Flavor Index https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/ 2026-04-11T19:36:59+00:00 https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/ https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/_media/logo.png text/html 2020-10-13T12:27:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/alphabetical?rev=1602592036&do=diff A B Black cardamom Chinese (Amomum Costatum or Amomum tsao-ko) Black cardamom Indian (Amomum Sabulatum) C Cardamoms- Essay on the complexity of the various genera of cardamoms (Aframomum, Alpinia, Amomum,and Elettaria) D E F G H I J K L M N O P Pipers- Essay on the various species of pepper in the genus Piper. text/html 2023-09-02T10:32:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/barrels?rev=1693650774&do=diff DISTILLED ALCOHOLS Quercus alba- American White Oak Quercus falcata- Spanish Oak Quercus frainetto- Hungarian Oak Quercus macranthera- Caucasian Oak Quercus petraea- Irish Oak Quercus robur- Carpathian Oak Quercus robur- French Limousin Oak Quercus robur- Danish Oak Quercus sessilis- Irish Oak Bursera graveolens- Palo Santo Robinia pseudoacacia- Acacia, common robinia, black locust Fraxinus excelsior- Ash Fraxinus americana- American White Ash text/html 2021-11-22T11:16:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/cardamoms?rev=1637579816&do=diff The group of spices I'm calling the cardamoms are all the seed pods and seeds of various ginger (Zingiberaceae) species. Currently they come from 4 Genera- Aframomum, Alpinia, Amomum, and Elettaria. Together these Genera have over 20 spices that are variously called (something)cardamom in English. text/html 2021-02-01T12:32:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/conifers?rev=1612182772&do=diff Why are conifers rarely used as spices? In their natural state few parts of conifers are highly usable, many of the plant parts are bitter, astringent and in some cases toxic if not properly handled. We only have some historic use of conifers purely for flavor and in those cases most of them are utilizing the bitterness, such as the use of juniper berries in gin or the use of spruce bark and needles in spruce beer which is sweetened to compensate for the bitterness imparted into it. text/html 2023-09-13T00:19:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/energy_drinks?rev=1694564347&do=diff What are the base constitutes of an energy drink and what are they suppose to be doing? Can an energy drink be made that increases alertness without the direct use of a stimulant? To design this I will be looking into the function of the various ingredients used in energy drinks and trying to determine which are most effective in combination for a general alertness increase text/html 2024-02-15T22:16:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/essays?rev=1708035397&do=diff Cardamoms- Essay on the complexity of the various genera of cardamoms (Aframomum, Alpinia, Amomum, and Elettaria) Florals- Floral flavors that are made from flower water and other methods. Conifers- which are edible?? Seaweed- an essay on the various edible seaweeds (all of them are edible!) text/html 2022-11-08T09:33:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/fermenting_acorns?rev=1667899988&do=diff Fermentation Using Acorns Distillate Acorns can be used as source material for making alcohol. The most feasible way to do this is to make an acorn mash, which has enzymes such as amylase are added to help convert the starches in the acorns into sugars that the yeast can feed on and convert into alcohol. After the fermentation is complete the alcohol can be distilled much like any other distilled alcohol. text/html 2022-11-22T10:15:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/ferns?rev=1669112111&do=diff Asplenium australasicum- Birds Nest Fern, young shoots are used, primarily in Taiwan Asplenium nidus- Birds Nest Fern, young shoots are used, primarily in Taiwan Diplazium esculentum- Vegetable Fern text/html 2022-11-08T09:47:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/florals?rev=1667900864&do=diff This is not an essay on flowers but instead one on the category of flavor called floral. It has the qualities found in many flowering plants of being sweet and aromatic. Extraction methods Flowers themselves Flowers can be used to give things a floral quality simply by adding the flowers themselves. This is most commonly seen with Rose, Lavender, Violet, and Osmanthus flowers which are frequently used fresh and can be added into dishes immediately after harvesting. There are an even greater n… text/html 2024-11-02T21:52:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/latin_alphabetical?rev=1730584342&do=diff A Abies balsamea- Fir Balsam, Has a fresh citrus piney like flavor profile. Abies spectabilis- Bhutan Fir, used in Chinese medicine Abies sibirica- Siberian Fir, Used widely in perfumery and as a flavoring in colas. Acacia- Wattle, The seeds of any of the 120+ species are roasted to produce a spice that is described as chocolate, hazelnut, and coffee like text/html 2022-10-26T12:38:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/principles?rev=1666787913&do=diff Terminology These are some of the key concepts and words used to describe flavors. It is important to understand some of the nuance about these terms as it is very difficult to communicate flavor through language. The more terminology on understands