The Cooking Thread

[Stere]

Is the tree easy/fast easy to grow being tempted to get some for yrs  - a local nursery specializes in a exotic edibile stuff.

 

Sechuan Pepper Collection

JURASSICPLANTS.CO.UK

---

Description Specification Gift wrap The eye catching Sechuan (Sichuan) Pepper collection. 1x Zanthoxylum bungeanum-...

 

 

 

 

 

[peds]

Oh, you already have a tree? That's great. Bought as a sapling, inherited, seed-grown?

In that case, the seeds are almost certainly viable, and I'll probably hit you up for some in the future, or maybe some cuttings.

 

Maybe look into the flavour profile thing, I'm fairly sure most uses include the husk and they are just ground down into a powder or paste with the seed as well. But I don't know enough to say either way.

Certainly cardamom pods, for example, can either be used whole or the seeds extracted, depending on the usage.

 

Do you... have a cardamom tree, too?

[sime42]

1 hour ago, Stere said:

Is the tree easy/fast easy to grow being tempted to get some for yrs  - a local nursery specializes in a exotic edibile stuff.

 

Sechuan Pepper Collection

JURASSICPLANTS.CO.UK

---

Description Specification Gift wrap The eye catching Sechuan (Sichuan) Pepper collection. 1x Zanthoxylum bungeanum-...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do it! In my experience the tree is very easy and quite fast growing. I just chucked it in as a small sampling, (12"?), and it shot off. No special attention whatsoever. Really productive too.

 

I planted it in 2017 I think. This is it now:

 

 

 

 

It's an interesting specimen. Check out the massive thorns on it.

[sime42]

1 hour ago, peds said:

Oh, you already have a tree? That's great. Bought as a sapling, inherited, seed-grown?

In that case, the seeds are almost certainly viable, and I'll probably hit you up for some in the future, or maybe some cuttings.

 

Maybe look into the flavour profile thing, I'm fairly sure most uses include the husk and they are just ground down into a powder or paste with the seed as well. But I don't know enough to say either way.

Certainly cardamom pods, for example, can either be used whole or the seeds extracted, depending on the usage.

 

Do you... have a cardamom tree, too?

 

You're very welcome to some seeds. Drop me your address and I'll send them over. I don't know about cuttings, never tried either propagation method, but I'm sure seeds will work. I started with a bought, very small sapling, 4 - 6 inches, it took off quickly.

 

The jury is out still about the husk/seed. I think it's just a case of concentrating the flavour. The husk is very potent, the seed not at all.

 

No, I don't have a cardamom tree. It'd be nice, but I assumed they'd be far too tender for our climate. Do you have contra information?

 

 

 

 

 

[peds]

33 minutes ago, sime42 said:

The jury is out still about the husk/seed. I think it's just a case of concentrating the flavour. The husk is very potent, the seed not at all.

 

Ooohh... the husk is what you are using, the seeds not?

My world just flipped upside down, man.

[sime42]

6 hours ago, peds said:

 

Ooohh... the husk is what you are using, the seeds not?

My world just flipped upside down, man.

 

Yep. The husks and leaves, and small twigs for that matter, have a very strong aroma. (Pleasant, quite fresh skunk like). The flavour is a bit lemony but it's more about the sensation on the tongue.

 

 

[AHPP]

 

Arsehole curry. It’s the same curry I’ve been eating since pheasant season began except this time while I was butchering birds I decided to leave the arseholes in. It’s a reminder that nobody, myself included, is too good to not eat an arsehole from time to time. And I used red onions.