# Yay spices!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-spices/522368>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 23, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-spices/522368 "2009-12-23T20:34:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-spices/522368/21 "2009-12-26T23:53:43Z")

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Coriander makes a nice herbal tea. Pretty mellow in flavor when brewed. Like chamomile, except, it’s not a narcotic.\*

\*OK, that may be an excessively strong statement. But I can’t drink chamomile, it makes me fall asleep instantly, have too vivid, disturbing dreams, and have to pee like a racehorse first thing in the morning.

Oh, and …

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> Mom died over 24 yrs ago, and these spices have to go back further than that. There is a McCormick mustard spice jar that has a 45 cent price written on it. The one jar that is really fascinating is the vanilla bean jar. The beans look fossilized.

Has the vanillan crystallized out of the dried out pods as white fluffy crystals? It may be excellent. Otherwise, you might be able to get the flavor out if you soak the beans in booze for a couplea months.

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