So amazing! Apparently there’s a lady at the grocery store that will literally buy out the entire stock when it comes in sometimes.

That lady is not me, because I’m a sad lady when it happens and I can’t buy any lol

Will do!

Also not made by Nestle!

I love sumac. The spice. I put it on everything. Amazing lemony taste with a beautiful red colour.

Also a big sumac fan. And zaatar, which contains lots.

Smoked paprika is what made me go vegetarian without missing meat. That definitely has become a staple.

I was thinking about getting a rice cooker. Do you have any recommendations?

I hope you’re fencing that shit in, because every time I tried to grow mint, it took over the entire pot and the ones next to it.

Oh, I love Gochujang. Goes very well with the sesame oil, too!

Oh yes zaatar is so good

We have a Zojirushi NP-HCC18, it’s a beast, you likely don’t need anything this crazy. Every Zojirushi that I’ve used has been great. ( the mildly smart ones, with buttons/menu options)

Penzey’s has outstanding smoked paprika if you’re in the US! I’m not sure they ship elsewhere though.

Indeedy they do! They’re pricey though so I don’t order from them often. Mother will probably get me a gift card to them for the holidays so it’s just a matter of time!

Brit.

HP Sauce. Marmite. Worcestershire Sauce.

I have a Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 that gets used 3-5 times a week since I got it 12 years ago. It’s an amazing kitchen tool and the rice comes out fantastic every time. Sometimes I’ll set it up to make steel cut oats so they are ready for me when I wake up in the morning.

I have an old wood box that overflows with mint.
Anything outside the box gets the weed wacker.
Works well enough.
Then again oregano made of easy in there and it’s like the Blood War in there now.
Sometimes the mint starts taking over, sometimes it’s the oregano.

For some easy umami, dried porcini mushrooms are great

Why not just

This. I also pulverizer them into a powder to sprinkle into dishes.

My mother. Is on a very reduced salt diet. I introduced her to mushroom powder and she really likes the flavor it brings to everything.

I can get dried california reaper peppers at the grocery store near my place. I either stir in or top most my food with slivers of the pepper. Literally almost every meal. I use scissors to cut them. As someone who likes their spicy food, well, spicy, the amount of basic red pepper that I’d need to get to the heat level I want means I’m basically drowning the food in the flavor of red pepper. By using a super hot pepper instead, I can get a lot of heat without much actual change in the flavor of the food because it doesn’t take that much.

What are you looking for in a rice maker? The Zojirushi ones tend to bet the best reviews but are also expensive. Personally I’ve been quite satisfied with a $20 Aromatic rice cooker, it’s very basic, aphas no options and I’m sure the results aren’t as good, but it works. Consistently and conveniently.

Most of my life I rarely had rice because making it is tedious and it’s easy to lose track, but even the cheapest rice maker is a huge improvement for its convenience and consistently. Now I have rice all the time.

That being said, after like five years the non-stick coating is no longer as non-stick and I’ve been trying to reduce the teflon in my diet, so I’ll be looking for a replacement with stainless pot