Morning bounty: allspice berries! Green ones will dry for grinding; purple ones go in muffins or Vickie’s mammee apple jam, or can be mashed fresh to flavor a home-made pumpkin spice latte. #berries #allspice #farming #gathering #kauai
#berries #allspice #farming #gathering #kauai
Allspice is the peppercorn-like drupe of the Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree in the Myrtle family native to the West Indies, Southern Mexico, and Central America.
The “berries” are dried and ground to make the spice.
AKA Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimento, pimenta
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