Title: merch-spices-msg
Subject: Modern sources for spices. Spice vender recommendations.
Author: Edited by Mark S. Harris
Last saved by: Mark S. Harris
Keywords: spice, merchant, store, mail, order, review, source, herb

merch-spices-msg – 8/4/13

Modern sources for spices. Spice vender recommendations.

NOTE: See also the files: herbs-msg, herbs-cooking-msg, p-herbals-msg, seeds-msg, rue-msg, saffron-msg, garlic-msg, spices-msg.

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From: 0003900943 at mcimail.COM (Marla Lecin)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Herbs and Spices catalog
Date: 14 Apr 1994 14:15:47 -0400

Greetings to the Rialto, from Jessa d'Avondale!

I have just received in the mail a nice catalog from Penzeys, Ltd. Spice
House ("Merchants of Quality Spices").  They have an extensive list of dried
herbs and spices, including such items as:  Anise seeds, Cardamom
(whole/ground), Cassia cinnamon, Ceylon (true) cinnamon, Cloves, Fennel
seed, Galangal, Ginger, Mace, whole Nutmegs, asst. Peppercorns, White
pepper, Poppy seeds, Saffron, Sesame seeds, Juniper berries, ground Sumac
berries.

There is quite a bit of description of the various spices, along with some
recipes.  There are also many seasoning blends, such as Thai style, Cajun,
Indian Curries, Garam Masala, Tandoori & Vindaloo, Chili powders, Sausage
seasonings, etc.  (And 9 different kinds of Chili peppers, for them what
likes it hot.)

A quote from the catalog:  "we start with the highest quality grades from
the top countries of origin.  We grind and blend these spices weekly to
ensure freshness (no one else does this).  We bulk pack and distribute
directly to you. By doing this we can charge about 2/3 what the big
companies get in the supermarket for lower quality spices and herbs."

Most items are priced by 1 oz/4 oz/8 oz/1 pound; usually the price per pound
is 10 times the price per ounce.  Saffron is sold by the gram or quarter
ounce - 1 gram contains 450 threads, and goes for about $5. The spices come
packed in resealable plastic bags; they also sell jars in the catalog.

I have not ordered anything from this catalog before, but I will be putting
in an order shortly.  If you would like to get a copy of the catalog, you
can contact:  Penzey's Ltd. Spice House, PO Box 1448, Waukesha, WI 53187.
Phone: 414-574-0277. (hours 9-5 Monday through Saturday)

Jessa

From: Galen & Raven <galen at pa.net>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: medieval spice names wanted
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 16:21:06 -0500

Jean-Baptiste joule wrote:

> Some spices are hard to find,
> like "poivre long "long pepper"
> Graine de paradis "paradise seed"
> 
> I think I might be able to find them if only I had the name in chinise
> or arabic since it's only those people who still use those herbs
> nowadays in modern France.
> 
> Yours in service
> 
> Jean-Baptiste de Foy
> Kingdom of Drachenwald

You may write to Herbals and Oddities
Rt. 2 Box 178
Bealeton, VA 22712

For Grains of Paradise.  They are a flowery tasting peppercorn. The
package that I bought in 1993 cost $2.50 for about 1 oz.
I do not know if this merchant has moved from her residence.  If you
have a Pennsic merchant listing, it is Magic Badger's lady who is the
herbalist.

In Service to the East,
Lady Raven

From: DDFr at Best.com (David Friedman)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: medieval spice names wanted
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 11:12:28 -0800
Organization: School of Law, Santa Clara University

jfideli at newshost.li.net (Fideli) wrote:
>         Long pepper is just that...known as Indian long pepper, Jaborandi 
> pepper or Roman long pepper (Piper longum) I have been looking for a 
> source for it and as of yet have not recieved any. though I continue to 
> look.. 

Aphrodisia in N.Y. city had it recently, and I presume still does.

David/Cariadoc

From: alxandraod at aol.com (AlxandraOD)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: medieval spice names wanted
Date: 12 Dec 1996 00:07:27 GMT

I don't know if you are all still looking in this file -- this is my first
time on the Rialto.  

Any medieval spices you might be looking for can be found through The
Pepperer's Guild of The East Kingdom.  We are finally on-line and have an
order form and everything.  We have Grains of Paradise and Cubebs and
Galangale and we THINK we have found a source for Long Pepper -- UPS is
winging it to us even as I type.  

You may write to The Pepperer's Guild c/o David Chesterson, 777 N.
Greenbrier Drive, Orange, CT  06477.  You may also send me an e-mail and
we'll forward an Order Form either via e-mail or snail mail.  

Our prices are almost wholesale -- we are a volunteer organization and we
do not make a profit on any of this.  We just want to get medieval spices
out to those folks who want to try to redact recipes.

Thanks for letting me advertise.

Yours in Service,
Alexandra of Dragonford

From: "Laurie J. Hughes" <ljh at gis.net>
Newsgroups: rec.food.historic,rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Pickled Lemons
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 12:35:27 -0500

My favorite source for herbs and spices is:

Penzeys, Ltd.
PO Box 1448
Waukesha, WI  53187

Not cheap, but fair and EXCELLENT quality.  Reading the catalog is 
like taking a semester long course in Herb and Spice Origins and Usage.
Their Mail-order isn't instantaneous, but I've never been displeased
with anything I've bought. 
-- 
Laurie J. Hughes                
ljh at gis.net             Bobbin Lace, Orchids, Herbs and Victoriana.     

From: tater at patriot.net (Ramon L. Tate)
Newsgroups: rec.food.historic,rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Pickled Lemons
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 23:36:03 -0500
Organization: Casa Mañana

ljh at gis.net wrote:
> My favorite source for herbs and spices is:
> 
> Penzeys, Ltd.
> PO Box 1448
> Waukesha, WI  53187
> 
> Not cheap, but fair and EXCELLENT quality.  Reading the catalog is 
> like taking a semester long course in Herb and Spice Origins and Usage.
> Their Mail-order isn't instantaneous, but I've never been displeased
> with anything I've bought. 
> -- 
> Laurie J. Hughes                

I'll second this loudly. If you do a significant amount of cooking and you
aren't using Penzey's spices, you've been cheating yourself. I've been on
their customer list for several years now, and have never been
disappointed. Their latest catalog just arrived yesterday, and it's a real
work of art, complete with detailed descriptions, advice, and recipes. The
best way to order is pool your needs with friends/relatives to cut the
shipping charges and take advantage of the incredible bulk prices
(examples: Whole Leaf Croatian Dalmation Sage, 4 oz for $2.99; Ceylon
Cinnamon [NOT cassia, but the real thing], 4 oz, $7.49; Whole Tellicherry
Indian Black Peppercorns, 4 oz, $2.19)

Enough! I'm salivating all over the keyboard.....

