QOTW - What are your 5 favorite spices and 5 favorite herbs?

[Guest guest]

I use about everything when I cook.

For herbs I use these the most:

rosemary, cilantro, basil, sorrel and savory.

Spices would be:

red pepper flakes, regular or smoked paprika, hot curry powder,

fenugreek (just recently) and Mrs. Dash

 

Mark

[Guest guest]

My favorite spices are Garlic, Mrs. Dash Garlic and Herb, Mrs Dash

table blend, Lawrys season salt, and chili powder. Herbs are:

Rosemary, Basil, oregano, chives, and sage. I have tried growing

basil and chives for the first time this year. The chives are still

small, but the basil has been awesome! It's great to have fresh

basil any time you want and it smells so good. I am growing it in a

pot in my cold frame and when ever I water it, it puts such an

aromatic smell throughout my whole cold frame! Judy C.

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> QOTW - What are your 5 favorite spices

and 5 favorite herbs?

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> Time for another Question of the Week -

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> What are your 5 favorite Spices and 5 favorite Herbs?

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> Let us also know if you grow your own, what you grow and any tidbit

of wise

> advice on that.

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> Here's to lots of good inspiring responses from all of you to help

us all

> cook/bake/prepare food even better......... Cheers!!!!

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> Judy

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[Guest guest]

Cumin, coriander, paprika (smoked or otherwise), chili and turmeric are

the spices I use the most. The first two in particular seem to find

their way into almost every meal I cook. Favourite herbs are basil,

cilantro, oregano, bay leaves and rosemary. I buy pots of fesh bail

and cilantro from the supermarket and try to keep them alive as long as

I can - usually not very long :-( . This year I am also trying to grow

a pot of oregano, thyme, rosemary and sage. I have a tendency to

overwater my plants so it is anyone's guess how long they will survive.

 

Christie

[Guest guest]

Spices: garlic, cumin, curry, smoked paparika, chipotle powder.

 

herbs: cilantro, basil, dill, parsley, mint

 

I try over and over to grow basil and cilantro because I eat it

nearly daily, yet I can't seem to keep anything alive!

 

, " wwjd " <jtwigg wrote:

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> Time for another Question of the Week -

>

> What are your 5 favorite Spices and 5 favorite Herbs?

>

> Let us also know if you grow your own, what you grow and any tidbit

of wise

> advice on that.

>

> Here's to lots of good inspiring responses from all of you to help

us all

> cook/bake/prepare food even better......... Cheers!!!!

>

> Judy

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[Guest guest]

My favorite seasonings are garlic, onion powder, fresh basil, Mrs. Dash

Mesquite grillin blends, season salt and coriander.

 

Cherie

[Guest guest]

> What are your 5 favorite Spices and 5 favorite Herbs?

 

OK, I am not going to count onion, garlic and ginger, since these are

not spices but a food group onto themselves, at least the way I use

them ;-)

 

Spices: cumin, coriander seeds, cardamom, mustard seeds, ground up

dried chipotle or smoked paprika (even though peppers are also a food

group onto themselves....)

 

Herbs: cilantro, parsley, basil, mint, marjoram, oregano, sage,

rosemary, dill and shiso (I can't just do 5, sorry)

 

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> Let us also know if you grow your own, what you grow and any tidbit

of wise

> advice on that.

 

Yes, I grow everything. I never do well with the dill for some reason.

I will keep trying. Any advice? All the other herbs are doing really

well (the ones in season)

 

I do have some advice on cilantro. I just found this out recently

(duhhh). I reseed my cilantro and use it all around the garden. I

like the flowers they look pretty to me and they attract bees. I also

love the herb and I even like the flavor of the immature tender seeds

when they start (like a cross between cilantro and coriander) This

summer I did this, saved seed and sowed all over and NOTHING! not a

single cilantro sprout grew. Very strange since I sowed seeds in

February and I could swear every single one sprouted. Doing a little

research revealed they need cooler weather to sprout. They are a

spring and fall plant, not a summer plant! Cilantro is not in season

now, it will sprout when the weather gets cooler. I wish somebody had

told me that....