tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22736431.post4100075785767088591..comments2023-05-20T04:48:54.930-07:00Comments on little dog lost: Pears with Cardamom and Sour CreamRoland Denzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17973262223130314573noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22736431.post-24695730763568473042008-11-11T16:29:00.000-08:002008-11-11T16:29:00.000-08:00mmm, cardamom - a favorite spice of mine. this loo...mmm, cardamom - a favorite spice of mine. this looks excellent! <BR/><BR/>re: mortar - when I was a kid and grandma was baking for Christmas she taught me to put the seeds (from many many pods) in a man's handkerchief, take a hammer, go out to the back porch and whack away - and then carefully and gently blow away and of the "papers" still there. After she passed away, we bought a mortar & pestle. I'm not sure that her way isn't actually better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com