Found in Africa Aframomum Stipulatum grows wild in tropical forests. Scientists of Canada , of African origin, intrigued by the sexual vitality of certain tribes, discovered that this plant was used as a spice to season food, and was at the source of this sexual vitality.
Melegueta pepper is native to tropical West Africa and grows mainly in Ghana. the spice is practically unknown in modern Western cuisine, although it was used in Europe in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It was a flavouring for the old wine Hippocras and is still used for the production of beer, wine and spirits, and the flavouring of vinegar. Meleguetta pepper was generally known as Grains of Paradise. In fact there are two spices, meleguetta pepper and the true Grains of Paradise, Aframomum granum paradisi, referred to by this name. the Grain Coast of West Africa is named for the spice in the same way as the other Coasts are called Ivory, Gold and Slave. Originally transported across the Sahara by caravan, the spices were popular in Europe from the time of Elizabeth 1, who personally had a predilection fro them, until the time of George III who proscribed them, amongst other things. trade dwindled and only the Scandinavians, who had a West African foothold, continued to use them
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Aframomum Stipulatum and Aframomum Melegueta,Grains of Paradise from Africa...
Found in Africa Aframomum Stipulatum grows wild in tropical forests. Scientists of Canada , of African origin, intrigued by the sexual vitality of certain tribes, discovered that this plant was used as a spice to season food, and was at the source of this sexual vitality.
Melegueta pepper is native to tropical West Africa and grows mainly in Ghana. the spice is practically unknown in modern Western cuisine, although it was used in Europe in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It was a flavouring for the old wine Hippocras and is still used for the production of beer, wine and spirits, and the flavouring of vinegar. Meleguetta pepper was generally known as Grains of Paradise. In fact there are two spices, meleguetta pepper and the true Grains of Paradise, Aframomum granum paradisi, referred to by this name. the Grain Coast of West Africa is named for the spice in the same way as the other Coasts are called Ivory, Gold and Slave. Originally transported across the Sahara by caravan, the spices were popular in Europe from the time of Elizabeth 1, who personally had a predilection fro them, until the time of George III who proscribed them, amongst other things. trade dwindled and only the Scandinavians, who had a West African foothold, continued to use them.
Accepted name: Aframomum alboviolaceum (Ridley) K. Schum. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 20 (1904) 207 or Aframomum stipulatum (Gagnep.) K. Schum. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 20 (1904) 220
Synonyms:
= Amomum alboviolaceum Ridley, J. Bot. (London) 25 (1887) 130
= Amomum latifolium Afzel., Rem. guin. 1 (1813) 5, non Lam. 1783 APN
= Amomum stipulatum Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 50 (1903) 260 APN
= Amomum bitacoum Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51 (1904) 164 APN
= Aframomum latifolium K. Schum. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 20 (1904) 209
= Aframomum stipulatum (Gagnep.) K. Schum. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 20 (1904) 220
= Aframomum biauriculatum K. Schum. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 20 (1904) 207
= Aframomum candidum Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53 (1906) 351; in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53 (1906) 351 APN
Common names:odjom (Cameroon)
Wild distribution: Tropical Africa.
Full text information:In Cameroon also cultivated in gardens.The leaves serve as a spice.
Origin of the plants: Aframomum Stipulatum
Found in Africa Aframomum Stipulatum grows wild in tropical forests. Scientists of Canada , of African origin, intrigued by the sexual vitality of certain tribes, discovered that this plant was used as a spice to season food, and was at the source of this sexual vitality.
Curiously, it was necessary in North America to wait until today to take advantage of the virtues of this plant, although it has been used for centuries in Africa. Kola, another plant known for its stimulating properties, comes from Nigeria. Combined together, these 2 plants form a synergy, acting like phyto-hormones for men as well as for women.
Manufacturing process: From the Aframomum Stipulatum plant, we only keep the seed. Those seeds and the Kola are brought to Canada. Both are blended together in a 3/1 ratio. The mix is then sterilized, encapsulated, and finally bottled according to industry standards.
Major Uses and Functions:
At the age of 20, the human body starts to lose sexual vitality. Many factors contribute to this situation: stress, bad food habits, etc. Aframomum Stipulatum works on the hormonal receptors. It reactivates these receivers without causing surplus storage. This was demonstrated in a clinical study when results showed that Aframomum Stipulatum is not more effective if a person takes a significantly larger dose.
Effect on women:
Stipulatum pepper works on women's libido and make women senses:
More sensitive to the touch.
Regulates lubrication.
Increases sexual desire in less than 72 hours.
