Re: [CH]VINDALOO Cardamon
Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Sun, 21 Feb 1999 08:34:05 -0800
> you might be able to grow Cardamon if your climate is warm enough
> the leaves have a delightful fragrance
I have two separately acquired specimens of "cardamom" plant; both are
identical and have a delightful fragrance to the leaves, just as you
describe. So, I made a particular point to check the cardamom plants on
the cardamom plantation I visited last year in Kerala, south India (where
as far as I know most of the world's production of cardamom occurs). Those
commercial cardamom plants have absolutely no fragrance in their leaves,
yet I can assure you the cardamoms they produce are inarguably top quality
and rich with the appropriate aroma. In conclusion, I have no confidence
the aromatic plants I was sold are true cardamom.
--- Brent