What's the spice you use most?
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Garlic or Onion. Both are universally used in recipes going back hundreds of years.
But those are vegetables that have a flavor rather than spices. I mean: Brussle Sprouts and Asparagus both have unique flavors, too, but I wouldn’t count them as “spices”, either.
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Tarragon. My favorite. Notable runners up cardamom, oregano, basil, herbs de Provence. Curry definitely, but technically that’s a mixture of spices.
I’m not including salt or garlic salt, which would absolutely dwarf all others.
You are my spice hero! Perfect list. My only note is that Herbs de Provence is also a mix, just like curries.
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Garlic (usually the refrigerated kind from a jar) and cumin. Dried onion can be acceptable if you don’t have time to chop an onion. Coarse ground black pepper has a distinctly different flavor than the kind that goes on the table. Crushed red pepper flakes really help revive leftover Italian, Mexican, and Thai food. And it’s situational, but I am really starting to like Aleppo pepper quite a bit.
Garlic (usually the refrigerated kind from a jar)
Life is too short for jarlic!!
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Salt.
Other than salt and pepper
Oh… Taco Seasoning.
Scrolled too much to find salt
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…Other than salt and pepper
For me it’s cumin. It’s one of the few spices I buy in bulk and actually use up my supply.
In the winter it may lean towards cardamom thanks to copious amounts of chia.
I have four that I use for everything equally so I’m going to consider them as a single seasoning, like Mrs. Dash. Onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, and cayenne. I put that mix in anything I cook.
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…Other than salt and pepper
For me it’s cumin. It’s one of the few spices I buy in bulk and actually use up my supply.
In the winter it may lean towards cardamom thanks to copious amounts of chia.
I planted herbs all around my house, so I always have fresh herbs available. But I almost always end up using thyme, occasionally rosemary.
People here keep saying garlic, which I also use extensively but I don’t think of it as a spice.
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Garlic (usually the refrigerated kind from a jar)
Life is too short for jarlic!!
It’s not that serious!
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…Other than salt and pepper
For me it’s cumin. It’s one of the few spices I buy in bulk and actually use up my supply.
In the winter it may lean towards cardamom thanks to copious amounts of chia.
Onion/garlic powder. In roughly equal quantities.
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Garlic (usually the refrigerated kind from a jar)
Life is too short for jarlic!!
Life is too short to waste time cleaning a garlic press.
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…Other than salt and pepper
For me it’s cumin. It’s one of the few spices I buy in bulk and actually use up my supply.
In the winter it may lean towards cardamom thanks to copious amounts of chia.
Thyme. Not that often, but whenever I use it, I use loads.
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…Other than salt and pepper
For me it’s cumin. It’s one of the few spices I buy in bulk and actually use up my supply.
In the winter it may lean towards cardamom thanks to copious amounts of chia.
Hondashi
Gochujang, laoganma
Ginger, soy sauce, roasted sesame, white pepper
I think you know what kinds of food I really like
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Oh that’s interesting. Is it powder?
Not quite powder, more like tiny, porous granules.
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…Other than salt and pepper
For me it’s cumin. It’s one of the few spices I buy in bulk and actually use up my supply.
In the winter it may lean towards cardamom thanks to copious amounts of chia.
When I cook spicy, I use a lot of my premixed masala, though I don’t know the exact composition or ratios, so I guess that would disqualify that. Second would probably be sechuan pepper. I love that shit.
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Not counting sugar? garlic powder or Cinnamon and vanilla. I use garlic powder to go with salt and pepper in a 7:2:1 ratio as like a base for everything from tuna salad to bean burritos. Thrice a week I make overnight oats with Vanilla extract and cinnamon.
Note my favorite is smoked paprika, I just know fewer recipes and synergistic flavors.
SPG is a big mover in my cooking, but then garam masala, creole spice are not far behind.
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…Other than salt and pepper
For me it’s cumin. It’s one of the few spices I buy in bulk and actually use up my supply.
In the winter it may lean towards cardamom thanks to copious amounts of chia.
Garlic, sumac, coriander, paprika, rosemary, chaat, turmeric.
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…Other than salt and pepper
For me it’s cumin. It’s one of the few spices I buy in bulk and actually use up my supply.
In the winter it may lean towards cardamom thanks to copious amounts of chia.
Coriander seeds.
Cumin and the other cumin (what’s Kümmel called in English?)
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I have four that I use for everything equally so I’m going to consider them as a single seasoning, like Mrs. Dash. Onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, and cayenne. I put that mix in anything I cook.
Pretty similar for me except I swap the regular paprika for smoked paprika. Maybe a tad less versatile, but thhr smoke flavor works in most of the things I cook most frequently.
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Coriander seeds.
Cumin and the other cumin (what’s Kümmel called in English?)
Coriander seeds fucking slap
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…Other than salt and pepper
For me it’s cumin. It’s one of the few spices I buy in bulk and actually use up my supply.
In the winter it may lean towards cardamom thanks to copious amounts of chia.
Caraway/cumin, thyme, wild garlic and lovage (which happens to be a surprisingly close translation of the name in Polish). The first two are really helpful in pods based kitchen. Lovage has a bit of a MSG effect, brings up umami.
But half of the time I just randomly spray stuff with one of the masalas I got from a local Indian store.
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Capsaicin
op getting ready to cook some.
