Comments on: Birth of a Blog Event: Spice Blogging

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:57:29 +0000

I would absolutely play along with a spice blogging event. Ah, and I think it’s easier to keep up with a monthly, too.

By: ejm

ejm — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:33:55 +0000

Great idea to have a spice blogging event. And monthly seems much more manageable than weekly. I hope it will be okay to sometimes participate and sometimes lurk – I know me – posting about something specific on a monthly basis isn’t for me. I’m just not very good with deadlines.

But I’m very excited about this. Spice is our life, if you know what I mean….

Dr.Biggles, does that 1961 curry powder smell like anything at all? (other than slightly sour tea…)

-Elizabeth

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:56:55 +0000

Okay, I see that there is a lot of interest! That is great! I will think up some general rules and whatnot, and then probably have one of my Food Blog Skool friends post it there, and I will send information to IMBB, and we can get started.

Sonali–Again, for my Indian friends, you don’t have to feature just one spice in the dish–but I would like it if the spice you feature predominates.

Also, for the purposes of the events, I am using the botanical definition of a spice which is, “the aromatic root, rhizome, shoot, bark, fruit, seed or flower of a plant which is used to flavor foods.” In that case, vanilla beans and lemon zest are indeed fruits or parts thereof, and therefore, they would count as spices. (The only plant parts that don’t tend to count as spices in the strictest sense are leaves and soft stems–those are herbs.)

And yes, I would not like us to ignore the sweets! In India, how many sweets are flavored with cardamom, for example? Or rose?

Extracts, essences and essential oils are allowable, but only if you cannot use the spice in any other way. Unless we have a theme specifically related to “liquid” spices.

No minerals. No salts–unless we decide at some point to feature a one time theme with salt.

This will be fun!

By: FJK of Blog Appetit

FJK of Blog Appetit — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:40:55 +0000

Wonderful idea.
While I like weekly events because there is always another one in case you miss this one, I think administering a monthly event might be more practical and result in less host blog burnout.

By: rokh

rokh — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:26:20 +0000

great idea barbara. would love to participate, and judging from the hectic blogging live with so many events, i think a monthly one would be good. maybe a general theme would be good as it can help you to catalog easily and for us to refer back next time