No. According to many online sources Macaws should not be fed chocolate, caffeine, candy, or junk food.
Ground allspice is not, as some people believe, a mixture of spices. Rather, it is the dried fruit of the Pimenta dioica plant.
Allspice is one of the most important ingredients of Caribbean cuisine and is used in Caribbean jerk seasoning it is also an ingredient in commercial sausage preparations and curry powders.
In Great Britain it is used in many dishes, including cakes and as a component of pickling spice.
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Allspice has a strong pungent fragrance that reminds people of a blend of Cinnamon, Clove and Nutmeg- however it is in fact the dried berry of the Pimenta dioica tree. It has many uses.
Culinary uses include - soups, stews & curries, Jamaican jerked meats, cakes, cookies & pies. In whole form (not ground) it is found in spice blends for some teas and some pickles.
Aromatherapy uses (oil) include - treatment of arthritis, depression, gastric cramps, indigestion, and nausea. New studies are being made in its use to treat nervous tension/exhaustion, and neuralgia.
Allspice is a spice made from the dried unripe fruit of the Pimenta dioica plant, a tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico and Central America. The name "allspice" was coined by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of several aromatic spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. If you need a substitute for allspice combine equal parts of ground cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and black pepper. I would not substitute allspice for nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon unless you also need the peppery notes it will bring.
Allspice has also been used as a deodrant . Volatile oils found in the plant contain , a eugenol weak antimicrobial agent, Allspice is also reported to provide relief for indigestion and gas.
To substitute for 1 teaspoon allspice, you can use either of the two following combinations:
What I often do when I add too much of one ingredient is increase the total recipe accordingly. For instance , if I put twice as much baking soda as I should have into a biscuit dough , I'll add more flour, butter, and milk to correct the recipe.
Often too much of a particular spice or herb won't alter the recipe too badly and I won't make a change, but turmeric, being a coloring spice might be overdone easily. That I might double the recipe if I added twice as much as I should have.
Often uncooked recipes, (doughs especially) can be kept for a few days in the refrigerator before cooking them.
Allspice is a dried berry of a Jamaican plant, and used in both savoury and sweet dishes. you can substitute anything you want, depending on the flavour you want your dish to have. Possibly a mixture of pepper and cinnamon might give the same effect.
"Allspice" is sometimes just a lazy way of writing "all spice", which really just means "mixed spice". Depending on the manufacturer, mixed spice will contain different ingredients, but the most common (and those you can use as a substitute) are nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves.
Allspice is usually sold as a ground up powder like nutmeg or cinnamon. However, in its solid form the Allspice is in the shape of a small sphere about the size of WHOLE Black Pepper. (about 3mm balls) When Allspice is used in cooking Corned Beef or Pickled Pork, it is used in its Whole form and discarded after cooking. A teaspoon is approx. 40 Whole balls & weighs about 3 gram total .
Allspice is the dried berry of the Jamaican pepper tree, also known as pimento tree. The berries have a combined flavor of cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon with a hint of juniper and peppercorn. Some enterprising spice companies sell a mixture of spices as allspice, so check the ingredients to be sure you are getting the real thing. Allspice is often called pimento, not to be confused with the capsicum pepper pimiento, which is a vegetable, not a spice.
Allspice - it's actually a spice in itself! You can substitute the spices cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves if you don't have any in the house, though the amounts are something that requires some experimentation!
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Capsicum annuum(Longum group).
Nutmeg or mace are similar, Ginger too...or pumpkin pie spice. Depends if you are allergic and what are you cooking. Cinnamon buns won't taste the same at all, but spice cake or Moroccan style chicken will be great with a substitute.
Cinnamon for diabetes is believed to control glucose level by nourishing digestive system and effectively support glucose metabolism.
Cardamom tastes a lot like cinnamon but it's more expensive.
According to Barryfarm.com 5 allspice berries is equivalent to 1 tsp ground allspice.
Allspice is the dried fruit of the Pimenta dioica plant which is native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico and Central America.
It is also known as Jamaica pepper and the dried berries do resemble brown peppercorns.
Allspice is actually a tree found in Central America. The spice is made from the dried berries off the tree. It is not a combination of other spices.
The sharply flavored and fragrant spice is made from it.
they are the same thing they just have different names for it.
Allspice is a totally different spice from nutmeg or ginger, and as such tastes totally different. While the allspice is often used in conjunction with one of the two, it cannot replace either of them.
Allspice peppers are much more potent than the ground version. As a result, the amont of ground allspice to equate to 3 whole peppers is 4.5 Tbsp. It seems like a lot, however the flavor and essence of the pepper is lost mostly when it is ground and not freshly.
We measured out a tablespoon and counted 48, but they are very variable in size.