[Penzeys, Ltd., P.O. Box 1448, Waukesha, WI 53187; (414) 574-0278 8am-6pm CT]
-- 
Been there, done that.........
Ramon L. Tate in another time warp
tater at patriot.net

From: alxandraod at aol.com (AlxandraOD)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: re: Medieval Herbs & Spices
Date: 25 Feb 1997 16:41:18 GMT

Unto the Known World does The Pepperer's Guild Bid Greetings!

Looking for some of those wierd herbs and spices you've seen listed in
period recipes, but can't find?  Contact The Pepperer's Guild of The East
Kingdom for Cubebs, Grains of Paradise, Galangale, Poudre Forte,  Saffron,
Long Pepper (yes, we finally found it!), and other whole spices at very
reasonable prices.  

If you can't get out to Pennsic this year, you'll be happy to know that
The Guild is doing Mail Order, at last.  Please send your mundane name,
address and phone # to the following e-mail address, and an order
form/price list will be sent out to you asap.    

                                       E-mail to:  dchesty at netcom.com

As many of you know, The Pepperer's Guild is a volunteer guild -- we don't
get paid and we don't make a profit.  All the money we have goes right
back into spices and materials for weighing, bagging, and now, shipping. 
All our prices are as close to wholesale as we can manage.  Send in for a
price list, and you'll see.

Hope to hear from many of you.

Yours in Service to The Dream,

Alexandra of Dragonford
Master Pepperer

From: Eden Rain <erain at  Adobe.COM>
To: sca-cooks at eden.com
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 15:15:18 -0700
Subject: sca-cooks Sources for Period Spices

Greetings from Eden of Lionsguard, in the Barony of Madrone, kingdom of AnTir

boy do I ever know a source for you
We call him "Tony the spice guy" and he's wonderful,  he carries both types
of cinnamon, long peppers, grains of paradise - you name it, Tony can get
it, the only question is whether or not he'll sell it to you.   Tony
refuses to sell stale/old spices, so sometimes things are out of season and
you have to wait a while...
Have fun!
Eden

		World Spice Merchants (tm)
	"Gourmet Spices & Teas From Around the Globe"
Downtown Seattle between Historic Pike Place Market and Pike Hillclimb
	1509 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
V:206.682.7274 F:206.622.7564 EMail:hill at worldspice.com

**********************************
Eden Rain     eden.rain at  adobe.com
Adobe Systems, Seattle WA
**********************************

From: gfrose at cotton.vislab.olemiss.edu (Terry Nutter)
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 23:33:37 -0500
Subject: sca-cooks SCA cooks Sources for period spices

Hi, Katerine Rountre here.  Kofryna the Goatherd asked for sources for
period spices.  My first suggestion is right down the road:

Herbals and Oddities
Rt 2 Box 178
Bealeton, VA 22712

This is Miriam and Badger, and unless things have changed a lot, you
should be able to find them at most Atlantian events in the northern
half of the kingdom.  If you need something Miriam doesn't carry,
try these:

PENN HERB CO., Ltd.
603 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123-3098
Phone number: 1-800-523-9971.

(Carry Grains of Paradise)

Aphrodisia
282 Bleeker St.
NY, N. 10014
(212) 989-6440

Penzeys, Ltd.
P.O. Box 1448
Waukesha, WI 53187
(414) 574-0278 8am-6pm Central Time 

The Pepperer's Guild
c/o David Chesterson
777 N. Greenbrier Dr.
Orange, CT 06477
dchesty at ix.netcom.com

Cheers,
- -- Katerine/Terry

From: Alys of Foxdale <foxdale at wolfstar.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 10:41:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: sca-cooks SCA cooks Sources for period spices

> Hi, Katerine Rountre here.  Kofryna the Goatherd asked for sources for
> period spices.  My first suggestion is right down the road:
> 
> Herbals and Oddities
> Rt 2 Box 178
> Bealeton, VA 22712
> 
> This is Miriam and Badger, and unless things have changed a lot, you
> should be able to find them at most Atlantian events in the northern
> half of the kingdom.

This address is outdated; they moved down to the Marinus/Tir-Y-Don
area a year or two ago.  They still travel around in Atlantia (and of
course to Pennsic!), but now they stretch further south.

   Alys of Foxdale          Shire of Stierbach, Kingdom of Atlantia
 mka Sallie Montuori               Chantilly, Virginia, USA
foxdale at wolfstar.com

From: Stephanie Rudin <rudin at master.ceat.okstate.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 16:14:15 -0700
Subject: SC - spice source

I have a catalog from:
Francesco Sirene, Spicer
RR 2, Site 38, Comp B.O.
Peachland, BC
V0H 1X0
Canada

This is a fellow SCA member who sells just about any spice I've seen
mentioned in primary sources.

Mercedes

From: salley at niktow.canisius.edu (David Salley)
Date: Wed, 7 May 97 10:12:26 EDT
Subject: Re: SC - Long pepper

There's a store in Syracuse that I always go to whenever I visit my mother
in law.  It's called "The Hot Shoppe".  142 Walton Street (in Armory Square),
Syracuse, NY 13202.  Toll free phone: 1-888-HOT-EATS.  If it's a pepper,
hot spice, or hot sauce, he carries it.  The back wall of his shop is "The
Wall of Flame" and has to be seen to be believed.  It's all painted in
streaks of red, orange and yellow, roped off with police tape and all the
bottles are arranged by country of origin.  It's the only place I've ever
seen with a "Must be 21 to buy" sign that isn't above the alcohol. ;-)

							-- Dagonell
               ______
              /      |   INTERNET   : salley at cs.canisius.edu
             /       |   USNAILNET  : David P. Salley, 136 Shepard Street,
    ________/        |                Buffalo, New York 14212-2029 U.S.A.
   |*                |   WEB-NET    : http://www-cs.canisius.edu/~salley
  /  Rhydderich Hael |   ICBMNET    : 42 55 32 N / 78 51 10 W / Alt 600 
 |______________     |   PERSONA    : Lord Dagonell Collingwood of Emerald Lake
 AEthelmearc,   `_   |                AKA Dagonell the Juggler
    East Kingdom  `__|   DISCLAIMER :"Canisius never agrees with me."

From: Uduido at aol.com
Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 23:24:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: SC - Sourse (SCA Merchant) Period Spices Address

<<  and so the hunt begins... >>

Long pepper, cubebs, galingal, grains of paradise, etc. and many other SCA
oriented cook's needs are list ed in a wonderful little catalog put out by:

Franscesco Sirene, Spicer
R.R. #2,
Site 38
Comp B.O.
Peachland, B.C. VOH1X0

Prices are extremely reasonable! 25 gr. long pepper....1.85; whole
cloves....25 gr.  .35 (compare with $3.00 + at the supermarket); cubebs....25
gr.....1.75, etc. I have no affiliation with this company and am not
recieving any special consideration or gain from this announcement. I sent
for the catalog less than 2 weeks ago and it has already arrived!

