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| 914.1 | Spice Bags | PARITY::MCBRIDE | | Thu Jan 07 1988 16:11 | 22 |
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Hi,
I made a large batch for my father as he likes to put them in a
kettle on the wood burning stove.
What I did was mix:
One can of whole cloves
One can of whole allspice
One can of stick cinnamon (put between a towel and smash with hammer)
Mix together and put a heaping tablespoon or more in the center
of a double thickness piece of cheese cloth and tie with regular
string.
The one batch makes about 20 - 25 bags and they can also be used
in mulled cider or wine!
Hope this helps.
pat
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| 914.2 | Not for gift giving... | OVDVAX::WIEGMANN | | Thu Jan 07 1988 17:27 | 5 |
| When company's coming or the dog's had an accident, I just put a
pan of water on to boil and put in a few shakes of cinnamon, nutmeg,
cloves, and cut up an apple that's getting soft and wrinkled. Same
effect but it sure isn't fancy! Looking forward to summer to experiment
with other herbs and leaves.
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| 914.3 | "A Book of Pot-Pourri" | ANNEX::CREAN | | Thu Jan 07 1988 20:56 | 24 |
| I recently purchased a book titled "A Book of Pot-Pourri" that may
be of interest. It is written by Gail Duff and published by Beaufort
Books, 9 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016 (ISBN O-8253-0296-X).
It describes several methods for making pot-pourri (moist & dry)
and contains a glossary of terms and description of all the ingredients
mentionned in any of their recipes. It also lists "stockists" in
the USA and UK where many of the ingredients can be ordered (which
is probably useful for some of the more unusual ones).
Some of the chapter titles include:
Harvesting and Drying
Pomanders
Strewing
Perfuming Rooms
Burning Perfunes
Perfumed Cleanliness
Fragant Beauty
Scented Candles
Scented Toys, Papers and Inks
If you'd like further info, let me know.
- Terry
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| 914.4 | More suggestions... | PARSEC::PESENTI | JP | Tue Jan 12 1988 08:29 | 16 |
| Use a mixture of:
whole cloves
whole allspice
cinnamon sticks
fresh ginger slices
whole star anise seeds
If you have orange, tangerine, or other citrus peels, place them zest down on
a warm spot on your wood stove, or on an electric stove burner that is turned
on low for a couple of minutes, then turned off, or over the the spot where a
gas stove pilot is located. These peels seem to give off more aroma this way
that they do when simmered.
- JP
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| 914.5 | add cardamon too | THE780::WILDE | Imagine all the people.. | Tue Jan 12 1988 14:03 | 2 |
| Whole cardamon will also add nice smells to the cinnamon, allspice, cloves,
nutmeg mixture.
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| 914.6 | Potporri Simmerer | LOOKUP::SANTOS | Is it Friday yet? | Wed Feb 10 1988 09:12 | 6 |
| For Christmas, I got a potporri simmerer. It has 2 little ceramic
cups, the bottom one is for a candle, the top one you put the potporri
in and cover it with water, the cover has holes in it for the smell
to come through. I had never seen one of these before but I love
it! It only came with a small amount of potporri, but so far it
has lasted about 4 hours and the smell is still going strong!
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