The Pantry Quiz #63

Do You Know?

A key ingredient in several of Mexico's hallmark mole sauces, Mexican chocolate is made by grinding together cocoa, sugar, and which one of these spices:

1. Cardamom
2. Cinnamon
3. Cumin
4. Cayenne pepper

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[Last week's answer: Believe it or not, they are all real cocktails made with garlic. Bottoms up!]

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__________

Please leave your answer in the comments, and let us know whether you have this ingredient in your pantry.

[Last week's answer: Believe it or not, they are all real cocktails made with garlic. Bottoms up!]

You can find most answers to The Pantry Quiz by using the search box at right, at the top of the page, to hunt for clues. Come back next Saturday for the answer to today's quiz question.

Comments

cinnamon is the answer.

cayenne pepper

Cinnamon is the answer. I had this in my pantry before. It's always fun to browse and try something new from the international aisle. Especially at Wegmans.

I would guess Cinnamon, but truthfully I'm not sure.

I totally know this one--cinnamon. My brother's first assignment in the State Dept was in Monterey, Mexico, and he brought home those chocolate discs and the intricately carved wooden . . . thingy . . . used to blend the melting chocolate and hot milk into hot chocolate.
Thanks, Lydia! I'm feeling smart this morning!

Doesn't it have both cinnamon and cayenne?

Mexican cinnamon, a little different from what we normally use.

Not sure, but would have chosen an answer that did not begin with C.....CUMIN

Cinnamon would be the right answer.

It's cinnamon, and I do have some in my pantry. I bought it to make mole, then I made Mexican chocolate cookies (so good!).

This may be a trick question. Cinnamon is what should be the answer, but the 2 brands I have here don't have real cinnamon on the ingredient list. Barra, made in Jalisco, lists 'cinnamon flavor' -- real? artificial? -- and Nestle (Product of Mexico) uses 'artificial flavor.)
I believe there are some that include chiles.
...and the wooden thingy is called a molinillo.

(and that's Ibarra)

Cayenne

CINNAMON OF COURSE

I think it's cinnamon. Some, but not all, Mexican chocolate has chiles.

I don't have any in my pantry right now - we recently used it up. (Except the kind we had is a disk - like a hockey puck - so maybe it's not the same. Interesting side-note: we got it at Farmstead/La Laiterie in Providence, RI!)

cinnamon