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Cooking & Baking

Arkansas Granny

(31,515 posts) Sat Jan 4, 2020, 08:27 PM Jan 2020

I was looking for lentil soup recipes and found one from Alto Brown that calls for grains of paradis [View all]

also known as alligator pepper. Has anyone hear ever used this? It sounds interesting.

Aframomum melegueta is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, and closely related to cardamom. Its seeds are used as a spice; it imparts a pungent, black-pepper-like flavor with hints of citrus. It is commonly known as grains of paradise, melegueta pepper, alligator pepper, Guinea grains, ossame, or fom wisa. Wikipedia

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I was looking for lentil soup recipes and found one from Alto Brown that calls for grains of paradis [View all] Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 OP

Grains of Paradise are not necessary. Warpy Jan 2020 #1

hey stranger! how the heck are ya? mopinko Jan 2020 #5

Stranger and stranger, thanks. Warpy Jan 2020 #9

I made lentil soup last night! leftieNanner Jan 2020 #2

I found a bottle with grinder online that I think ill try. Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #3

I am also the Queen of Leftovers leftieNanner Jan 2020 #6

Back in New England, we called it Portuguese penicillin Warpy Jan 2020 #10

I cook a lot of soups in cold weather. Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #11

I'd probably go with the Italian sausage Warpy Jan 2020 #12

Lentil stew, magicarpet Jan 2020 #4

wow, sounds intriguing! nilram Jan 2020 #7

I'll report back. It might be a week or so. Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #8

The only thing I've ever had it in (that I know of) rsdsharp Jan 2020 #13