Very informative. I use cardamom when I make my Finnish coffee bread (pulla), but I prefer the pods and grinding the seeds with my mortar and pestle, the way my grandmother always did it. (Too bad cardamom is so ghastly expensive in the supermarket, although all they have in the supermarket is the ground stuff. I've found it cheaper online. I've also gotten pod cardamom in Scandinavian shops in my area. Cardamom is also used a lot in Indian cooking.)
When it comes to baking spices, though, I've found that as long as I have cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg on hand, I pretty much have all the spices I need for baking.
Very informative. I use cardamom when I make my Finnish coffee bread (pulla), but I prefer the pods and grinding the seeds with my mortar and pestle, the way my grandmother always did it. (Too bad cardamom is so ghastly expensive in the supermarket, although all they have in the supermarket is the ground stuff. I've found it cheaper online. I've also gotten pod cardamom in Scandinavian shops in my area. Cardamom is also used a lot in Indian cooking.)
When it comes to baking spices, though, I've found that as long as I have cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg on hand, I pretty much have all the spices I need for baking.