Penzeys stuff.
I've become hooked on the Northwoods Seasoning. Great on burgers, and
I can't wait to try it on steaks.
Carol
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sun 30 Oct 2005 03:51:49p, Carol Damsel Peterson wrote in
rec.food.cooking:
>
> Spitzmaus wrote:
>>
>> Penzey's has never disappointed me, and I've been an online patron for
>> years (although I don't limit myself to them exclusively). Excellent
>> customer service as well.
>
> I've been disappointed just once. I ordered their dried cilantro, and
> it was totally flavorless. First and only time I've ever thrown away a
> jar of Penzeys stuff.
>
> I've become hooked on the Northwoods Seasoning. Great on burgers, and
> I can't wait to try it on steaks.
>
> Carol
I have never had dried cilantro that had any flavor. I've given up and
just get the fresh when I need it.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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| Thelma Lubkin |
jmcquown <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote:
: Thelma Lubkin wrote:
:> I'm in Milwaukee where the original Spice House from which
:> Penzey's grew still operates; it's not affiliated with Penzey's.
:>
: I was under the impression the Spice House is run by a family member of
: Penzey's. Son? Brother? Something like that.
It is run by a relative, forget which, but the Penzey's
saleswoman adamantly insisted that they are not affiliated.
Spice House does carry the various Penzey's mixtures though,
many of them named for local places.
--thelma
: Jill
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| Carol Damsel Peterson |
Thelma Lubkin wrote about Spice House:
> It is run by a relative, forget which, but the Penzey's
> saleswoman adamantly insisted that they are not affiliated.
> Spice House does carry the various Penzey's mixtures though,
> many of them named for local places.
> --thelma
They also carry stuff that Penzey's doesn't. They're worth checking
out.
Carol
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| Sheldon |
Carol Damsel Peterson wrote:
> Spitzmaus wrote:
> >
> > Penzey's has never disappointed me, and I've been an online patron for years
> > (although I don't limit myself to them exclusively). Excellent customer
> > service as well.
>
> I've been disappointed just once. I ordered their dried cilantro, and
> it was totally flavorless. First and only time I've ever thrown away a
> jar of Penzeys stuff.
>
> I've become hooked on the Northwoods Seasoning. Great on burgers, and
> I can't wait to try it on steaks.
Dried herbs should be rehydrated in cold water before use, and then
like fresh herbs should be added towards the end of cooking time.
Tossing dried herbs into a pot of soup or stew straight from the bottle
adds little but bitterness... acidic dishes, like those containing
tomato will especially inhibit rehydration... the original Penzeys
catalog instructed on proper dehy herb usage.
Sheldon
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Carol Damsel Peterson wrote:
> Spitzmaus wrote:
>>
>> Penzey's has never disappointed me, and I've been an online patron
>> for years (although I don't limit myself to them exclusively).
>> Excellent customer service as well.
>
> I've been disappointed just once. I ordered their dried cilantro, and
> it was totally flavorless. First and only time I've ever thrown away
> a
> jar of Penzeys stuff.
>
> I've become hooked on the Northwoods Seasoning. Great on burgers, and
> I can't wait to try it on steaks.
>
> Carol
I can't stand cilantro, fresh or dried. I have that 'gene' that makes it
taste like soap to me.
I adore Penzey's Mexican oregano, the Adobo seasoning is great on pork chops
and pork tenderloin.
Jill
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| Spitzmaus |
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:L4q9f.41809$Pp1.1322@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
> Carol Damsel Peterson wrote:
> > Spitzmaus wrote:
> >>
> >> Penzey's has never disappointed me, and I've been an online patron
> >> for years (although I don't limit myself to them exclusively).
> >> Excellent customer service as well.
> >
> > I've been disappointed just once. I ordered their dried cilantro, and
> > it was totally flavorless. First and only time I've ever thrown away
> > a
> > jar of Penzeys stuff.
> >
> > I've become hooked on the Northwoods Seasoning. Great on burgers, and
> > I can't wait to try it on steaks.
> >
> > Carol
>
> I can't stand cilantro, fresh or dried. I have that 'gene' that makes it
> taste like soap to me.
>
> I adore Penzey's Mexican oregano, the Adobo seasoning is great on pork
chops
> and pork tenderloin.
>
> Jill
Goodness, another cilantro hater! Both my sisters and mother despise it; I,
who am adopted, never met a sprig of that herb I didn't like.
There *must* be a "super-taster" gene that makes some folks run screaming
from cilantro, while others find it irresistible. Perhaps this explains the
lamb-lover vs. lamb-hater debate as well??
Spitz
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"Home, James, and don't spare the horses!"
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| No One in Particular |
Spitzmaus wrote:
>
> Goodness, another cilantro hater! Both my sisters and mother despise it; I,
> who am adopted, never met a sprig of that herb I didn't like.
>
> There *must* be a "super-taster" gene that makes some folks run screaming
> from cilantro, while others find it irresistible. Perhaps this explains the
> lamb-lover vs. lamb-hater debate as well??
I'll only eat lamb that's smothered with cilantro. ;)
Carol
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| Spitzmaus |
"No One in Particular" <Damselicious@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1130807605.713960.72890@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Spitzmaus wrote:
> >
> > Goodness, another cilantro hater! Both my sisters and mother despise
it; I,
> > who am adopted, never met a sprig of that herb I didn't like.
