Mixed spice - what is it?

Julia Milton

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Nov 14, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/14/96

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I recently came across a (British) recipe which calls for a teaspoon of
"mixed spice".

Is this what North Americans call allspice?

Many thanks,

Julia Milton (an emigre Canadian in England)
j.c.m...@lancaster.ac.uk

Tim Moss

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Nov 15, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/15/96

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In article <56fcna$d...@info1.lancs.ac.uk>, J.C.M...@lancaster.ac.uk
(Julia Milton) wrote:

No, always vast confusion on this one. Allspice is the pimiento berry,
which when dried and ground has a sweet spicy flavour, reminiscient of
cinnamon, clove, mace and nutmeg.

Mixed spice is usually a mixture of Cinnamon (hardly ever, as cassia has a
much stronger cinnamon flavour with none of the other subtlety and is much
cheaper) clove, mace, nutmeg.

I find freshly ground allspice knocks the spots off ready ground mixed
spice or allspice in savoury or sweet recipes.

--
Tim Moss, Toxicologist, Hedonist and Piss Artist.

Tom Barrance

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Nov 15, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/15/96

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In article <56fcna$d...@info1.lancs.ac.uk>,
J.C.M...@lancaster.ac.uk (Julia Milton) wrote:

>I recently came across a (British) recipe which calls for a teaspoon of
>"mixed spice".
>
>Is this what North Americans call allspice?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Julia Milton (an emigre Canadian in England)
>j.c.m...@lancaster.ac.uk
>

No, allspice is the berry (whole or ground) of a single type of plant,
whereas mixed spice is a mixture of ground spices usually used for cake
making.

Tom

Margaret Morrison

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Nov 15, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/15/96

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In article <56fcna$d...@info1.lancs.ac.uk>, Julia Milton
<J.C.M...@lancaster.ac.uk> writes

>I recently came across a (British) recipe which calls for a teaspoon of
>"mixed spice".
>
>Is this what North Americans call allspice?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Julia Milton (an emigre Canadian in England)
>j.c.m...@lancaster.ac.uk
>

No, allspice is an actual ingredient in its own right -made from the
seeds of a tropical American tree. It is so called because it tastes
like a mixture of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mixed spice on the other
hand is just a commercial mixture of common spices - the above plus
ginger, I think. You could probably use allspice anyway though.
--
Margaret Morrison

teemarsh

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Nov 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/21/96

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> Margaret MorrisonAlternative name - pimiento.

Hong Kong Phooey

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Nov 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/22/96

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Actually, me thinks it is "mulling" spice that your recipe calls for... If
me thinketh correctly, you will need clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice....
and maybe something else- I can't remember... I hope that I help
rather than hurt your recipe..

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