Name that Spice

OK, so it's a dull, freezing cold December day and I have a day off work (using up some of my annual leave entitlement...). Working in the garden in these conditions doesn't appeal (and there's really nothing that needs doing anyway), so just for something to do I thought I would have a furtle around in the kitchen cupboards to see if we had any unusual ingredients I could photograph and write about. Then I hit upon the idea of having a "Name the Spice" post...

Here are photographs of 20 different whole spices. See how many you can identify. Double-click the pictures to enlarge them if you want to.

Check your answers at the end of this post.

First some easy ones.

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Now some less obvious ones.

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This one counts as two. Name both the inner "nut" and the outer casing.

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Here they are separately.

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Now some harder ones.

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This one's not really a spice, but...

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Having a well-stocked spice cupboard is vital if you are going to be able to have a very varied repertoire of recipes. Jane is an adventurous and hugely experienced cook, and she makes dishes from many different cuisines - European, Middle Eastern, Oriental, Caribbean, etc - and she likes to cook from first principles rather than using pre-prepared stuff, so it's important to have the right ingredients readily available, and without having to go out shopping specifically for each individual ingredient. Our kitchen store-cupboards are therefore crammed full of interesting stuff!

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Here are the answers...

1. Cloves
2. Cinnamon
3. Black Pepper
4. Star Anise
5. Fenugreek
6. Coriander
7. Yellow Mustard
8. Cardamom
9. Szechuan Pepper
10. Nutmeg & Mace
11. Nutmeg
12. Mace
13. Juniper
14. Allspice (Jamaican pepper, or Pimiento)
15. Black Mustard
16. Poppy-seed
17. Nigella (Black Onion seed, or Kalonji)
18. Cumin
19. Fennel
20. Caraway
21. White Sesame
22. Pine-nuts

So, how did you do??