Lord Ras

Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:32:02 -0700
From: Aaron & karen Benson <aaronben at olympus.net>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: found local spicer

I searched and found a local spice and herb co. online and in Olympia, 
Wa. They have a good site and lots of stuff. Thay are called "Nickeland 
Thyme Shoppe and are at  						
http://theherbshop.com              Mathilda of Griffons Point

Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 17:03:17 -0500
From: maddie teller-kook <meadhbh at io.com>
Subject: Re: SC - spice guy

ND Wederstrandt wrote:
> Has anyone ever ordered from Da Spice Guy?  What do you think of the prices
> and the quality?
> 
> Clare St. John

Clare,
Hi, I have ordered from Spice Boy (aka Tony Hill).  His quality is
excellent as you saw the other night. He carries cubebs, grains of
paradise, long pepper, etc.  He probably has saunders. If not, I am sure
he can order it for you. His web page (which is still under construction
is:  http://www.worldspice.com.  Or his email address is:
		hill at worldspice.com

enjoy!  
meadhbh

Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 22:55:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: rousseau at scn.org (Anne-Marie Rousseau)
Subject: Re: SC - spice guy

>Has anyone ever ordered from Da Spice Guy?  What do you think of the prices
>and the quality?
>
>Has anyone found a mail order source for cubebs, and red saunders?

Spice Guy, Tony Hill's Shop is down the street from my lab. I am a 
regular. We get many of our spices for banquets there. He meets or beats 
any other mail order source I've seen and is at least half as much as the 
spices at the grocery store.

As for quality, it's the best I've ever seen. He only deals with the 
growers themselves, and will not sell a product if it does not meet his 
standards. I never knew grains of paradise had so many tones in the 
flavor till I had some of his, and his saffron is positively juicy.

He carries cubebs, but not saunders. He has been known to get things like 
long peppers when asked nicely (and he now carries them routinely!). 
Saunders ins't really a spice, though, so I don't know if it's in his venue.

- --Anne-Marie, a total World Spice convert, who really really wants to see 
this guy stay in business for purely selfish reasons. :)

From: SiFiFem at aol.com
To: markh at risc.sps.mot.com
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 03:27:47 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Sources for Woad

Stefan-

Please add these people to your source list of period herbs, spices and those
hard to find historical feast items.  They also carry woad and henna  as used
for body tattoo and henna painting.  They have been doing SCA on the west
coast for 12 years.    Their store is :

Dragonmarsh
3643 University Ave
Riverside, Ca 92501

http://www.dragonmarsh.com/

(951) 276-1116
  {Contact info updated: 8/8/08. -Stefan]

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 16:35:32 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Jamey R. Lathrop" <jlathrop at unm.edu>
Subject: SC - Saunders

> I have this general recollection that it has something to do with 
> sandalwood, but I obviously need to practice reading with attention to 
> detail.
> 
> So, folks, how would a new cook in West Virginia find either (a) saunders 
> (not George) or (b) an acceptable substitute?
> 
> Caitlin

Francesco Sirene, Spicer, sells saunders (red sandalwood).  He has a web
site offering a good variety of stuff.  The spices he carries can be found
at:

	http://www.silk.net/sirene/spices.htm

I'm sending off an order for a bunch of stuff, including saunders, as
soon as I make it to the post office and find out how much postage a
letter to Canada requires.  :-)

Allegra Beati
Barony of al-Barran
Outlands

Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 10:12:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ladypeyton at aol.com
Subject: SC - penzey's catalog info

The address for Penzey's is:  Penzy's, Ltd;  Post Office Box 933;  Muskego,
Wisconsin 53150.   Their phone number to order their catalog is (414)
574-0277  their office hours are 8:30 am - 5pm Monday - Friday and 9 am - 3pm
Saturdays.  I don't know if Wisconsin is Central or Mountain although I
hesitate to say Central.  They have 2 retail stores:  1) Shorewood Shopping
Center;  3234 University Avenue;  Madison Wisconsin and 2) Galleria West
18880 West Bluemound Road Brookfield, Wisconsin (near Milwaukee).

They carry several unusual spices.  The only thing I had to get at Pennsic
was Poudre Forte, chunk galangal (they carry only powdered) cubeb and grains
of paradise.  They do carry saffron 2 types(Kashmir Mogra cream [100% red
saffron] from India and Superior Quality Spanish  [10% yellow threads]),
juniper berries, ajwain, annatto,  epazote, fenugreek, kala jeera, mahlab,
REAL sichuan peppercorns, sumac berries, zatar, and several varieties of
vanilla beans...they also have "real" or ceylon cinnamon (both stick and
ground) along with all the "normal" spices and herbs you see at the
supermarket.  Their prices are VERY reasonable.  It is cheaper for me to
order form them & pay postage than it is to buy spices & herbs from the
supermarket.  The quality is better than anything I've seen since I lived
with a professional chef & saw some of the stuff available to "industry"
people.

Lady Peyton

Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 20:32:03 -0700
From: Brett and Karen Williams <brettwi at ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: SC - penzey's catalog info

Lady Peyton says:  
> The address for Penzey's is:  Penzy's, Ltd;  Post Office Box 933;  Muskego,
> Wisconsin 53150.   Their phone number to order their catalog is (414)
> 574-0277  their office hours are 8:30 am - 5pm Monday - Friday and 9 am - 3pm
> Saturdays. 

http://www.penzeys.com

However, to look at the complete catalog, one needs an Adobe Acrobat
plug-in for one's browser.

ciorstan

Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 09:34:56 -0500
From: Maddie Teller-Kook <meadhbh at io.com>
Subject: Re: SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #351

World Spice in Seattle had Spanish saffron for $3.00/half gram. The
quality is excellent.

meadhbh

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:39:09 EDT
From: kathe1 at juno.com (Kathleen M Everitt)
Subject: SC - Saffron

A while ago there was a conversation about saffron on the list. I didn't
pay much attention to it cause I have saffron and know of a little
hole-in-the-wall place where I can get more. But, today I was at the flea
market and picked up a list of spices from a dealer there that does mail
order. He has Spanish saffron at $3.00 for 1/2 gram. Don't know if that
beats the price others listed, but here's the info if it does:

Pure & Natural Spices
4338 Austin Blvd.
Island Park, NY
Ph. 516-889-5116 Fax 516-889-2682
Web site: www.pureandnaturalspices.com

Mostly his list is everyday herbs and spices, but other things of
interest he carries include star anise, arrowroot, camomile, fennel,
mustard seed, poppy and sesame seeds, plus all everyday spices and herbs.

I've never bought anything from him, so I can't recommend him, but I
thought I pass the info along for what it's worth.

Julleran

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 09:43:37 -0500
From: "Gedney, Jeff" <Gedney.J at tempphd1.com>
Subject: RE: SC - spices

try http://www.spicesetc.com/

Spices Etc. Is a company that I have worked with a long time. They have
most of the unusual spices and mixtures we have discussed here.  Plus, I
also recommend their blemds and mixtures, I depend almost daily on them,
they are real time savers, and the spices are all very fresh.