> >
> > There *must* be a "super-taster" gene that makes some folks run
screaming
> > from cilantro, while others find it irresistible. Perhaps this explains
the
> > lamb-lover vs. lamb-hater debate as well??
>
> I'll only eat lamb that's smothered with cilantro. ;)
>
> Carol
Where's that cilantro-smothered lamb? I'm there!! I also adore the
so-called "bitter" greens, all of 'em, including dandelion greens . . . and
I often sprinkle them with vinegar at the table. Bitter on bitter, I guess.
Spitz
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"Home, James, and don't spare the horses!"
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| Stark |
In article <L4q9f.41809$Pp1.1322@bignews3.bellsouth.net>, jmcquown
<jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I can't stand cilantro, fresh or dried. I have that 'gene' that makes it
> taste like soap to me.
>
Hmmmm. Dangerous attitude. The cilantro cabal will hunt you down. It
tastes metallic to me, not as dangerous as real iron shavings.
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"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> writes:
> I can't stand cilantro, fresh or dried. I have that 'gene' that makes it
> taste like soap to me.
I think I'm the odd case, in that
(a) Cilantro does indeed taste like dish soap to me, but
(b) I really like cilantro
The difference between a nasty "soap" flavor and cilantro is very
subtle for me, but it is there.
One summer I worked as a research assistant in a vinology/viticulture
lab, and as part of that they had me do a whole course on tasting.
From that course, and what I found pleasant, unpleasant, tastable, and
untastable, I'm supposedly a supertaster, as well having the genes for
tasting a lot of bitter substances.
Once I learned that, that supposedly explained some of the reasons I
don't like many foods:
(a) Olives, which taste almost exactly like kerosene[1]. Oddly, olive
oil is pleasant, so whatever it is I don't like about olives doesn't
carry over into the oil.
(b) Most broccolli, brussel sprouts, and asparagus taste like sulfur
(this one seems common).
(c) Fish that is anything other than extremely fresh tastes strongly
of ammonia. I'm pretty sensitive to milk products this way as well.
(d) Toasted sesame seeds are virtually inedible to me, while sesame
oil and tahini made from unroasted sesame seeds are pleasant.
(e) Those weird phenylthiocarbamide strips they have you taste in
biology class taste bitter to me, but in a pleasant way. The
propylthiouracil strips they had me taste in the "tasting" class,
however, were disgustingly bitter.
(f) Nutrasweet is not in the slightest way even imaginably sweet to
me. It tastes like bitter chemicals.
[1] Never siphon by mouth...
--
Richard W Kaszeta
rich@kaszeta.org
http://www.kaszeta.org/rich
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| Spitzmaus |
Richard Kaszeta wrote:
> [1] Never siphon by mouth...
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> --
> Richard W Kaszeta
> rich@kaszeta.org
> http://www.kaszeta.org/rich
Uh, I don't suppose there's a story, is there??!?
Spitz
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"Home, James, and don't spare the horses!"
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| Thelma Lubkin |
Tom or Mary <tombates@city-net.com> wrote:
: I noticed that in the strip district of Pittsburgh a new spice store has
: opened. It is Penzeys Spices which appears to be a national chain. Anyone
: have any experience with them. It seems as if they package their goods in a
: number of convenient sizes. I was overwhelmed by all the spices, and almost
: needed some type of reference in order to figure out what role each played
: in the preparation of a meal.
I'm in Milwaukee where the original Spice House from which
Penzey's grew still operates; it's not affiliated with Penzey's.
Penzey's has finally opened a Milwaukee location that I can
easily reach and I visited in eager anticipation last week. I am
sorely disappointed. Everything was antiseptically packaged in
sizes convenient for the store, not for me. There was hardly the
vaguest aroma of all the spices around me. I needed cinnamon stick:
they had Indonesian cinnamon stick in 2" pieces and Indonesian cinnamon
stick in 3" pieces and Indonesian cinnamon stick in 6" pieces, all
prepacked as they saw fit.
I will continue to shop at The Spice House, which overwhelms me
with its wafting odors and offers different types of cinnamon
stick and a large inventory of bulk spices, herbs, dried
mushrooms...
--thelma
: Thanks
: Tom
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| Spitzmaus |
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:L4q9f.41809$Pp1.1322@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
> Carol Damsel Peterson wrote:
> > Spitzmaus wrote:
> >>
> >> Penzey's has never disappointed me, and I've been an online patron
> >> for years (although I don't limit myself to them exclusively).
> >> Excellent customer service as well.
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> > I've been disappointed just once. I ordered their dried cilantro, and
> > it was totally flavorless. First and only time I've ever thrown away
> > a
> > jar of Penzeys stuff.
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> > I've become hooked on the Northwoods Seasoning. Great on burgers, and
> > I can't wait to try it on steaks.
> >
> > Carol
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> I can't stand cilantro, fresh or dried. I have that 'gene' that makes it
> taste like soap to me.
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> I adore Penzey's Mexican oregano, the Adobo seasoning is great on pork
chops
> and pork tenderloin.
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> Jill
Goodness, another cilantro hater! Both my sisters and mother despise it; I,
who am adopted, never met a sprig of that herb I didn't like.
There *must* be a "super-taster" gene that makes some folks run screaming
from cilantro, while others find it irresistible. Perhaps this explains the
lamb-lover vs. lamb-hater debate as well??
Spitz
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"Home, James, and don't spare the horses!"
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