What are your favourite cooking ingredients?

@CJay77 (4438)
Australia
September 7, 2008 2:58pm CST
At home we love to add chili, garlic, ginger and soy sauce to most dishes we make! Is there any ingredients that you always seem to add to your cooking as well?
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8 responses
7 Sep 08
Ginger goes good in just about anything but I also tend to use a lot of onion and broccoli, though I don't like onion by itself it goes good in just about anything. I also like to make a lot of pastas but I think my family gets tired of them pretty quickly.
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@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
8 Sep 08
Hi, I agree ginger is good! I cook pasta twice a week and put a lot of garlic in it. Thank you for your response .
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@rup011 (725)
• Germany
8 Sep 08
Most of the time I make a paste of garlic and ginger and keep it refrigerated. I also make a paste of onion, tomato, chilli and coriander. But I make it fresh just before using it in some curry. Also the most used ingredients would be the spices like turmeric, coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder and cinnamon powder. Usually when I cook meat I would put all these ingredients and ofcourse salt and sugar. I use cholesterol free oil to cook, so these are my favourite cooking ingredients.
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@rup011 (725)
• Germany
14 Sep 08
Thanks for selecting my response as best.
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@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
14 Sep 08
You are very welcome!
@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
8 Sep 08
Wow you have many ingredients! When we are in India, I can easily get garlic and ginger paste. But I haven't seen one here its even hard to ginger here, we have to go to a big supermarket to be able to get ginger. Thank you for sharing and for your response .
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
8 Sep 08
I do not really have a favorite ingredient. As far as spices go I use garlic, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, basil, and parsley the most. I use a lot of onion to flavor dishes too.
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@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
8 Sep 08
I use garlic and onion in my cooking also and oregano in my pasta. Thank you for yoour response.
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@iyah10 (4115)
• Kuwait
9 Sep 08
I do love to put this ingredients when I cooked most of the time it is onion, garlic, ginger, chili is also nice, coriander, bay leafs, black whole pepper, cardamon is one of the main ingredients that I want in my dishes.....
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@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
9 Sep 08
Hi iyah, I used this ingredients almost everyday! But I only bay leaf when I cook stew. Thank you for sharing and for your response.
@glay22 (512)
• Philippines
8 Sep 08
hi cjay, when i cook, i want to use butter than oil..coz it smells good and adds more to flavor. Then i want to use a lot of garlic, sweet onions, black pepper, and 5 spice powder too. I really love the smell of those ingredients and it helps me to attain the specific taste I want to achieve on the dish am cooking. I dont use MSG (monosodium glutamate) because it is harmful to the body.
@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
8 Sep 08
Hi glay, our user name sounds a little bit the same yes? (CJay/GLay) lol. Yes butter is smell good especially when you add the garlic in the pan. I agree that MSG is not really good for our health, I use broth cube instead. Thank you so much for sharing and for your response .
@glay22 (512)
• Philippines
8 Sep 08
yeah sounds the same..hehe yep, its nice to know someone here who also loves to cook..keep on myLotting!
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@beefers1 (64)
• United States
15 Sep 08
Being a high school male student at 16 years of age, I don't often find time to cook. Though I love cooking, and often just use basic ingredients like salt, pepper, sometimes a bit of chili powder. I also enjoy using soy sauce, and Lee Kum Kee's Black Pepper Sauce.
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@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
15 Sep 08
Hi there beefers1, Wow you love cooking and your only 16! I use the basic also and like you love soy sauce too. Thank you for your respone.
@cream97 (29085)
• United States
8 Sep 08
Lie Salt, Black pepper, Italian Seasoning, Garlic Powder and a host of Mrs. Dash's seasonings.. I also love my Lawry's Seasoning Salt..
@cream97 (29085)
• United States
8 Sep 08
Lite Salt...
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@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
8 Sep 08
Hi cream97, Black pepper and Garlic powder is always good in any dishes and of course salt! Thank you for response.
@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
8 Sep 08
As a rule it seems like I add garlic powder to a lot of dishes that I prepare. It seems to go great on chicken,steak and pork. I even add garlic powder to mixed vegetables after they are done along with some butter for flavor. I also add chicken bouillon to certain dishes also. It goes good on broccoli or mixed vegetables as well.
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@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
8 Sep 08
I will definetely agree with garlic powder in so many dishes it is so tasty! I also use chicken broth cubes in some dishes! Thank you so much for sharing.
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