The Pantry Quiz #19
What are they?
Three spices on The Perfect Pantry's spice rack can turn food a strong golden hue without imparting a strong flavor. One is a seed. One is a root. One is a stigma. What are they?
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Please leave your answer in the comments, and let us know whether you have these ingredients in your pantry.
[Last week's answer: Peanuts and lentils are beans; walnuts are nuts; pine nuts, sesame seeds and rice are seeds.]
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Posted by: Ouida Lampert | January 26, 2013 at 12:48 AM
Annatto, turmeric and saffron?
Posted by: Patricia Pond | January 26, 2013 at 12:52 AM
Seed: annatto, root: turmeric, stigma: saffron.
Posted by: Beth | January 26, 2013 at 01:15 AM
Mustard (seed), Turmeric (root), Saffron (stigma)
Posted by: Laurie | January 26, 2013 at 04:01 AM
I'm guessing saffron, turmeric, and asofoetida or however you spell that (last one is a big guess!)
Posted by: Nupur | January 26, 2013 at 05:37 AM
Annatto seed, turmeric root and saffron! I don't have the first but I use the other two all the time.
Posted by: Laura Turley | January 26, 2013 at 08:29 AM
saffron, tumeric, and not sure on the seed. Mustard seed imparts a strong flavor along with the color. Not familiar with annatto that others have listed.
Posted by: susan g | January 26, 2013 at 08:44 AM
Annatto, turmeric, saffron. I have all three. Recently I found whole fresh turmeric and used it in a healing turmeric/ginger tea -- What a revelation! Fresh is blatant! Annatto: The first time I got the seed, little bugs hatched out... took me a while to try again, and now I have some processed block for those annatto emergencies. And saffron? I have 'fear of saffron' so my lovely stash is rarely used, but treasured.
Posted by: Kathi | January 26, 2013 at 09:23 AM
Annato, turmeric and saffron
Posted by: carol,boston @cabinetstew | January 26, 2013 at 09:53 AM
Seed: Annatto is really more orange-red color so I am going with mustard here even though it has a strong flavor - so maybe/must be annatto...Root: Tumeric and saffron - the stigma!
Posted by: Pattypro | January 26, 2013 at 11:39 AM
Annatto-seed
Saffron-stigma
Turmeric-root
I've only got turmeric.
Posted by: Kalyn | January 26, 2013 at 12:27 PM
Finally one that I know and I have them all, (although I never use annatto, not sure why not.)
Posted by: elizabeth | January 26, 2013 at 02:49 PM
Annatto...seed (and I stick by my answer on the last quiz that walnut
is a seed)
Turmeric...root
Saffron...stigma
I have all three, though the annatto is in the form of a processed chunk.
Posted by: kirsten@FarmFreshFeasts | January 26, 2013 at 03:22 PM
I knew turmeric--though I learned that it is a root, thanks for that--and saffron and I have both. If gardeners can have life lists like birders do, I'd love to grow my own fall blooming crocus and harvest my own saffron.
Annatto is new to me, and mentally I associate the name with cheese . . . is it in cheese powder maybe?
Thanks for some mental stimulation on a snowy sleepy Saturday.
Posted by: Heidi | January 26, 2013 at 04:29 PM
Annatto is what makes yellow cheddar yellow so I'll go with annatto, turmeric, and saffron.