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On Sun, 16 May 2010 06:03:38 -0500, Omelet >
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>In article >,
> Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 15 May 2010 20:01:33 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>>
>> > When I smelled the jar of Fenugreek, it hit my nose as the main smell of
>> > curry! Wow. It was whole seeds tho' but I bought it anyway. I have a
>> > small electric coffee grinder that I use for grinding whole spices and
>> > it works like a charm. For powdering, I just run it thru a screen sieve
>> > and re-grind whatever remains in there. Works quite well so now I have a
>> > bag of Fenugreek powder that smells delightfully of curry! ;-d

>>
>> Why would you grind the whole jar at once? Seed spices should be
>> ground as needed.

>
>I was not aware of that. I was going for convenience.

Just keep it in the freezer. Put the powder in a ziploc freezer bag,
lay flat and gently <don't want fenugreek powder all over the place>
push the air out and zip closed.

Glad to seee things are going well for you. Give your dad my best.

koko
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