What spices do you think make most foods taste better?
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Okay, I tried but I can't stop at three words.
Cinnamon rolls, cinnamon cookies, cinnamon ice cream, cinnamon Life cereal, cinnamon toast, cinnamon chocolate chip cake, cinnamon streusel pancakes, cinnamon creamer, cinnamon whipped cream, cinnamon muffins, cinnamon applesauce, cinnamon chicken, cinnamon oatmeal, cinnamon spiced cider, cinnamon gum, cinnamon sticks, cinnamon scented candles, cinnamon fudge, cinnamon biscuits, cinnamon raisin bread, cinnamon roasted almonds, cinnamon tooth picks, cinnamon tea, cinnamon biscotti, cinnamon sweet potatoes, cinnamon chips, cinnamon graham crackers, cinnamon sauce, cinnamon scones, cinnamon French toast, cinnamon dip, cinnamon cocoa, cinnamon sugar donuts, cinnamon gummy bears, cinnamon schnapps...
Cinnamon is versatile, and it is beneficial to your health:
http://diabetes.about.com/od/whatsonthehorizon/qt/cinnamon.htm
http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/10-health-benefits-of-cinnamon.html
Cinnamon is one of the most fascinating and popular spices around. The article "18 Facts About Cinnamon" includes this interesting bit of info :
"There was an ancient belief in something called the Cinnamon Bird that supposedly lived in Arabia and used cinnamon to build its nests. Herodotus wrote that these birds flew to an unknown land to collect the cinnamon and took it back with them to Arabia. The Arabians got the cinnamon from the birds by tempting them with large chunks of raw meat. The birds took the heavy pieces of meat back to their nests, which caused the nests to fall and the cinnamon to rain down and be collected by the people."
http://www.livestrong.com/health-article/18-facts-about-cinnamon_96c144c8-3726-68c8-922d-dfc30d75e3fd/
People even sing songs about cinnamon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAdtUDaBfRA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulteriorepicure/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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Pepper - ground peppercorns of all descriptions add a tasty bite to the food. An earthy richness than comes from no other spice. It makes plain cottage cheese taste bright and makes a salad interesting.
Curry - Earthy richness, spicy flavors, a delightful aroma, a heat all through your body, its the spice of summer and the warmth of winter. It adds a bite to a plain meal, it adds character to a variety of foods and so easy to use. Noodles and spice, its all you need. Don't confuse curry with chili :)
Vanilla - an expensive spice in the true form, and one of the essential dessert spices. To highlight sweetness its perfect, to make something creamy and delicious its without par. My vanilla jar is sticky and I love it!
Chili - yes it has a flavor all its own. It makes any dish have a double meaning !!! You first taste the dish, the ingredients used, the method...then you taste the spice! wow. Your taste buds crave more attention :) It makes eating an experience and lightens your mood. The heat is relaxing, the zing is intriguing, its addictive.
These are my choices :)
edit - yes, there is no sugar listed...I thought you should know I don't consider it a spice
Salt:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_salt
Pepper:http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=74
Curry:http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=107613
Vanilla:http://www.myvanillashop.com/
Chili:http://www.menshealth.com/cda/recipe.do?channel=health&category=colds.flu&conitem=371199edbbbd201099edbbbd2010cfe793cd____
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I generally agree with @kty2777 though i think chili deserves a spot just above vanilla, because it imo has more potencial. I very much enjoy the taste, not only in warm dishes but also in icecream and chocolate.
Salt, without salt, we’ll have bland and sometimes inedible food. Some people argue that you can substitute with soy sauce, but soy sauce becomes salty because of salt, so the principle remains. A lot of bland or inedible food can be improved by adding some salt in it. That is why there are so many people eat salty food, because their food is actually not good and need improvement.
Chili, at least for me and a lot of people in our area. I’m addicted to chili. I eat almost everything save for dessert with chili. Chili, literally and figuratively, spice up your food.
Chili sauce makes almost all food edible. In here, we just fry something up, serve it with rice and eat it with chili sauce. My brother in law can polish anything on his plate if he has enough chili sauce. Chili burns your tongue and distracts you from the taste of the food.
White or Black Pepper. Although it is not important as salt, they give heat and flavor to the dish, sometimes intensely so. Black pepper sauce is one of the most popular sauce here. You can cook beef, chicken, crabs, shrimps, anything you can think of with the black pepper sauce.
Garlic. If you want to reduce salt, garlic is the way to go. Some people don’t like the smell, but you can greatly reduce the smells by frying it to dry.
Want to try cooking just with these seasonings? Blend all the ingredients listed here in olive oil, add some vinegar or lemon juice, use it to marinate your meat, and grill it.
For Indian food, the seasoning that is most versatile and widely used is garam masala, a mixture of spices that is grind together. I've eaten garam masala candies, candies that were spiced with garam masala, and it tasted quite good.
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Hamburgers- garlic, cayenne, basil, chili powder, paprika
Spaghetti- garlic, cumin, basil, oregano,
Gumbo- zatarains, garlic, bayleaf, file
Sweet potatos- ginger, clove, pumpkin pie spice, cinneman, little sugar.
I use spices differently each time. It depends on the mood I am looking for. These are just some of my basics and even they change from time to time.
personal experience
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I cannot live without spice.
My top used two are likely salt and pepper of course. I add salt to nearly everything.. even fruit.
Garlic is another I couldn't live without.. fresh garlic, garlic salt, garlic powder, you name it I use it. It's actually my favorite smell.
Onion powder, summer savory, chili powder, bay leaf, cinnamon and sugar are a few more regular used ones.
My spice rack is literally 6 foot by 4 feet though and so packed some spices are stacked. My husband is a chef.. we not only grow our own but we import spices often.
Caught red handed eating ..basil I do believe that was...
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Every other spice is just optional.
Thanks
Personal opinion
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Most people don't know cinnamon is good for diabetics. They should use 1/2 to 2 teaspoons a day to replace sugar.