What's the spice you use most?
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Freeze dried garlic, by far.
Propably even tops pepper and occassionally also salt.wait you mean there’s a garlic (besides elephant garlic) i haven’t had?
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What does sumac taste like?
a little sour. sprinkling it on your kebabs is the only way i know how to use it but it Elevates the kebabs
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Salt.
Other than salt and pepper
Oh… Taco Seasoning.
Taco Seasoning.
a man after my own heart. beef, chicken, pork, or the well-beloved Generic? (when we’re not using my personal blend, which is like all the time because it’s more expensive, we tend to use Tones but a little doctored)
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I just consider it one of the standard Italian spices… I rarely use it on its own.
so we have a jar of marjoram but it’s not in any of the recipes i know. what do You use it for?
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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.
Black pepper. Fresh ground black pepper on everything. That and garlic are the only one I use in bulk
Lately I’ve been experimenting with variety so after that I have way too many different choices. My spice cupboard long since overflowed onto my counter and it’s definitely to the point where I need to plan certain cuisines so I use up spices while they’re still relatively fresh
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i use around 3 cloves a day. sometimes more, sometimes less. jarlic for daily use, bulbs for special occasions. i got things to do
Yeah, I’d definitely prefer to use fresh garlic, no doubt. But…take this morning. I put a pork shoulder in the crock pot for carnitas at dinner. I chopped the onion and the jalapeno. Chopping the garlic, too, would’ve practically doubled my prep time, because it needs so much of it, and I was already late for work as it was.
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Italian Sausage Seasoning (from Penzey’s, even!). It’s part of my pepperoni roll recipe (it goes on the pan the roll cooks on, as well as is brushed on the roll) and really takes things to the next level.
Oh shit, i need to get this. My grocery has been unreliable with stocking ground sausage meat so I’ve been wondering how to turn ground meat into Italian sausage meat
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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.
Ground sumac is not widely known in the US, but it adds a tangy freshness. I like it on avocado toast.
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Paprika I’ve found to be pretty key for anything chicken.
But I use MSG for basically everything now.
MSG-sus saves all.
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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.
Smoked paprika, I have both spicy and sweet. Spicy goes so well with hash browns and baked potatoes
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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.
Probably onion powder or oregano. I use garlic and ginger powder just as often, but in much smaller amounts. You really can’t add too much onion.
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This probably is gonna give away more info about me than it should (iykyk)
Hatch Green Chili powder. I put a little bit of that stuff in and near everything, except in chili season, where I use fire roasted fresh green chilies instead.
Edit: Autocorrect for->fire
Green chili is great. I use it as a sauce, never seen it available as a powder where I live.
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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.
Curry (i know i know) or garlic
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Green chili is great. I use it as a sauce, never seen it available as a powder where I live.
I buy an ounce (about 30 grams) from the farmers market in town once a year. It lasts me through the year.
You can make your own if you start with fresh green chilies and dry them thoroughly, then run them through a spice mill.
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Curry (i know i know) or garlic
what do you know ? if there’s something important to know about cumin I’d like to know as well
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For me it is part of the base meal: smash and dice garlic, turn on the stovetop, dice an onion and start it frying, add garlic, figure out what else to put in the pan.
Roasted garlic is good just plain. It makes a pretty good side dish.
I’ll be honest though, I’ll just eat it raw sometimes. I think something is broken with me. I can eat raw garlic and can happily just bite into an onion like an apple (though I can’t eat the whole thing).
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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 don’t know exactly what counts as spice ? I use a bit of shoyu (japanese name of fermented soy sauce) for broths and the like. Beer yeast for salads. A selection of chilis from Mada or Sénégal for some pleasant hotness. Curcuma grows everywhere around here so it’s also a staple. Same for ginger, and the wild variant “tsingiziou masera” -although I have been buying east african ginger recently because it’s cheaper.
Green pepper seeds from northern Mada, they’re not hot at all, just pleasantly crunchy and savoury.
When I get nostalgic of Provence I cook with garlic, olive oil and parsley (for seafood) or I use the wild basel that grows here during kashikazi (rainy season) : small leaves, strong taste, a little different from the mediterranean species. -
would toasting the garlic powder have the same effect?
No, it needs water to do its thing.
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a little sour. sprinkling it on your kebabs is the only way i know how to use it but it Elevates the kebabs
Does it have any use in vegetarian kitchen?
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See i consider onions and garlic as aromatics since they add depth and flavor with a more volatile flavor that is more aroma based.
So like dried chilis? Or bay leaves? They often are removed and not eaten but i would think they are spices.
Onions and garlic are just root vegetables to me, but now that you mention it, yeah I guess I can see what you mean, I knew I didn’t have the definition quite right