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Indian Cuisine - Identify this Spice
syrion
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...so I can avoid it forever.
I was enjoying a meal of curried vegetables when I bit down on something hard. I didn't realize what it was... i bit pretty hard, it broke. Almost immediately, the fires of Hell filled my mouth. I salvaged what was left of my dignity (not much) by weeping openly, and tried to ignore the horrible manners I displayed by frantically spitting the stuff into my napkin.
This thing was woody, very hard and crunchy. Later I found a piece of it, and it has an aromatic but not "hot" smell; the heat came as a surprise.
It was disgusting.
Any idea what this stuff might be?
I was enjoying a meal of curried vegetables when I bit down on something hard. I didn't realize what it was... i bit pretty hard, it broke. Almost immediately, the fires of Hell filled my mouth. I salvaged what was left of my dignity (not much) by weeping openly, and tried to ignore the horrible manners I displayed by frantically spitting the stuff into my napkin.
This thing was woody, very hard and crunchy. Later I found a piece of it, and it has an aromatic but not "hot" smell; the heat came as a surprise.
It was disgusting.
Any idea what this stuff might be?
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Sounds like a cumin seed!
May cumin seed rot in Hell forever.
For reference, there are pics of cumin seed here. It's hard to tell from the pics, because there's nothing to give them scale, but cardamom pods are much larger than cumin seed.
It still tastes like absolute shit to the point where your body immediately rejects the taste. Don't ever eat cardamom.
Sounds like you bit into a clove.
I was proceeding with the meal, nothing major in the burning department... and then I encountered this and had sudden horrible pain and revulsion.
It wasn't the worst thing I've ever tasted, though. That honor is reserved for a bay leaf, which I attempted to eat on a dare. I was surprised I didn't vomit.
I think Djeet is probably right. Cumin isn't spicy, just delicious, and the seeds aren't woody. Cardamom has a woody shell, but also isn't spicy, just horribly disgusting if you eat them whole. Cloves aren't really spicy like a pepper is spicy, but it would have a really intense and unpleasant flavor if you bit into a whole one.
Eh, you kind of get used to it. I always forgot to pick them out when I made pilau rice, and now I can pretty much munch away with impunity.
I'm actually now thinking it was probably a whole clove.