lastmanstanding
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Here are 2 photos I took today. I'm sure you use them daily in your cooking and baking but can you identify them when they are not harvested, canned, or packeted?
peppercorns correct. no bay leaves.Black peppercorns and bay leaves? I grow bay trees.
peppercorns correct. no bay leaves.
There are 3 things in the photos.
In the 2nd photo there's something other than the leaves. Look carefully, you will find it2nd photo looks very like bay. Maybe tea? Seems to be some kind of bean in the first photo...
Is the second photo cloves?
Yes!!!
In the first photo peppercorns and vanilla beans
In the second photo cloves
Clove, pepper, vanilla, tea, coffee. Other people in my area grow cardamom too.See - we are pretty clever here! Do you grow any other things?
I also guessed peppercorns and bay leaves, There looks something familiar about the flower buds in the second photo, but I can't put my finger on it.
This is the same vanilla but cured. Curing vanilla is a lengthy task of about 6 months, and requires extreme attention and care, and is done only by well-experienced curers. And the curing should be started within 3 days from harvesting or they won't be able to be cured properly.photo