Effect on men:
Stipulatum pepper works on the whole erectile cycle but little on male libido. With or without previous problems, you can expect a better quality erection:
Easier, harder and longer erection.
Helps to delay ejaculation.
Faster recuperation time.
Sexual vitality helps to preserve a healthy prostate.
Precautions: Because Aframomum Stipulatum is a kind of spice, as with other spices, we recommend being careful if you have intestinal sensitivity or allergies to spices. Up to now, no other negative effects have been reported.
Some Common Facts of Stipulatum pepper:
Some people need an initial build up period of 3 to 5 days if they don't eat well, have a system that resists to natural remedies or with minor or sexual dysfunction.
If Stipulatum pepper is not taken for weeks or months, 2 capsules after this period will still be enough to get a result.There is no dilation with Stipulatum pepper. Consequently, the product has no effect on blood pressure, remains very efficient and secure for people with heart, prostate, cholesterol problems, or diabetes.
Stipulatum pepper Doesn't cause insomnia.
You don't have to take Stipulatum pepper daily. Just as needed, 1 hour before sexual relations.
Stipulatum pepper increases sexual performance of people who have problems. Even those with no problem will see a difference.
Stipulatum pepper effects can last up to 12 hours, even more in some cases.
Stipulatum pepper is compatible with alcohol.
Stipulatum pepper is a native product and a natural thing.
Aframomum Melegueta or Grains of Paradis:
syn.Aframomum melegueta [Roskoe] K. Schum.
[the genetic epithet "Aframomum" is a nomen rej. see: Monog. Scitam. t. 98.]
Common Names of Aframomum melegueta (n):Melegueta Pepper,Grains of Paradise,Aframomum melegueta
West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds (grains of paradise, Guinea grains, Guinea pepper, melagueta pepper)
Bouquet: Aromatic, spicy
Flavour: Pungent and peppery, tasting strongly of ginger and cardamom
Also known as: Guinea Pepper, Melegueta Pepper,Grains of Paradise,Guinea Pepper, also known as Atar, Aligator Pepper, Melegueta Pepper,Whole Pod Ghana,Guinea Grains, Melegueta Pepper, Atar and Aligator Pepper. In pharmacy, Grana paradisi.
Spice Description & Use: Aframomum Melegueta or Grains of Paradis
This is the small, red-brown irregular seeds of a cardamom-like plant. The seeds are 3-4 mm (1/8") in diameter and are numerously contained in a brown wrinkled, fig-shaped dried capsule about 30mm (1-1/4") in length; they have a white kernel. They are rarely found in the West.
Also known as Melegueta Pepper, a rare spice indigenous to the West Coast of Africa from Sierra Leone to Angola. These seeds, which are closely related to cardamom, have a sharp peppery bite and refreshing astringency. Use in Moroccan and Tunisian dishes and whenever an exotic pepper taste is required.
Zingiberaceae, the Ginger family,A member of the Ginger family; the grains of paradise plant resembles cardamom, turmeric an ginger. It can be cultivated only in hot humid tropical climates.
A tropical reed-like plant of the ginger family, related to the cardamom. Growing from a rhizome, it reaches 1m (3ft). the leaves are narrow, bamboo-like, 25 x 2.5 cm (10 x1; the flowers are single pink lilies at the base of the plant. these are followed by reddish-brown ovoid capsules, almost 30mm (1-1/4 long, enclosed in leafy bracts. the capsules contain many red to brown angular seeds, in a jelly-like pulp. The flowers and rhizomes have a gingery smell. A plant of the moist forest regions of West Africa, it is sometimes cultivated for the spicy seeds. the methods used are similar to those for cardamom and ginger.
Aframomum melegueta is a West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds.
Melegueta pepper is native to tropical West Africa and grows mainly in Ghana. the spice is practically unknown in modern Western cuisine, although it was used in Europe in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It was a flavouring for the old wine 'Hippocras' and is still used for the production of beer, wine and spirits, and the flavouring of vinegar. Meleguetta pepper was generally known as 'Grains of Paradise'. In fact there are two spices, meleguetta pepper and the true Grains of Paradise, Aframomum granum paradisi, referred to by this name. The Grain Coast of West Africa is named for the spice in the same way as the other 'Coasts' are called Ivory, Gold and Slave. Originally transported across the Sahara by caravan, the spices were popular in Europe from the time of Elizabeth I, who personally had a predilection for them, until the time of George III who proscribed them, amongst other things. Trade dwindled and only the Scandinavians, who had a West African foothold, continued to use them
Small, red-brown irregular seeds of a cardamom-like plant. The seeds are 3-4 mm (1/8") in diameter and are numerously contained in a brown wrinkled, fig-shaped dried capsule about 30mm (1-1/4") in length; they have a white kernel. They are rarely found in the West.
