Spice Info

i was thinking that most people don't know much about the spices that are use in everyday cooking. so what i will be doing is posting information about the different spices that are used in cooking. granted some of the spices i will give information on may not be something that you have used before so i hope that you enjoy and this gives you the courage to explore spices in cooking.

Spice:     All Spice
Source:     Wikipedia
Information:
    
Allspice, also called Jamaica pepper, pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or newspice, is a spice that is the dried unripe fruit ("berries") of Pimenta dioica, a mid-canopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.The name allspice was coined as early as 1621 by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
Several unrelated fragrant shrubs are called "Carolina allspice" (Calycanthus floridus), "Japanese allspice" (Chimonanthus praecox) or "wild allspice" (Lindera benzoin). Allspice is also sometimes used to refer to the herb costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).