Brandu

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 19:47:00 -0500
From: "Deborah Schumacher" <kelson at ameritech.net>
Subject: RE: SC - Spices-another source an knives and cheesy salamanders?

While I can't wait to get out to An Tir to go to spice world ( I
have ordered a catalogue.) I have another wonderful source.
It is called the Spice house in Evanston - just North of Chicago
The address is 1941 Central St Evanston IL 60201
Phone is  847-328-3711 fax  847-328-3631- it is run by  Patty Penzey Erd and
Tom Erd. No it's not Penzeys. It is the brother in law and sister of the
gentleman who runs Penzeys. Spices are a family business for them. Some of
their prices are lower, some are higher. Some of the blends are different. If
you want a catalogue  you can  send me your info and I'll get him to send
them out. ( instead of having to write or call - they don't have a website -
but are close to me here.  ( Email me privately so we don't bog down the
list. )

Deborah

Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 10:41:46 -0500
From: Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com>
Subject: SC - Woo Hoo! Long pepper arrived!

I thought some of you might be interested in knowing that I just
received my 1/2 kilo order of long pepper today. Whole catkins in good
shape, and quite potent indeed, since the stuff isn't ground.

I paid something like $33 US for 1/2 a kilo, more or less a pound, which
is, so far, the best price I've seen. I'm not normally one to plug
businesses on this list, but if people want to look at it, here's the
URL for Francesco Sirene, Spicer (they're located in Canada; I found an
international postal money order was the best way to get US dollars to
them):

http://www.silk.net/sirene/

Adamantius

Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 22:19:41 -0400
From: John and Barbara Enloe <jbenloe at mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: SC - [Fwd: Ingredient Hunt]

>I am trying out a new cordial reciepe and have run into a problem
>does anyone know where I can get FOOD GRADE MUSK or know of a reasonable
>substitute??
>
>-CHABI MERKIT

Please try:
Shemen
Shemen Tov Corp.
P.O. Box 455 WOB West Orange
New Jersey  07052
(973) 673-2350

        I recently ordered some items from this company for projects in process.
They indicated that their musk is "non-toxic" (per my lord), but you may
wish to discuss your usage with them.  (My recipe calls for just a few
drops...)  Very prompt and courteous people, too...Good Luck

Ania

Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 15:51:32 -0500
From: Susan Evans <woofie at gte.net>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Spices- source

I know you can get spices at Penn Herb, Philadelphia, PA.  They have a web
site:

www.pennherb.com

  They do have grains of paradise, saunders, cubebs, etc. Many come in
several forms - whole, chopped, powder.

  Also essential oils, etc. Great mail order - everything I've ever gotten
has been fresh and reasonably priced.  I used to get their catalog - before
they had a web site and it was very complete.  Great for pomanders!

Shoshonnah

Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 14:42:52 -0400
From: Becky Needham <betony at infinet.com>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Spices

I have purchased saunders and (if cubebs are grains of paradise, then
those, too) cubebs  from

Herbals and Oddities
Rt. 2 Box 178
Bealeton, VA 22712

This lady is also at Pennsic and has an extensive selection.  I'm sorry
I don't have her name to hand, but her stock is of excellent quality.
She also has galangale if you should ever need that.

Bet

Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 08:17:32 -0400
From: Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com>
Subject: Re: SC - Spices on the web?

DianaFiona at aol.com wrote:
>       I give up! I've looked through all my disks of info and can't find the
> addresses of all the wonderful spice merchants you all have raved about in the
> past. I had them all bookmarked, but lost those in a crash

I've dealt with Francesco Sirene, who do mail order from Canada, which
makes for an interesting time sending payment (I found I needed to get
an international money order), but it was worth it. Their prices are
excellent and quality is also excellent. I think I spent $31 US for a
half-kilo of whole long pepper. Their URL is:

http://www.silk.net/sirene/

A brief blurb from their web page:

Francesco Sirene, Spicer

PURVEYORS OF GOODS FOR HISTORICAL COOKERY AND LIVING

  Standard and Exotic Spices: alkanet, cubebs, galingale, grains of paradise,     
      liquamen, long pepper, mace, saffron, saunders, sumac, and many more

  Special Treats: candied violets, crystallized ginger, licorice root, more

  Incense and Dyestuffs: frankincense, myrrh, madder root, cochineal, more

  Historical Cookbooks: Ancient Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Elizabethan

  Cooking and Eating Tools: nutmeg graters, mortars and pestles, authentic 
      reproduction spoons and tankards

  The Unusual but Useful: inkwells, sealing wax, clay pipes, tea bricks

But enough of this, I'm not a stockholder...

Adamantius

Subject: Herbs and Spices
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 98 15:57:08 MST
From: Mike and Pat Luco <mikel at pdq.net>
To: "Mark.S Harris (rsve60)" <rsve60 at email.sps.mot.com>

We are Society members that have just started a new business!  We sell
culinary herbs and spices, teas, herbal tea blends, tea making
supplies, potpourri, essential oils, fragrance oils, potpourri making
supplies, Frankincense, Myrrh, Copal, and incense briquettes.  Come
look around we would love to see you.  Why wait until Renfaire to
stock up?

Send a request for a catalog today!

Natural Treasures
7710-T Cherry Park
Suite 507, SCA
Houston, TX 77095

http://www.hypercon.com/naturalhome

mailto:mikel at pdq.net

ex animo, Henri and Antea

Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 17:27:11 EST
From: THLRenata at aol.com
Subject: Re:  SC - RE: GofP

>>Alternately, does anyone know of a Spice Merchant in the US, who stocks
Grains of Paradise and takes VISA or Mastercard? I've seen some great SCA
stockists on the web, but they don't do credit cards, only International
money orders.<<

Try these guys -- they have a huge selection, do mail order and take all
major credit cards.  I don't know how fast their mail order is -- I usually see
them at Caidan events and buy direct.

Dragonmarsh
3643 University Ave
Riverside, Ca 92501

http://www.dragonmarsh.com/

(951) 276-1116
  {Contact info updated: 8/8/08. -Stefan]

Renata

Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 06:18:23 -0700
From: varmstro at zipcon.net (Valoise Armstrong)
Subject: Re: SC - Spices For Sale?

> Greetings.  Would anyone have the address for the Seattle spice shop
> that sells via mail/phone/on line?  I promised my San Francisco
> daughter to send it and can't find it among the blizzard of papers
> here.  Are there any good (reputable) spice shops in the San Francisco
> area?

Someone may have already answered this (the drawback of getting the digest
- - I'm always a little behind) but MarketSpice does mail order. Phone number
is 206-622-6340, e-mail is mktspc at juno.com. They have a web page at
http://www.marketspice.com but all that's there is a message saying the web
page should be up soon.

