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Fresh Herb ID Quiz

Know your basil from your borage? Fennel from fenugreek? Mint from marjoram? It's the zestiest quiz ever from Slashfood.

Fresh Herb Identification

This herb's distinctive flavor (and anti-flatulent properties) make it one of the essential ingredients in traditional black beans.

  • Asafoetida
  • Fenugreek
  • Tarragon
  • Epazote

This herb hails from the mint family and is a natural with lamb and potatoes.

  • English Thyme
  • Rosemary
  • Lavender
  • Russian Tarragon

This one's a must in a caprese salad, stacked with mozzarella, tomato & olive oil.

  • Sweet Basil
  • Greek Oregano
  • Summer Savory
  • Sorrel

The dried seeds of this plant are called

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Spice ID Quiz

Know your fennel from fenugreek? Coriander from cardamom? It's the spiciest quiz ever from Slashfood.

Spice ID Quiz

Both leaves and seeds of this plant are employed as seasoning in Indian food, and the seeds are used to flavor artificial maple syrup.

  • Sarsaparilla
  • Nigella
  • Fenugreek
  • Carom

It just wouldn't be real rye bread without...

  • Caraway
  • Fennel Seed
  • Poppy
  • Cumin

The signature herb overtone of gin is...

  • Galangal
  • Fennel
  • Pimento
  • Juniper Berries

The leaves of this plant are snipped and used as the herb cilantro, but the seeds are a seasoning known as...

  • Cumin
  • Coriander
  • Cardamom
  • Curry

This spice is the inside part of the Myristica tree seed -- not to mention darned tasty in baked goods and sprinkled on winter beverages.

  • Mace
  • Cumin
  • Nutmeg
  • Ground Allspice

This wee, nutty spice is smashing on a roll or paired with a tart lemon pastry

  • Allspice
  • Poppy Seeds
  • Cardamom
  • Mustard Seed

These long, cured pods, often used to flavor desserts, are members of the orchid family.

  • Vanilla Beans
  • Cardamom
  • Saffron
  • Galangal

This strikingly-shaped fruit is a core element in Chinese five-spice.

  • Sumac
  • Galangal
  • Telicherry
  • Star Anise

This spice, made by grinding dried berries, adds a lemony taste to juice and Middle Eastern cuisine.

  • Mahlab
  • Fenugreek
  • Rue
  • Sumac

This Indian spice is valued as much for its vibrant hue as it is for its flavoring properties.

  • Turmeric
  • Ras al Hanout
  • Ginger
  • Asafoetida

This spice is often cited as the most expensive on the market, due to the difficulty of harvesting it.

  • Grains of Paradise
  • Sassafras
  • Mahlab
  • Saffron

These dried berries are, monetarily speaking, the most traded spice on the planet.

  • Mustard
  • Cardamom
  • Black Pepper
  • Cumin

Remember the previously mentioned Myristica tree seed? This is the outside seed casing, all ground up.

  • Mace
  • Galangal
  • Ginger
  • Camphor

We're awfully sorry that we can't present this quiz in Smell-O-Vision, but still we must ask -- can you identify this common ground-bark spice by sight alone?

  • Mace
  • Nutmeg
  • Cinnamon
  • Allspice

The green version of this pod is an essential flavor component in Chai tea.

  • Ginger
  • Cardamom
  • Tonka Bean
  • Cumin

From left to right, these are...

  • Cumin, Anise
  • Celery Seed, Dill
  • Fennel, Cumin
  • Dill, Anise

This Thai cuisine staple is also purported to possess aphrodisiac qualities.

  • Ginger
  • Galangal
  • Horseradish
  • Asafoetida

This pungent, earthy seed is valued for both culinary and medicinal use.

  • Black Cumin
  • Fennel
  • Black Cardamom
  • Grains of Selim

Chewing this spice is said to improve and sweeten the breath.

  • Dill
  • Anise
  • Fennel
  • Celery Seed

Dried peppers are ground to make this spice, which is widely used in Hungarian and Spanish cuisine.

  • Telicherry
  • Wasabi
  • Ras al Hanout
  • Paprika

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Flashback to the Seventies: Dilled Pea Salad



In this weekly series, home cook Bruce Watson works his way through a decades-old family cookbook, adapting the best recipes exclusively for Slashfood.


When I was a kid, pea season was a mixed blessing. On the bright side, it meant that we would get fresh sweet peas on the table. Whether from our family garden or from a local farmers' market, the just-harvested peas were invariably sweet, crunchy and delicious. On the other hand, our regular servings of fresh peas translated into hours spent on the porch shelling the bright green pods. Even under the best circumstances, it was dull, tedious work.

My mother's pea salad recipe, which combines the sweetness of peas with the light flavor of dill, tended to overshadow the peas with a heavy helping of sour cream, mayonnaise and scallions. My modified version, included below, lets the flavor of the peas shine through, but retains the original's cool summer flavors.

Get the recipe for dilled pea salad after the jump.
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Filed under: Retro cookery, Vegetarian/Vegan, Ingredients

Cottage cheese dill bread makes a great sandwich

Up close image of a loaf of dill bread with the end cut off.
I became aware of cottage cheese dill bread when I started working in my pastry kitchen. It's one of the breads that I have to make on a regular basis, as it's used for all kinds of canapes and finger sandwiches. I've never seen it in a retail bakery and so far as I can tell, it's not a very popular bread, but it should be.

Cottage cheese dill loaves are made with a variety of savory ingredients that make for a saliva-inducing aroma and taste. In addition to the cottage cheese and dill you've got onion and horseradish, and in some cases Parmesan cheese (I've seen it in recipes, but don't use it in my bread).

The dill loaves I make are used mainly for smoked salmon canapes and cucumber finger sandwiches, and I also make a cottage cheese dill dinner roll. They make the pastry kitchen smell absolutely wonderful. They can make your house smell just as good, and you'll be very pleased with what this bread can do for your sandwiches, not to mention toast! This recipe I found online looks good, but I'd add a tablespoon of horseradish if you have it. Also, there's a good version in Bernard Clayton's "New Complete Book of Breads". Check out the gallery below for some inspirational photos.


Cottage cheese dill bread(click thumbnails to view gallery)

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Cheesy puffed millet squares

bag of puffed milletMy new favorite cereal is puffed millet. I know that sounds sort of boring, but it is really quite delicious. And apparently, it's good for more than cereal. As I was emptying the latest bag into the jar where I keep it, I noticed a recipe on the back for Cheesy Dill Squares (it's the Arrowhead Mills brand). They sound pretty yummy, sort of a savory rice crispy treat.

In a large bowl, you mix 1 cup of grated cheese, 1 teaspoon dill, 1/4 of butter, 1/2 cup of pastry flour and 1 beaten egg. Once all that is combined, you fold in 2 cups of puffed millet and then pour it all into a greased 8 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, until the top is golden and brown. An added bonus to this recipe is that it would be easy to convert it into a wheat/gluten free one, if you were to substitute a different flour for the standard one. Happy baking!

Filed under: Ingredients, Methods

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