Tajin!!?
@GardenGerty (169406)
United States
February 4, 2020 7:13am CST
Are you familiar with this condiment? We get it in the section with Hispanic foods, but near the produce. I keep some on hand.
Tajin seems to be a combo of lime, salt and chile peppers ground up. Not too spicy.
It is good on lots of things, like apples, and tacos, and potatoes, etc.
I put it on some of my food starting on Sunday, and when I coughed in the night I just put a sprinkle on my tongue. Guess what? My cough is gone! and my food is yummy. I wish I thought of this sooner.
Are you familiar with tajin?
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Feb 20
I've never heard of it before. I'll ask my son if he knows anything about it.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
5 Feb 20
I have seen it in Kroger stores, Wal Mart and even Aldi. I like it, but I have always enjoyed various seasonings.
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Feb 20
@GardenGerty That's why I'm surprised I never heard of it, because I love so many different seasonings. But my son is even more into seasonings than I am, which is why I said I was going to ask him if he's heard of Tajin.
!@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
5 Feb 20
It is lime enough for me. I have seen Takis but never tried them.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
5 Feb 20
@GardenGerty Takis are spicy - and a lot of kids have been ending up with tummy aches and having to go to the hospital because of too many Takis. They love the taste but their stomachs cannot handle it.
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
4 Feb 20
"Tajin" appears to be the name of the company which makes the seasoning ('salsa en polvo' or 'powdered sauce'). They apparently make a range of salsas and other things as well. The combination of salt, lime and chilli pepper sounds interesting and one that I'd like to try. It seems to be used mostly as a seasoning for fruit such as mango and melon. I could probably make something similar using tamarind, salt and chilli powder (or fresh green chillis, perhaps).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj%C3%ADn_(seasoning)
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
5 Feb 20
I know I have seen other items from them but this is the most common in our area. I had friends who had worked on cruise liners who would sprinkle apple slices and orange slices with a mild chili powder.
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
5 Feb 20
@GardenGerty As for the cough remedy, I make a wicked lime and chilli vodka which has a similar effect! I just soak a small lime (sliced, peel and all) and five or six chillis (chopped) in a bottle of vodka for a month or so. Strain and take with care! You won't get drunk on it! Most people manage about a teaspoonful, grimace and breathe fire for a bit ... and in 10 or 15 mins are back for more!
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
4 Feb 20
Yes, I am familiar with it. I do not buy it, but I have had this spice on foods like corn on the cob and even pineapple.
I do love how the spices in latino cuisine can help with congestion.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
5 Feb 20
Yes, I have had it on roasted ears of corn. On pineapple sounds delicious, I will have to try.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
5 Feb 20
@GardenGerty It is good. You are making me want to get corn on the cob, but I'd be the only one to eat it I think.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
5 Feb 20
It is tasty. I also think it helped because both peppers and limes are high in vitamin C.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
5 Feb 20
If you like a little spice it is good. I am not sure if it would be common where you are. Hubby was originally from that area.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
4 Feb 20
No I am not familiar with that. Not much interested in Hispanic foods.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
5 Feb 20
Hubby spent a lot of time in Texas. We eat chili and tacos and other things.
@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
4 Feb 20
No, I'd never heard of it. But it sure sounds good. My groceries are coming today and I'm getting some lemon pepper, which I also like. But the lime sounds delicious. It sounds like a seaasoning that would be readily available in Santa Fe, too. Sounds good on tacos!
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
5 Feb 20
You might want to check it out. I had a friend on here who talked about eating green mangoes and putting chili powder on them, I bet it would be something like that.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
4 Feb 20
Salt is what Tony used, with the congestion part of the lung cancer.
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