Valoise

Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 21:40:42 -0600
From: Serian <serian at uswest.net>
Subject: SC - a source for spices

http://www.thecmccompany.com/
All kinds of spices from around the world.
just started exploring & thought you might want to know.

Serian

Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:18:21 GMT
From: "Susan Laing" <gleep001 at hotmail.com>
Subject: SC - Lochac based Spice company - review of 

Some months ago the URL for Herbie's Spices was posted to the list.
http://www.herbies.com.au/

Needing more Cubebs last week, I took the plunge and used their online 
ordering system - here's what I found!

Seems to be a good range - they have Cubebs, Long Peppers, Mastic, Sumac and 
Saffron for reasonable prices.

Ordering takes place through Ozevillage - one of those multi-group service 
systems.  Fairly straight forward although the mandatory field of 
"telephone" seemed to be set to straight numbers only (no ()or words 
accepted when I used it) and the system auto-reset to "Victoria" as state of 
origin and I had to email Herbies - herbie at herbies.com.au - to clarify my 
postal address.

Shipping costs for my order was $8.50 - but as delivery was via an 
"Overnight priority" post bag, I'm not complaining (and it depends on weight 
of order - I had a couple of bags of spices plus a 100ml bottle of Rose 
water - so it wasn't precisely light.

Delivery was incredibly prompt - my order was placed Thursday lunchtime and 
I received it this morning (Monday).

I don't know how the GST will affect their prices - will advise after the 
1st July (and my next order) :-)

Mari de Paxford
Brisbane, Australia

From: David Chesterson <dchesty1 at home.com>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Pepperer's Guild
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 04:48:46 GMT

For all Gentles interested in acquiring spices from The Pepperer's
Guild.

ALERT!!!  ALERT!!!  ALERT!!!

The Pepperer's Guild has changed it's website!  You may reach us at the
following now:

        http://members.home.net/dchesty1/pepperers.html

Hope to hear from you soon.

In service to all the Kingdoms,

Periac LeGuin
Master Pepperer

From: "David Borland" <davidbor at castleisp.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] good source for saffron
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:21:15 -0800

I've gotten Saffron from http://www.saffron.com/  at $35.95 for an ounce.

Luciano

From: lilinah at earthlink.net
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 200 13:34:27 -0400
From: Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise <jenne at fiedlerfamily.net>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Verjus

[about the Pepperer’s Guild]
> Yes, the one from the East Kingdom.  I believe
> they are in Baltimore.

Actually, they are Connecticut now.

I believe the current website address is:
http://members.cox.net/periac/pepperers.html
--  
-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, Knowledge Pika jenne at iedlerfamily.net  

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:50:20 -0700
From: Susan Fox-Davis <selene at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Herby things
To: mooncat at in-tch.com, Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>

If you are looking for nigella seed, look also for "black caraway" which
is how it is frequently labeled even though it is not actually caraway.

I would like to get my mitts on some Sichuan peppercorns, which have
long been unavailable in the US.  Grr.

Long pepper:  US$7.00 for 1 ounce at Olivier & Co., purveyors of many
astonishing Olive Oils and related preparations as well as interesting
peppers     http://www.cpostores.com/oliviersusa/browse.cfm/4,819.html

Hope this helps, Selene

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:30:50 -0400
From: "Martha Oser" <osermart at msu.edu>
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Re: Herby Things
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org

You can get whole nutmeg from King Arthur (www.kingarthurflour.com) for
$2.95 for 5 'nuts' and no shipping charge.  You can also get it from Penzeys
(www.penzeys.com) at a rate of 1 ounce for $2.09 and 4 ounces for $4.79.
There is a shipping charge, unless you're lucky enough to live near a
Penzey's store, as I do (gloat).

  -Helena

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:09:07 -0400
From: "Sebastian Manetti" <sebastian at mongiovi.net>
Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] Herby things
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>

OK .. I know it's a little late, but I just got a catalog from a couple of
folks called "Golden Squirrel Enterprises" who've been making the rounds of
some East-Kingdom events (mostly Southern Region) .. They have a good
selection of harder to find herbs and spices by the ounce (or smaller in the
case of saffron) and they're good about finding other stuff that they don't
currently carry .. Follow the link below for the current location of their
catalog (soon to be somewhere on www.goldensquirrel.com) ..

Golden Squirrel Entererprises
http://www.housemarshall.org/Catalog%20Full%20full%20sheet.pdf
squirrel at housemarshall.org

-Sebastian

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:45:50 -0500
From: Daniel Myers <edouard at medievalcookery.com>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] bay berries
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>

On Jan 24, 2005, at 7:54 PM, Stefan li Rous wrote:
> Bay berries? Plenty of bay leaf sources around, but I don't know where
> you would get bay berries, unless you had someone with a laurel/bay
> tree. Anyone know? Are these bay berries used fresh? Or dried?

I don't know how they were used in period, but TheGoatInTheGarden.com
(I'm part owner) does carry laurel berries (see URL below).  They're
dried - a bit bigger than a pine nut, but smaller than a grape.

Laurel Berries  -
http://www.thegoatinthegarden.com/cgi-bin/showprod.pl?lau01

- Doc
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
   Daniel Myers
   http://www.thegoatinthegarden.com/
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 01:10:21 -0700
From: lilinah at earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Somewhat OT: Looking for Canadian on-line
	suppliers
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org

Micaylah wrote:
>  Check with Freya. There's some Squirrel people in the States that she got me
>  some Grains of Paradise from last Spring. They might have what your 
> looking for.

You are possibly referring to Golden Squirrel Enterprises...
http://www.goldensquirrel.com

They're in the East Kingdom somewhere... the Shire of Hartshorn-dale,
wherever that is.
-- 
Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
the persona formerly known as Anahita

Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:07:22 -0400
From: "grizly" <grizly at mindspring.com>
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Spices was RE:  feast
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>

-----Original Message-----
Niccolo, where'd you get the long pepper? I've been having trouble getting
locally.  Need cubebs, too, but can get those....
--Maire   >>>>>>>

I got them about 5 years ago from a source that appeared on the list.
They've been vaccuum sealed in my freezer since.  The ones I have been
pulling out have been daisy-fresh to my delight.  I am also checking into
sources online for L:ong Pepper.  Seems it is used in holistic/herbal
remedies, so check out those kinds of sites for piper longum.  Look for
whole spice and not the powder.

If I find a good source, I'll pass it along.  This is the best I've found so
far . . . http://www.salttraders.com/Detail.bok?no=49

niccolo

Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:21:11 -0400
From: "Stephanie Ross" <hlaislinn at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Spices
To: "SCA-Cooks" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>

Niccolo, where'd you get the long pepper? I've been having trouble getting
locally. Need cubebs, too, but can get those....
--Maire >>>>>>>

I have a source who can get you just about any spices/herbs you need.  This
is her website: http://carmenetta.home.att.net/ , although some of the
links aren't working at the moment. Just email her carmenetta at att.net and
put "herbs/spices purchase inquiry" in the subject line. I bought a bunch
of medieval spices from her to display at my Le Viandier sauces class at
KWAS a couple of years ago when it was in Orlando. She has the best prices
and the quality can't be beat, and you can buy the spices either whole or
ground in a lot of cases. I bought long pepper, cubebs, saunders, grains of
paradise and galangale. Her saffron is so potent it will give you a
headache! She ships very quickly too. She is also SCAdian (she was the
Trimarian queen who created Gulf Wars, Countess Carmenetta). It's
definitely worth your while to check her out.

