It was part of "poudre fort," one of the more common medieval spice blends. So it'd go in ypocras, salse poivree, possibly cameline...I don't remember precisely because I've never had a source for it before. It's often used with grains de paradis and cubebs, so really I couldn't be happier about that link. :-D
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Date: 2010-01-26 01:35 am (UTC)