Plant Description and Cultivation:
A tropical reed-like plant of the ginger family, related to the cardamom. Growing from a rhizome, it reaches 1m (3ft). the leaves are narrow, bamboo-like, 25 x 2.5 cm (10 x1"); the flowers are single pink lilies at the base of the plant. these are followed by reddish-brown ovoid capsules, almost 30mm (1-1/4") long, enclosed in leafy bracts. the capsules contain many red to brown angular seeds, in a jelly-like pulp. The flowers and rhizomes have a gingery smell. A plant of the moist forest regions of West Africa, it is sometimes cultivated for the spicy seeds. the methods used are similar to those for cardamom and ginger.
Used plant part:Seed.
The seeds have approximately the size and the shape of cardamom seeds (3 mm), but are reddish-brown in colour. In powdered form, they become pale grey. A good photo of the seeds is shown by Norman.
Sensoric quality:Spicy, hot and warm, a little bitter.
What is a Grains of Paradise:
Zesty flavor reminiscant of pepper, coriander and cardamom.
From West Africa. A recent New York Times article written by Amanda Hesser has popularized grains of paradise. She wrote " I put a few between my teeth and crunched. They cracked like coriander releasing a billowing aroma, and then a slowly intensifying heat, like pepper at the back of my mouth. The taste changes in a second. The heat lingered. But the spice flavor was pleasantly tempered, ripe with flavors reminiscent of jasmine, hazelnut, butter and citrus, and with the kind of oiliness you get from nuts. They were entirely different from black peppercorns and in my mind, incomparably better".
The grains of paradise have been an important spice in 15.th century Europe, when spices were high in demand, but the sea route to India had not yet been discovered. In these times, grains of paradise were a common substitute for black pepper. The West African coast got its name "pepper coast" because the grains of paradise were traded there. Later, in the Renaissance, when pepper hat outrun them as the favourite kitchen spice, grains of paradise were common as beer flavouring (see gale).
Since then, the importance of this spice has vanished to quite zero in our days; outside its production area (Central Africa), it is only known in Northern Africa and may appear in Moroccan spice mixtures (see cubeb pepper). See also negro pepper for a comparison of several pungent spices.
Apart from Morocco, grains of paradise are also popular in neighbouring Tunisia. Tunisian stews are frequently flavoured with an aromatic mixture called galat dagga, which contains grains of paradise besides black pepper and several sweet spices: cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Combining peppery pungency and rich aroma, this mixture is a good example of Arab cooking tradition.
In the West, grains of paradise are now hard to obtain, but still valuable for people following old recipes (e.g., for sausages or spiced wine). But this spice are a worthy addition to many other everyday dishes. Its pungency is not as strong as pepper, but more subtle and goes well with vegetables (potatoes, aubergines, pumpkin). To obtain best results, grains of paradise must be ground before use and should be added shortly before serving. Despite their rather pungent taste when tried alone, they must be used liberally to obtain satisfactory results.
Flavor Profile and Historical Background:
Flavor Profile: "When cracked like coriander between the teeth, the flavor of grains of paradise releases a billowing aroma, with a slowly intensifying heat, like pepper, at the back of the mouth. The taste changes by the second with lingering heat. The spice is pleasantly tempered, with flavors reminiscent of jasmine, hazelnut, butter and citrus, with an oiliness similar to nuts... Grains of paradise are dense fragrance underlined with heat."
Grains of paradise are native to the coastal areas of Africa's Gulf of Guinea which includes today's countries of Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon where grains of paradise have a long-standing record of ethnobotancial use. Before the spice trade routes from Western Europe to the East Indies were established, a lively trade of grains of paradise, cubeb and long peppers existed. Oceanic travels to the spice islands by the Portuguese, Dutch and English in the 17th century diminished the value and importance of grains of paradise in face of competition of black pepper, clove, mace and nutmeg.
Outside west Africa, grains of paradise are only a minor spice commodity, finding use as a flavoring in alcoholic beverages such as beer, ale and gin. It is an ingredient in 'raz al hanout' a Moroccan spice mixture.