the more nuanced one can communicate the properties of a flavor and categorize the flavor in terms that are communicable. text/html 2023-04-07T07:24:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/propagating_citrus?rev=1680852251&do=diff Definitions Lets start by discussing some specific terms that are used when propagating plants. These are very general terms but it is best to have an understanding of what they mean before starting. Budwood/Scion This is the material that is used to make grafts. It is a short section of a thin branch that has several buds on it, this branch segment is called a scion. A bud is located at the base of a leaf, and will be the tissue that enables a plant to grow new branches. When a scion is us… text/html 2022-11-11T14:08:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/prototyping?rev=1668175702&do=diff A Sound Generating Force This force is always a exchanging force of energy 1 WIND Anim pariatur cliche reprehenderit, enim eiusmod high life accusamus terry richardson ad squid. 3 wolf moon officia aute, non cupidatat skateboard dolor brunch. Food truck quinoa nesciunt laborum eiusmod. Brunch 3 wolf moon tempor, sunt aliqua put a bird on it squid single-origin coffee nulla assumenda shoreditch et. Nihil anim keffiyeh helvetica, craft beer labore wes anderson cred nesciunt sapiente ea proident… text/html 2023-07-17T11:51:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/pulegone?rev=1689594681&do=diff Pulegone is a monoterpene aromatic compound that has a scent described as minty, peppermint like, and camphor like. It is considered a toxin to the liver (Hepatotoxic) and consumption of plants with high amounts of pulegone in their essential oils is not recommended. There are many plants with a small amount of pulegon in their essential oils which is generally considered safe, and a few with large amounts which are considered unsafe to eat in access. Plants that are generally considered to have… text/html 2022-11-11T11:40:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/rules_and_intentions?rev=1668166801&do=diff THE RULES QUICK LINKS Rules and Intentions Prototyping Alphabetical by common name Alphabetical by species name Principles and terminology Essays Recipes Spices by morphology Fruits and Seeds Flowers Leaves Stems Roots Selected Botanical Families Order Lamiales, Mints Family Zingiberaceae, Gingers Pipers Solanums text/html 2024-07-02T22:10:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/sidebar?rev=1719958259&do=diff Essays Recipes Resources The Full List of species sorted by species name Written Articles on species sorted by common name Rules and Intentions Principles and terminology text/html 2023-12-02T00:16:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/smoke?rev=1701476161&do=diff Smoking as a Process Wood Species that Cannot Be Used for Smoking Due to Toxicity Eucalyptus species- Releases too much eucalyptol, which is toxic in moderate doses, to be usable for smoking Camphor- Contains the compound camphor which is harmful to eat in amounts that will be imparted from smoking. text/html 2020-12-31T05:51:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/starch?rev=1609393892&do=diff Plant sources Starch is present in most plant parts, but a viable amount of commercial extraction is primarily made from tubers and grains. Plants produce large stores of energy in the form of starch to be used as nutrition for seedlings and for themselves in order to survive long periods of hibernation and seasonal variations in weather. There is a history of humans extracting and consuming starch from over 50 species of plants. text/html 2024-08-04T22:15:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/synthetic_urine?rev=1722809758&do=diff SYNTHETIC URINE holding page NOTES tagless all text/html 2023-08-15T09:16:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/synthetic_wine?rev=1692091004&do=diff Can a synthetic version of wine be made that lacks the various wine faults that happen to regular wines? There are many situations that wine develops an unwanted off flavor, the main ones being problems during the production of wine, the storage of wine, and also chemical reactions that occur after wine is exposed to air when opened. In theory all of these issues can be solved by making synthetic wine, but the one that come to interest the most is the last one, imagine a wine that can be opene… text/html 2022-03-11T08:31:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/template?rev=1646987496&do=diff This is a template for making a new spice page, it can be copy/pasted into the new spice page for an easy way to make the base page Description This is where the basic description of the spice we are talking about plant parts used visual description text/html 2023-06-20T07:55:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://spice.wesleyhicks.art/welcome?rev=1687247759&do=diff WELCOME! This is an experimental wiki attempting to sort out various herbs, spices, and flavors that are made from plants. The idea of this wiki is to sort the less common spices where it can be difficult to find the botanical species, sources, and detailed information about them in the English language. This wiki will also act as a location to place subjective information about what spices taste like, and how they can be used in an experimental culinary way. This wiki is currently edited and…