Spices.....

[General Pain]

Anyone got info about spices that are free-growing in California?

And which of those would be kind of abundant in a post-apoc. environment?

[chico20854]

Ganja????

[jester]

What part of Cali?

1.) Popiese our state flower.

2.) Mustard it grows damn near everywhere

3.) Millet hate the shit!

4.) Assorted peppers these can be ground into powder and used as spices.

6.) Salt, from several sources, not a spice but a mineral but it works.>

There are a few more that elude me at the moment.

[TiggerCCW UK]

Originally Posted by chico20854

Ganja????

If thats how you spice your meals up, you have to come and cook me dinner

[jester]

Originally Posted by TiggerCCW UK

If thats how you spice your meals up, you have to come and cook me dinner

Well, it is a traditional ingredient in some brownie recipes

And if you don't think so then hit a Greatful Dead concert

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by General Pain

Anyone got info about spices that are free-growing in California?

And which of those would be kind of abundant in a post-apoc. environment?

Well, in certain parts of the Death Valley, there is the spice melange...it's why the UFOs go there, so they can fold space.

[General Pain]

Originally Posted by jester

What part of Cali?

1.) Popiese our state flower.

2.) Mustard it grows damn near everywhere

3.) Millet hate the shit!

4.) Assorted peppers these can be ground into powder and used as spices.

6.) Salt, from several sources, not a spice but a mineral but it works.>

There are a few more that elude me at the moment.

this is excellent

Mustard was a suprise but I never got to reading about California's spices - Ahh the citizens of Eureka will soon have their Mustard Spiced Landshrimp Powder ...mmmmmm mustradspiced Landshrimp....... - never even heard about millet - you got an latin name for it?

[General Pain]

could not find Mellet here jester...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spices

[chico20854]

try here General:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millet

[General Pain]

Originally Posted by chico20854

try here General:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millet

thanx chico

[jester]

I am looking at my backyard right now and it is full of weeds, my lawnmower is broken and I haven't had time to take it in for repairs. Needless to say it is rather high with grass and such, and what do I see,

millet we call them foxtails, its a form of primative grain, and yes mustard. I had it, it grows well in the soild here which is very compacted clay.

Poppies of course

Sunflowers are common

Cotton used to be common <cotton seed oil>

Salt from the ocean, but also from several salt flats and dty salt lakes in the desert.

Hectorite, a mineral that is used in the making of condiments, some foods and makeup.

Mint grows well

Ginger grows

Dandelions

Bamboo is like a week

Anything related to citrus is quite common

Honey

Sugar is another valuable crop <C&H sugar, well the C stands for California>

Oh yeah, we also have the garlic capital of the world too

And nuts, more almonds and walnuts than anywhere in the nation as well as coconuts, pistachios <second only to Iran> and cashews.


Anyhow those are some more things that are pretty common and can be used as spices or extracts.

[Targan]

Some types of seaweed are edible and can be dried for longer and easier storage.

Sticking with the coastal theme one should always keep an eye out for drifting globs of whale snot. Ambergris is high value rare commodity.

I seem to recall some kind of SE Asian seafood stock which is made by putting tiny shrimps, krill and other marine crustacea in a sack and burying it on the beach for a worryingly unhygienic duration.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Targan

Sticking with the costal theme one should always keep an eye out for drifting globs of whale snot. Ambergris is high value rare commodity.

The thing I've always found strange about ambergris is that it reputedly stinks to high heaven, but it's great for fixing the scents into perfumes.

[Brother in Arms]

Chico is the WINNNER!!!!!
GANJA,

what a funny/dangerous adventure that might be players find a wild Mary Jane patch somewhere....or worse a cultivated and defended one which could be guarded or booby trapped/mined. I think pot would be pretty common in the twilight world as its pretty common today. Only people in twilight would be more upset and stressed with there lives, which might make people use more recreational drugs. Booze is pretty much the worlds favorite drug, but weed is pretty easy to grow. Tobbaco would be another good crop to plant....particularly in Europe!

while this has nothing to do with spices....
it gave me game ideas clearly I have been in Burlington VT to long

Brother in Arms

[TiggerCCW UK]

I have grass in common use in my campaign - my players managed to build up a fair stash on their run back to Bremerhaven.




All for personal use of course

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by TiggerCCW UK

I have grass in common use in my campaign - my players managede to build up a fair stash on their run back to Bremerhaven.




All for personal use of course

Hey, it's a decent painkiller as well...

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Brother in Arms

GANJA,

what a funny/dangerous adventure that might be players find a wild Mary Jane patch somewhere....or worse a cultivated and defended one which could be guarded or booby trapped/mined.

About a plattoon worth of us from my battalion were called upon to act as enemy forces for another unit in the heat of the Australian Queensland summer and we were assigned one section (squad) to each of the other battalions infantry companies.

My particular section was tasked with being the targets for a company advancing to contact over about a week (and 50km or so) on foot. Meanwhile, one of the other sections was reinforcing the recon plattoon and causing sleepless nights for a company in defence. During one little "outing", they happened across a rather large plantation hidden deep within the training area (Wide Bay for those who's heard of it). Armed with nothing more than harsh language and blanks they had to guard the place for about 24 hours until the police arrived to take over, all the while well aware that the growers of the area tended to check on their crops fairly regularly and invariably travelled armed. They also often laid booby traps to catch the unwary.

I don't think it need be said that there were some VERY relaxed soliders for the remainder of the exercise....

[jester]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Hey, it's a decent painkiller as well...

And you know this how? You have been a bad boy!!!! Task tsk tsk.

[Targan]

In my campaign Major Po has a wide variety of narcotics in his various medical bags. He has a fairly relaxed attitude towards the use of various drugs when his troops are having some down time. It carries on the vibe set by the original unit commander, Major John Lynch. He was basically a drug abusing, alcoholic head case. Unsurprisingly he didn't survive the Poland part of the campaign.

As a GM I can describe the effects of various illicit drugs quite accurately to my players as I have tried just about everything myself. Of course some of my players don't need descriptions of effects as they know them well.

[jester]

Originally Posted by Targan

In my campaign Major Po has a wide variety of narcotics in his various medical bags. He has a fairly relaxed attitude towards the use of various drugs when his troops are having some down time. It carries on the vibe set by the original unit commander, Major John Lynch. He was basically a drug abusing, alcoholic head case. Unsurprisingly he didn't survive the Poland part of the campaign.

As a GM I can describe the effects of various illicit drugs quite accurately to my players as I have tried just about everything myself. Of course some of my players don't need descriptions of effects as they know them well.

Even ketamine?

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by jester

Even ketamine?

I once saw a cartoon in the local newspaper -- the police were hauling Colonel Sanders away. One of the cops is saying, "We found out what those 11 herbs and spices are."

[Targan]

Originally Posted by jester

Even ketamine?

Yes. I haven't tried every pharmaceutical but I've tried most illicit drugs. Off the top of my head one of the few I haven't tried is PCP for the dual reasons that the reported effects kind of scare me (I'm not too keen on experiencing a full-blown psychotic episode thanks) and also because I've never heard of it being available in Western Australia.