Main constituents of Aframomum Melegueta:
Grain of paradise capsule from the Caribbean:
The essential oil from grains of paradise is dominated by the two sesquiterpene hydrocarbons humulene and caryophyllene (together 83%) and their oxides (together 9%). (Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 14, 109, 1999)
In the acetone extract of grains or paradise from Ghana, the following hydroxyarylalkanones were found: 1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-decan-3-one (called (6)-paradole), 1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-hendecan-3-one (called (7)-paradole) and 1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-deca-4-ene-3-one (called (6)-shoagole) in approximately equal parts. (Phytochemistry, 14, 853, 1975).
Other work reports (6)-paradole, (6)-shoagole and (6)-gingerole (5-hydroxy-(6)-paradole) are reported as the main hydroxyarylalkanones. On storage, gingerols can interconvert to shoagols, which means a loss of pungency (see also ginger). (Phytochemistry, 40, 1097, 1995)
How to store and use Melegueta pepper:
Preparation and Storage:
The seeds can be ground in a mill like peppercorns or may be used in the same way as cardamom, either by frying whole or pounding with other spices. Store in an airtight container.
Culinary Uses:
Melegueta pepper may be used for culinary purposes and as a substitute for pepper in centres of local production. Its use is generally confined to West African cookery, though it may also find its way into Moroccan ras el hanout combinations. Some ancient European recipes may call for it, but pepper mixed with a little ginger may be substituted. Today in Scandinavia, the seeds are used to flavour akavit. They may be chewed to sweeten the breath.
Attributed Medicinal Properties:
Stimulant, carminative and diuretic, the seeds are mainly used in some veterinary medicines. They appear in old pharmacopoeias. Gerard (1597) says:"The graines chewed in the mouth draw forth from the head and stocke waterish pituitous homors...They also comfort and warme the weake, cold and feeble stomacke, helpe the ague, and rid the shaking fits, being drunke with Sacke". The seeds and rhizomes are used in West African herbal medicines.
Recipes using Melegueta Pepper:
Melegueta pepper is included in our ras el hanout Moroccan spice mixture
Cookbooks from Cameroon (West Africa) mention the atzoh plant, whose seeds can be used as a spice (mbongo). This plant is Aframomum citratum, a close relative of grains of paradise.
Origin and Etymology:
Grains of paradise are native to Africa's West coast, namely the countries Ghana, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo and Nigeria. Most imports stem from Ghana. In the countries of origin, the seeds are used not only to flavour food, but they are also chewed on cold days to warm the body.
Etymology:
In the Middle Ages, the spice was termed graines of paradise because of its high value. Guinea and Malagetta refer to the region of origin. About the elements -amomum in the genus name see cardamom.
The grains of paradise have been an important spice in 15.th century Europe, when spices were high in demand, but the sea route to India has not yet been discovered. In these times, grains of paradise were a common substitute for black pepper. The West African coast got its name "pepper coast" because the grains of paradise were traded there. Since then, the importance of this spice has vanished to quite zero in our days; outside its production area (Central Africa), it is only known in Northern Africa and may appear in Moroccan spice mixtures (see cubeb pepper). See also sichuan pepper for a comparision of several pungent spices.
Apart from Morocco, grains of paradise are also popular in neighbouring Tunisia. Tunisian stews are frequently flavoured with an aromatic mixture called glat dagga, which contains grains of paradise besides black pepper and several sweet spices: cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Combining peppery pungency and rich aroma, this mixture is a good example of Arab cooking tradition.
In the West, grains of paradise are now hard to obtain, but still valuable for people following old recipes (e.g., for sausages or aromatized wine).
But this spice are a worthy addition to many other everyday dishes. Its pungency is not as strong as pepper, but more subtle and goes well with vegetables (potatoes, aubergines, pumpkin). To obtain best results, grains of paradise must be ground before use and should be added shortly before serving. Despite their rather pungent taste when tried alone, they must be used liberally to obtain satisfactory results.
Botanically, Grains of Paradise are the small seeds, angular and dark red-brown, with a hot "spicy" flavour, of a West African plant of the ginger family, *Aframomum meleguetta* (and sometimes of a couple of other closely related species). They grow in the forested area of West Africa, near the coasts, especially in Liberia (known to the Portuguese voyagers as the Grain Coast), but also eastward through Ghana and Nigeria as far as Cameroon. They have various names in the African languages, and are used both medicinally and culinarily.
In terms of our interest (medieval cookery in Europe and the Islamic world),there has been a great deal of confusion on account of the fact that several different names have been used in different areas.
