What is your spice of life?

spice - spicy
@laglen (19759)
United States
July 27, 2008 8:24am CST
What spices do you use most? At my house, we use a lot of spices. I most popular would be salt pepper and garlic We use these the most, on almost everything we cook. Next up would be cumin, cayenne pepper and paprika. How about you?
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@brimia (6581)
• United States
27 Jul 08
I probably use garlic and salt most. I also use quite a bit of red pepper flakes, cumin, cinnamon, and chili powder.
@brimia (6581)
• United States
31 Jul 08
No, I'm not actually and my family didn't use any cumin or chili powder when I was growing up because my mom never cared for them. As I started cooking for myself though I realized I enjoyed those flavors and started using them a lot in stews, chili, casseroles, etc. My dad and I have always loved garlic and red pepper.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
9 Aug 08
Me too, I developed a taste for them.
@laglen (19759)
• United States
31 Jul 08
Are you southern?
@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
28 Jul 08
There are a host of spices I love. First, I use lots of salt, pepper and garlic salt. I love celery seed, parsley and sage. I also use cinnamon, nutmeg, paprika, chili powder,basil and cloves. I use cayenne pepper some, but not as much as regular pepper.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
31 Jul 08
all good stuff
@biggerb (2024)
• India
27 Jul 08
In Indian cooking we use a lot of spices both for our vegetarian food and for our non-vegetarian food.We use garlic, ginger for most of the dishes then we use a lot of pepper, cloves, cinnamon,cardamom,cumin etc.Our dishes are mostly very spicy but at the same time its very tasty too.i guess we are used to this so if there is no spices used we find those dishes very bland.Its only the question of getting used to a particular taste.
@laglen (19759)
• United States
31 Jul 08
I like ginger too!
• United States
27 Jul 08
I only like salt and pepper.And sometimes paprika. Boring right?
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
31 Jul 08
All good and our tastes change. i used to not like spices at all. Now, I crave them!
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@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
27 Jul 08
WE are very similiar to your family. I use salt, pepper and garlic on everything. When we grill out chicken, steaks or burgers, I always use montreal seasoning too.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
31 Jul 08
salt pepper and garlic, good for ALMOST anything!