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But speaking of spice, she got engaged to another professor, a guy from out of town who wrote a human sexuality textbook, in use at Warner. It was all the scuttlebutt when he came to campus to visit after their engagement. A scandalous development for a Christian college, even a liberal arts one, because what could a single man possibly know about sex ed?!
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So for the past decade plus, cardamom has caught my eye. It appears in the darndest recipes, and I usually have some on hand, though I've just read that it's better to keep the whole seeds available to grind as needed. Not sure whether or not I'll Martha Stewart up for that one (kind of like cowboying up).
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All of that is my intro for the photo you're about to see. You can bet your bippy I bought this gum.
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I'll be darned.
The instructor's name was Christi. It just came to me.
Lori! I have two new books on herbal medicinals and you just know if you talk about an herb I have fun facts for you...
Cardamom is an expectorant and decongestant. It can be added to thyme and taken as a steam inhalant for congestion of the lungs.
Cardamom has been part of the Chinese and ayurvedic pharmacies for thousands of years. Long used in Asia as a culinary herb, it is primarily a tonic to the digestive system, kills the bacteria responsible for bad breath, and is well know for relief of nausea.
Cardamom has decongestant properties that make it useful in colds and congestion as well. Cardamom is perhaps the best source of a phytochemical called cineole, which helps break up chest congestion and gives the entire central nervous system a boost. Cardamom is found in many aphrodisiac formulas in Asia. The oil is a mild stimulant, warming with a lovely aroma.
Cardamom is a perennial reedlike herb native to Asia and southern India that grows up to 13 feet tall. A relative of ginger, the fruits contain small reddish-brown seeds from which the essential oils is extracted.
Just what you always needed to know right?!
Let us all know how you and the gum get along, will ya?! =)
I remember that prof! I can't remember for what class, though! I just remember one day she brought a bottle of cardamom in and had us all smell it. Now I have a bottle in my spice jar-mmmm, spicy!
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