(Photo: Rachel Been, AOL)
Frankly, it kills us that we can't present this in Smell-o-vision, but see if you can cut the mustard seed on AOL Food's spice photo ID quiz.
Spice ID Quiz
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Filed Under: Guilty Pleasures, Ingredients
Tags: guilty pleasures, spices
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5-06-2008 @5:45PM Marinda A. Ferrell said... 17 out of the 20. I Enjoy cooking and uses a variety of spices and herbs.
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5-09-2008 @12:43AM Sandy said... Oakwood484
I enjoyed the spice quiz, 14 out of 20
I have been missing out on the fun.
I love food and what goes in it.
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5-06-2008 @8:13PM Chris said... I did pretty well, 19 out of twenty. I only got nailed by the "compare the seeds" question!
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5-07-2008 @12:46AM Jen Montgomery said... 10/10 Not too good.
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5-07-2008 @10:13AM Schlake said... Caraway has nothing to do with rye bread and is not an essential part. Caraway is only used to imitate the flavor of rye in wheat breads so that they can be fraudulently sold as rye bread.
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5-07-2008 @4:54PM Anna said... 18 out of 20. Missed the Cumin & Anise question and one about fennel.
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5-11-2008 @12:42PM Lucy said... 13 out of 20?; not to bad considering I haven't been doing a lot of cooking in the last couple of years; especially oriental foods.
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5-17-2008 @9:48PM DONALD said... 1ST TIME 14 OUT OF 20
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6-05-2008 @1:21PM Anita said... 14 out of 20, not too shabby for a 59 yr.old rusty cook............... Cool quiz.
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5-18-2008 @12:56AM Mark Boxshus said... 19 out of 20. Grrr
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5-18-2008 @12:58AM Mark Boxshus said... 19 out of 20......Grrr
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5-18-2008 @1:22AM cheffeedsu said... woo hoo 19 out of 20, didn't think i knew that much, this is all thanks to my man who has tought me everything about cooking :)
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5-18-2008 @5:02AM Julio said... I only missed the wierd ones that are not so common. But I was impressed with 15 out of 20
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5-23-2008 @1:35PM Mrs Walkinson said... 17 out of 20!!!!! I had no idea I know so much about spices.
Good sight
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5-24-2008 @4:49PM steve said... I am a chef and I got 19 out of 20 and missed the first question because cinnamon is usually ground more than the picture illustrated...it still looks more like mace to me.
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10-03-2008 @10:23PM Mochagold118 said... That was fun and informative. 17 out of 20 not bad.
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2-05-2009 @3:25PM mj said... 18 out of 20. Did better than I thought I would learned something new as well
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2-05-2009 @4:55PM Wayne said... 14 out of 20...Should have done better.
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2-05-2009 @6:02PM jamalihess said... 15 out of 20..the easy ones i got wrong..
go figure..
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3-06-2009 @2:02PM Lynn said... I had a perfect score almost to the end, when I missed four in a row, beginning with the two seeds that look alike. Recovered to finish with a respectable 16/20. Having never cooked with most of them, I'm satisfied with my result. Great quiz!
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