Aislinn

Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 07:45:46 -0800 (PST)
From: Louise Smithson <helewyse at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Saffron source was Re: Onion Juice and Saffron
	measurements.
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org

Ysabeau wrote:
<<< Again, while checking out the spices, I found saffron on the bottom shelf
for $6 a gram and at the top of the shelf for $18 for 1.25 grams...what a
price difference! >>>

Personally I think both of those prices are too expensive.  I have  
had considerable success with www.saffron.com
they charge $23.50 for half an ounce of saffron threads.  And they  
are saffron threads, of high quality, very dark, wonderfully  
fragrant.  Seriously worth checking out.

Their vanilla is also stupid cheap (and yummy), Tahitian vanilla for  
$19.95 a pound.
I have bought both and am very happy with the products. (plus they  
tend to send you free vanilla extract and saffron soap when you order).
Helewyse
(not being paid to advertise this, honestly)

Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:02:53 -0400
From: Gretchen Beck <grm at andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Recipe(s) Request
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>

--On Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:45 PM -0600 Caointiarn
<caointiarn1 at bresnan.net> wrote:

> Where did you find cubebs??!!   I'm done to a measly small number, and
> need  to find more!  I'm teaching a spice class for the Kingdom
> Collegium,  and  would like to get more.  Along that line, is Franciso
> the Spicer still  around?  I've lost my contact info for him . . .

I got some this year from Moorish Caravan Trading Company at Gulf Wars.
They're online at http://www.moorishcaravan.com/catalog. The spices aren't
listed on the website, but I'll bet the owner has them available if you
ask. His first quality saffron this year was amazing (or at least a lot
more flavorful than any saffron I've ever worked with -- course, I'm
something of a saffron newbie...)!

toodles, margaret

Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:59:31 -0400
From: Jehan-Yves <jehan.yves at signofthetiger.com>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Recipe(s) Request
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>

> --On Wednesday, April 25, 2007 5:45 PM -0600 Caointiarn
> <caointiarn1 at bresnan.net> wrote:
>> Where did you find cubebs??!!   I'm done to a measly small number, and
>> need  to find more!  I'm teaching a spice class for the Kingdom
>> Collegium,  and  would like to get more.  Along that line, is Franciso
>> the Spicer still  around?  I've lost my contact info for him  . .

Here are links for some SCA Spice Merchants:

Golden Squirrel Enterprises
http://www.goldensquirrel.com/

Pepper's Guild
http://members.cox.net/periac/pepperers.html

Auntie Arwen's Spices
http://www.auntiearwenspices.com/

Francesco Sirene, Spicer
http://www.silk.net/sirene/

This one doesn't sell spices, but has everything you ever could want
to know about spices.
Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages
http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/index.html

JehanYves
Caer Adamant,
East Kingdom

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:57:14 -0400
From: "Faoileann" <failenntigernaig at columbus.rr.com>
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Cubebs
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>

Mountain Rose Herbs and the Shaman Shop have cubebs:
http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/index.php

http://www.shamanshop.net/store/prodpage.cfm

I like Mountain Rose because they handle a lot of organic, non-irradiated
spices at reasonable rates and the shipping is good, too.

Faoileann

-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Recipe(s) Request

Where did you find cubebs??!!   I'm [down] to a measly small number, and need
to find more!  I'm teaching a spice class for the Kingdom Collegium, and
would like to get more.  Along that line, is Franciso the Spicer still
around?  I've lost my contact info for him . . .

Thanks!  Caointiarn

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:32:05 +0000
From: "Olwen the Odd" <olwentheodd at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Cubebs
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org

You can go to
http://www.grandmascandleshop.com/index.cfm?categoryid=11&do=list for herbs.

   As opposed to mountainroseherbs which carries cubebs at $4.00 for 4 oz,
grandmas has them for $2.10 an oz.  The shamanshop has a better deal on them
if you want to buy a pound which costs $14.95.

Neither of these others carry grains of paradise though that I saw.

Olwen

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:05:25 -0400
From: "Elaine Koogler" <kiridono at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Cubebs
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>

Auntie Arwen's has Grains of
Paradise...http://www.auntiearwenspices.com...has cubebs, grains of paradise
and long pepper, among many other things.  And her spice blends,
particularly her garam masalas and curries, are to die for.  The good
news...she's always at Pennsic!  And, while I haven't actually done a price
comparison, I suspect her prices are at least competitive.

She also makes an effort to carry medieval blends as well.  I know that
she's currently looking for a recipe for Duke's Powder and for Poudre Douce
and Poudre Fort.  If she can get those recipes, she'll carry those as  
well.

Kiri

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:35:57 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
From: smcclune at earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Cubebs, was Recipe(s) Request
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org

-----Original Message-----
> From: "Caointiarn" <caointiarn1 at bresnan.net>
>
> Where did you find cubebs??!!   I'm done to a measly small number, and need
> to find more!  I'm teaching a spice class for the Kingdom Collegium, and
> would like to get more.
<<<

Umm ... if I may ... while I wholeheartedly support doing business  
with SCA merchants, if you just can't find them that way ...

Amazon.com has them for $16.33 for a 1-lb. bag:

http://www.amazon.com/Blessac-The-European-importer-spices/dp/ 
B000CER5K2/ref=sr_1_4/104-0684337-9427949?ie=UTF8&s=gourmet- 
food&qid=1177603015&sr=8-4

or

http://tinyurl.com/2am2rd

Interestingly, they say that people who bought cubebs also bought  
Grains of Paradise and Long Pepper.  Ya think?!?

Arwen Southernwood
Outlands

Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:45:08 -0400
From: "Saint Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Setting up a new kitchen
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>

Auntie Arwen's Two Knives Curry powder is excellent, for those of you
who have issues with hot spices. While I love my hot spices, I
cheerfully use that blend for my friends who do have issues. Wonderful
flavor.

On 8/26/07, Elaine Koogler <kiridono at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can now get Poudre Fort and Poudre Fine from Auntie Arwen's
> spices<http://www.auntiearwenspices.com/>
>
> These are spice blends that were frequently used in period.  Incidentally,
> she also has some incredible curry, garam masala and tandoori blends!
>
> Kiri
> Barony of Dun Carraig
> Kingdom of Atlantia
-- 
Saint Phlip

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:23:46 EST
From: Moramarsh at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Reply Bulk Spices Sources
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org

macbrighid at campus.ie writes:
<<< I'm  needing a large quantity of mustard seed to teach a class, and 
if I  could find a site with grains of paradise, cubebs, and long 
pepper  too, that would be great. I'd like to make one order online 
to stock  my shelves. Any  suggestions? >>>

Blazon plug for our store!  We carry all the listed herbs in stock and 
more.

