First off, happy holidays, whatever flavor you celebrate I hope it has been or will be joyous.
Second, This year i dusted off my medieval spices and used them to cook a wonderful dinner. Not medieval food mind you but just the spices. I always seem to forget while cooking at home that I can use that stock of spices sitting in the corner for something other than collecting dust and events. So I broke out a few things, mostly my peppers and let them enhance my flavor palette for the day. Cubebs and long pepper are quite fantastic. They really enhance meats and let me tell you, they taste good with tart fruit as well. So this year, I need to try to remember better that I can bust out that box and experiment everyday.
