In Takkies and T's

Queen Cardamom I love Cardamom. I love Cardamom so much so that I had to write about it.   Cardamom is known as the “ Queen of Spice ”. Queen Cardamom Let’s take a look at the description of a Queen A Queen is personified as a female and most powerful of her kind, superior and dominant. A Queen is the sovereign ruler and described as royal, grand, supreme and majestic. Even in a game of Chess the Queen is the most powerful piece.   Rightly so Cardamom dominates many emporiums of spice and the “ Queen of Spice ” is a fitting title. What exactly is Cardamom? It is an exotic spice which has a very distinctive fragrance and taste . Cardamom has been around forever it seems, however its origins are from the Western Coastal regions (Kerala) in the South of India and parts of Sri Lanka and Asia.   Cardamom is actually the tiny black grains with a burst of flavour embedded in little pods.   Cardamom pods are delicately hand harvested after approximately 3 years of