_www.dragonmarsh.com_ (http://www.dragonmarsh.com) 

grains of paradise, cubebs, long pepper, galangal, santal, quatre  spices, 
Irish meat rub, Mora's Herbal Harmony spice blend. (like Mrs Dash but no  salt, pepper, preservatives or sugars)

Look at our Spice Blends under Dragon's Kitchen.

Any pound or more orders are priced 20% lower than oz prices. (less labels  
and labor passed on to you)

FREE SPICES FOR FEASTS (under 8 oz total Please) will be provided free for  
use by your SCA group.
Please send request with your groups feastocrats list of needs and  contact 
information. This donation is our way of giving back for allowing us to  toot 
our own horn.

Dragonmarsh
Riverside, CA

Beautiful Downtown Dreiburgen, CAID

Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:37:45 -0500
From: moramarsh at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] spice references
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org

<<< I can't seem to find any of my mail order catalogs or web sites in my favorites of any of the places I buy spices. I'm in need of Cubebs and Grains of Paradise and I'm ready to order them and guess what? >>>

Toot, Toot, Blowing my own horn some.

OK, I know things sometimes get lost but please mark our web site in your favorites for spices? -- please, please, please.

www.dragonmarsh.com

We carry all the spices and many cooking items in the store - in stock- and fresh blends every 2 weeks.

And we can locate hard to find cooking ingredients.

We offer discounts of 20% on any pound order of same herb/spice and

We offer a 15% automatic percent discount to the SCA populus. Just insert SCA in the second name or address line on your order. We will refigure the difference before charging.

So if you are SCA and you order 1 lb of a spice you can get both discounts!

Our store has been involved in the SCA since 1989. So we have a vested interest in its participants.

We go to West coast events and can bring or arrange to get items to you at most events.

We also offer free spices for official SCA feasting events. Autocrats need send wish lists ahead of time.

I hope this gives you an insight and a curiosity to check out the site.

Mora Blackmarsh
Dragonmarsh

Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:38:54 -0500
From: Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Online Spice Merchants
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>

Laureen Hart wrote:
Hello, I thought I saved the address of the online Spice merchant people
like, but I can't find it.

Randell Raye

How about these merchants?

Spice Sources:
Grains of Paradise and many other hard to find herbs & spices like long pepper, saunders, galangal, saffron, cubeb berries ,and blends such as Irish meat rub, Quatre spice, Pourder Forte, Pouder Dulse are readily available at Dragonmarsh _www.dragonmarsh.com_ (http://www.dragonmarsh.com) 3643 University Ave.
Riverside, Ca 92501 (951) 276-1116

From my list: Vann's carries grains of paradise.
Order thru A Cooks Ware
http://www.cookswares.com/individual.asp?n=V046

*Frontier Natural Products Coop* http://www.frontiercoop.com/company.html

SCA listed ones include:
*Golden Squirrel Enterprises* <http://www.goldensquirrel.com/>
*Pepper's Guild* <http://members.cox.net/periac/pepperers.html>
*Auntie Arwen's Spices* <http://www.auntiearwenspices.com/>

Johnnae

Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:03:42 -0500 (EST)
From: lilinah at earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Online Spice Merchants
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org

Randell Raye wrote:
<<< I thought I saved the address of the online Spice merchant people
like, but I can't find it. >>>

Well, there's World Spice in Seattle WA
http://www.worldspice.com/

Lhasa Karnak in Berkeley CA (that's California :-)
Their site isn't terrific, but they have excellent spices. However, two caveats: they do not carry long pepper, and what they have been selling as cubeb for the past few years is not.
http://www.herb-inc.com/

I'm not impressed with Penzey's but some folks love 'em
http://www.penzeys.com/

And there's the SCA Pepperers' Guild
members.cox.net/periac/pepperers.html

I ran into Auntie Arwen as Pennsic, and she sell's on-line
http://www.auntiearwenspices.com/

I buy most of my spices at Lhasa Karnak, but, hey, they're local and i've been buying medicinal herbs and spices from them since, hmmm, 1970 or so.

But for cubebs and long pepper, i go to Whole Foods, which now sells them.
--
Urtatim (that's urr-tah-TEEM)
the persona formerly known as Anahita

Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:13:28 -0800
From: Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Online Spice Merchants
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>

lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
<<< I'm not impressed with Penzey's but some folks love 'em
http://www.penzeys.com/ >>>

Penzey's is much better when you can go in and sniff and shop.  For a 
long time, the only brick-and-mortar store in California was in Torrance 
[happily right around the corner from a popular event site in 
Lyondemere], but they just opened up much closer to you.  A friend of 
mine was lined up for a job there but came up ill just before her start 
date.  Here's hoping she gets better soon and that you like Penzey's 
better in person.

Penzeys Spices
771 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park

Selene

Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:09:58 -0400
From: Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com>
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Spice merchanting
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>

 From another list but it may of interest to a number
of people in the Midwest --  Johnnae

Greetings to one and all,
I am reintroducing myself as I've been absent from the list quite some 
time. 
I am Caitriona Mac Dhonnachaidh.  I've been around the Midlands since 
about 1985, living in Baile na Scolairi, Swordcliff and Shattered 
Crystal, just on this side of the Calontir border.  For the last several 
years I've been busy in the scribal and heraldic community, as well as 
running or mentoring several event kitchens. 

At Awakenings, we debuted Spicewell's Essentials, a small spice company 
focusing on those things you may not be able to easily find at the local 
supermarket spice aisle.  Our stock includes cubebs, long pepper, grains 
of paradise, saunders, organic lavender flowers, saffron, hyssop and 
other useful items.  We freshly grind our poudre fort the night before 
each event.  Additionally, we are carrying several finishing salts, 
including Himalayan pink, Hawiian black, Alderwood smoked as well as Sel 
Gris and a sea salt from Malins, where they've been evaporating sea 
water and harvesting the salt for hundreds of years.

I hope we may be of service. 

Caitriona
spicewells at yahoo.com 

Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:22:10 -0600
From: Lynn <LRA at olpdsl.net>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] OOP question re online supplier

Yes, I ordered from them last year. I ordered hazelnuts and dried 
cherries. Both items were great and the prices very good. The package 
arrived in good time (as I recall). I had no problems with the order.

Lynn the Inquisitive

<<< Has anyone on this farflung list ever ordered from "nutsonline.com"
My dad has gotten it into his head it would be great to get stuff from them (such as bulk spices, marzipan, and nuts) and I wanted to check on their 'reputation/reliability/quality' before encouraging him or offering a better suggestion (if anyone has one.)  Mustard seed for 2.99lb is tempting, as is the bulk marzipan.

