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Top five flavorings?

fatmat

By fatmat
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fatmat

fatmat

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If you could only ever have five flavourings in your cupboard, what would they be?

Just for starters mine are:

Vanilla

Garlic

Smoked Salt

Chilli

Balsamic Vinegar

tejon

tejon

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garlic

ginger

cardamom

cumin

thyme

Kathy

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. - Harriet Van Horne

NulloModo

NulloModo

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garlic

black pepper

cayenne pepper

oregano

cinnamon

He don't mix meat and dairy,

He don't eat humble pie,

So sing a miserere

And hang the bastard high!

- Richard Wilbur and John LaTouche from Candide

Susan G

Susan G

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dill

black pepper

cumin

garlic

almond extract

I'm a canning clean freak because there's no sorry large enough to cover the, "Oops! I gave you botulism" regrets.

irodguy

irodguy

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Pure salt

Tellicherry pepper

garlic

cumin

roasted peppers

'scuse my ignorance Laurie - What's Tellicherry pepper?

Most spice experts agree that Tellicherry pepper is the best of the black peppers with Malabar pepper rating second. Both grown on the East Coast of India, Tellicherry is a large very, very black peppercorn, with bold flavor, whereas Malabar is slightly less black, smaller and less pungent. Pungency is the hot sensation produced in the amount by constituents of spices such as pepper, chilies or ginger which also contribute to flavor.

Never trust a skinny chef

Cusina

Cusina

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pepper

salt

lemon

garlic

paprika

the next five would be

vanilla

sherry

balsamic

basil

ginger

What's wrong with peanut butter and mustard? What else is a guy supposed to do when we are out of jelly?

-Dad

Jinmyo

Jinmyo

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Only five?

Hm.

koshersaltmaldonsaltfleurdeselblackpepperwhitepepper

butterEVOObaconfatduckfat

garlicshaollotsscallionswhiteredspanishvidaliaonionsleeks

cellarycellaryrootfennelcarrotsturnipsrutabaga

sagerosemarythymecoriandercurryleavespepporoncitarrgonbasilsofallkinds

There.

Easy.

Uh. Limes.

Uh. Ngoc mam.

Uh. Bonito. And kombu. And....

D'oh.

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"It's okay to like celery more than yogurt, but it's not okay to think that batter is yogurt."

Serving fine and fresh gratuitous comments since Oct 5 2001, 09:53 PM

Really Nice!

Really Nice!

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In no particular order

Bacon fat

Duck fat

Foie Gras fat

Pork fat

Buttah

Drink!

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. --John Mortimera

jogoode

jogoode

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Uh. Ngoc mam.

Uh. Bonito. And kombu. And....

D'oh.

salt

umeboshi

lemon pepper

ginger

garlic

Good call on the umeboshi and fish sauce. Also Thai chile, limes, mint.

Ask me on another day and it'll be thyme, tarragon, olive oil, rosemary, and salt.

And another day: cumin, clove, cardamom, mustard seed, star anise

JJ Goode

Co-author of Serious Barbecue, which is in stores now!

www.jjgoode.com

"For those of you following along, JJ is one of these hummingbird-metabolism types. He weighs something like eleven pounds but he can eat more than me and Jason put together..." -Fat Guy

lovebenton0

lovebenton0

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hot Thai chili

fish sauce

basil

lemon thyme

ginger

that makes the garlic a root vegetable

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Judith Love

North of the 30th parallel

One woman very courteously approached me in a grocery store, saying, "Excuse me, but I must ask why you've brought your dog into the store." I told her that Grace is a service dog.... "Excuse me, but you told me that your dog is allowed in the store because she's a service dog. Is she Army or Navy?" Terry Thistlewaite

dumplin

dumplin

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Rosemary

Thyme

Lemon

Bay leaves

Tarragon (fresh only)

salt, fresh ground pepper, and garlic are givens. :raz:

for sweeter foods, I like

Vanilla

Fresh ground cinnamon

Fresh ground nutmeg

Cloves

Cardamon

it just makes me want to sit down and eat a bag of sugar chased down by a bag of flour.

fatmat

fatmat

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In no particular order

Bacon fat

Duck fat

Foie Gras fat

Pork fat

Buttah

Hmmmmm... never spoil a good meal by holding back on the saturated fats. I love your approach RN

Carlovski

Carlovski

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smoked paprika

Black Pepper (My grinder broke last week, been having to use a pestle and mortar - and I am finding the control on the grind really brought back what a remarkable spice it is)

Nutmeg (In moderation)

Sherry and it's related vinegar.

Mustard seeds

I love animals.

They are delicious.

bleachboy

bleachboy

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My CURRENT top five flavorings:

Salt

Pepper

Paprika

Wasabi

Horseradish

My ALL-TIME top five flavorings:

Salt

Pepper

Butter

Lemon

Garlic

Don Moore

Nashville, TN

Peace on Earth

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