Grains of Paradise (Grains for short) first appear in the available sources in the medical literature of the far west of Islam (western North Africa) in the 12th century, under the Arabic name of "jawz as-sirk" (or similar,depending on your transcription), which means literally "nut of association" (which has to do with being from non-Muslim lands,i.e. "the association of God and other gods = infidels") or "gawz as-Sudan" ("nut of the Blacks").Ahmad al-Ghafiqi (12th century), al-Idrisi (ca. 1099-1154), Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), and Ibn al-Baytar (d. 1248) all mention it, and are definite that it comes from West Africa to the south of them (for example, Idrisi writes "I have seen this nut in the farthest Maghrib, where it comes from the land of the Negros.")
From the western Arab countries the product moved across the Mediterranean to Spain and the south of France, where it was known as "notz ysserca","notz ycherca", "noix d'exarch", and other various forms, all of which are semi-translations of "jawz as-sirk" -- that is, "notz" or "noix" is "jawz" translated, but the rest of the name is simply transliterated in a more or less garbled form. This name was the usual usage in the western Mediterranean -- Spain, Provence, and so on.
The next name, "meleguttta", "meregete", "meleghete", and myriad other forms, is found initially in Italy and its use spreads throughout southern Europe. The origin is uncertain -- it has been suggested to be a diminutive of "millet", the grain, on the basis of appearace, but probably the likeliest answer is that the name is connected to Mali, the kingdom in West Africa (fabled for its wealth) through which the spice came on its way north. It is under this name ("melegetis") that Grains have their first appearance in European literature. Rolandinus Patavinus wrote a description of a festival at Treviso in 1214 in which a mock battle was held where the ladies defending the castle pelted their attackers with flowers and spices,among which was this "melegetis" (among the other spices, incidentally, was "cardamo", so it is clear that even at this early date they were known to be different). During the 13th century, medical texts from as far as Nicea in the Byzantine Empire mention meleguetta.
The final name, Grains of Paradise, is what we are most familiar with,simply because it was what was normally used in northern Europe (northern France, Germany, England, Germany, etc.). The form of the name of course varies (in France "Graine de Paradis", but sometimes corrupting to "Graine de Paris"; in Germany "Paradieskorner", etc.). One can only assume that the name was bestowed for the double reason of a liking of the flavour and an uncertainty, by the time the spice got this far, of its original source.
Modern Translation: GRAIN OF PARADISE:
Language:Translations for "GRAIN OF PARADISE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish:paradiskorn (grains of paradise, Guinea grains, malaguetta, malaguetta pepper), meleguetapeber (grains of paradise, Guinea grains, malaguetta, malaguetta pepper).
Dutch:paradijskorrel (grains of paradise, Guinea grains, malaguetta, malaguetta pepper).
French:graine de paradis (grains of paradise, Guinea grains), maniguette (grains of paradise, Guinea grains).
German:Paradieskorn (grains of paradise, Guinea grains, malaguetta, malaguetta pepper), Meleguetapfeffer (grains of paradise, Guinea grains, malaguetta, malaguetta pepper).
Hungarian:paradicsommag.
Italian:grana paradiso (grains of paradise, Guinea grains, malaguetta, malaguetta pepper), melligetta (grains of paradise, Guinea grains, malaguetta, malaguetta pepper), meleguetta (grains of paradise, Guinea grains, malaguetta, malaguetta pepper), maniguetta (grains of paradise, Guinea grains, malaguetta, malaguetta pepper).
Pig Latin:aingray ofay aradisepay
Portuguese:semente do paraiso (grains of paradise, Guinea grains, malaguetta, malaguetta pepper).
Spanish:semilla del Paraiso (grains of paradise, Guinea grains, malaguetta, malaguetta pepper), malagueta (allspice).
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1.Aframomum Stipulatum and Aframomum Melegueta,Grains of Paradise from Africa...
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And as it happens,the technique of imitation,along with the production of the simulacrum,has always been in Plato's eyes manifestly magical,thaumaturgical:......and the same things appear bent and straight to those who view them in water and out,or concave and convex,owing to similar errors of vision about colors, and there is obviously every confusion of this sort in our souls.And so scene painting (skiagraphia) in its exploitation of this weakness of four nature falls nothing short of witchcraft (thaumatopoia), and so do jugglery and many other such contrivances.(Republic X,602c-d;cf.also 607c).
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seminal trace...Aframomum stipulatum 5:1 Extract,Stipulatum Pepper Grain Extract....
Manufacturing process: From the Aframomum Stipulatum plant, we only keep the seed. Those seeds and the Kola are brought to Canada. Both are blended together in a 3/1 ratio. The mix is then sterilized, encapsulated, and finally bottled according to industry standards.
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