Gwen Cat
Outlands >>>

Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:19:59 -0400
From: Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Pepperer's Guild?

I couldn't verify that they were in business in June.
I am very much afraid that they are defunct. We've lost a number of the
spice merchants.

Johnnae

On Sep 13, 2009, at 3:26 PM, Kean Gryffyth wrote:
<<< Did something happen to the Pepperer's Guild? The web site I have  
for them no longer comes up and I can't find a newer site for them.

http://members.cox.net/periac/pepperers.html

-Kean >>>

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:53:20 -0400
From: Kate Wood <malkin at gmail.com>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Cc: west-cooks at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Real Cubebs?

<<< Does anyone know where to get REAL cubebs?
(not a random link on the internet that i could find myself, or ''i think so
and so sells them''. I want to know i'm getting the real thing rather than i
buying more of something that isn't cubeb.)
Or are they still unavailable in the US? >>>

Whole foods sells them in a grinder jar (I have no idea why. They sell
long pepper and grains of paradise that way, too.) I have also
purchased them from Amazon seller Blessac - although the supply is
spotty, he has amazing customer service. A delay of a week on shipment
brought me a largish number of vanilla beans once, which was a
delightful, unasked-for compensation for something that really did not
matter. Also, his bulk prices are great.

Kte

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:46:04 -0700
From: lilinah at earthlink.net
To: west-cooks at yahoogroups.com, sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Real Cubebs?

<snip>
Does anyone know where to get REAL cubebs?
(not a random link on the internet that i could find myself, or ''i 
think so and so sells them''. I want to know i'm getting the real 
thing rather than i buying more of something that isn't cubeb.)
Or are they still unavailable in the US?
*****************************************

I have bought cubebs (among other things) from Herbie's:
http://www.herbies.com.au/
The quality is very good, but since Herbie's is in Australia you might be
better off getting them from somewhere closer if you can.

Angharad

Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:10:28 -0400
From: Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Real Cubebs?

Pick them up from Auntie Arwen. She sells at Pennsic, and has pretty
well picked up where the Pepperer's Guild left a hole in our spices.
She has great stuff- for those of you weak sisters, who'd like to try
a curry powder with incredible flavor, and no heat, you ought to try
her Two Knives blend ;-) But I digress-

Her website is a mess at the moment- her friend and webmaster passed
away recently, but I did find the cubebs. Yes, they're cubebs- I
bought a little stash last Pennsic.

http://www.auntiearwenspices.com/detail.php?prod_id=544

Better order quickly, because it's getting on towards Pennsic, and
things get packed up ahead of time.

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:33:56 -0700
From: Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: [Sca-cooks] A form of CURRY, was Re:  Real Cubebs?

Two Knives Blend is a curry powder with no chili at all, formulated 
originally for Master El of the Two Knives, who was allergic to capsicum 
peppers.  It's also a pretty good, flavorful blend on its own merits and 
to me, represents a clue what Indian food was like before 1500 and 
Everything Changed. 

Selene

Saint Phlip wrote:
<<< Pick them up from Auntie Arwen. She sells at Pennsic, and has pretty
well picked up where the Pepperer's Guild left a hole in our spices.
She has great stuff- for those of you weak sisters, who'd like to try
a curry powder with incredible flavor, and no heat, you ought to try
her Two Knives blend ;-) But I digress-

Her website is a mess at the moment- her friend and webmaster passed
away recently, but I did find the cubebs. Yes, they're cubebs- I
bought a little stash last Pennsic.

http://www.auntiearwenspices.com/detail.php?prod_id=544

Better order quickly, because it's getting on towards Pennsic, and
things get packed up ahead of time. >>>

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:56:48 -0500
From: Sam Wallace <guillaumedep at gmail.com>
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] long pepper source?

"Hey does anyone have a good source for long pepper?"

The best source I have found for long pepper and a number of other spices was Amazon.com - not what I expected going into the search. I decided it was worth it to buy in bulk, which helps keep the unit price down.

Guillaume

Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:00:43 +0200
From: "Susanne Mayer" <susanne.mayer5 at chello.at>
To: <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Pepper (Spices at Spicewells)

My favorite web site to search all things spicy and herbal:
http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/index.html

tons of information, and PICTURES,....

Berries:
Pepper Ros? (Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi with pictures
or also Brazil Pepper
http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Schi_ter.html

Grains of Paradise
http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Afra_mel.html

Katharina

Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:29:18 -0500
From: Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Pendery's

http://www.penderys.com/
I used to get their catalog and liked the design of it. I think I ordered
cookbooks from them that only they carried but it's been a number of years as in 15 years ago.
I have other sources for the chile peppers and chile blends.
Usually get those in person when I am in Santa Fe now. Otherwise I like Penzey's.

Johnnae

On Dec 3, 2012, at 12:40 AM, Susan Lin wrote:
<<< Has anyone every purchased spices from them?  I received a catalog (tis the
season! - don't know how I got on their list but it came under my maiden
name so they must have purchased an old address list) but didn't know if
their stock was any good.  We have Penzey's and Savory Spice Shop local so
I haven't really needed to venture elsewhere but I was just wondering if
anyone had any experience with these people.
thank you. Shoshanah >>>

Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:40:48 -0600
From: Sayyeda al-Kaslaania <samia at idlelion.net>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Pendery's

If you're looking for a new source, I have liked the spices I've gotten 
from Auntie Arwen's. http://auntiearwenspices.blogspot.com/

Sayyeda al-Kaslaania

Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 00:07:18 +0000
From: CHARLES POTTER <basiliusphocas at hotmail.com>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Pendery's

I have ordered from them for years and like them very much.

              Master B

<<< http://www.penderys.com/
I used to get their catalog and liked the design of it. I think I ordered
cookbooks from them that only they carried but it's been a number of years as in 15 years ago.
I have other sources for the chile peppers and chile blends.
Usually get those in person when I am in Santa Fe now. Otherwise I like Penzey's.

Johnnae >>>

From: Bev Roden <bevroden at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: {TheTriskeleTavern} Question for Brewing
Date: June 9, 2013 4:55:05 PM CDT
To: the-triskele-tavern at googlegroups.com

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Terrell Alderman ‪<terrellalderman at gmail.com>‬ wrote:
<<<   I would love to have some idea where you guys go to get spices and herbs for brewing. 
 Diderick >>>

Diderick - There are many places where you can order spices online. Here a couple I've found that are reliable suppliers.

http://www.penzeys.com/   There is a Penzeys close to you in Winter Park.
http://spicewells.us/   These folks are in the SCA & sell online, & at midwestern events. 

Check in your local area for bulk food suppliers - Google both bulk food and spices stores. You might be surprised at the local sources you find. I discovered Bulk Nation here in Sarasota while driving around one weekend, and found a very nice store with all sorts of spices - not as many as Penzeys, but very nice.  I have no doubt they would do mail order.  http://www.bulknationusa.com/ 

Alexis

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