YOUR Top 5 Spices?

[jkath]

I need your help! One of my next blogs will be on kitchen spices, so I would love it if you could help, by sharing your preferences with me

QUESTION: What FIVE spices do you tend to grab MOST OFTEN (not including Salt & Pepper)

Here are mine, in no particular order:

Garlic Powder
Fresh Nutmeg (grated)
Cinnamon
Tarragon
Oregano

 

[no mayonnaise]

Cumin (always whole, then I toast it in a pan and grind it in a mortar/pestle myself)
Paprika
Dried thyme leaves
Garlic powder
Crushed red pepper flakes

 

[LPBeier]

This is really hard because I rarely meet a spice or herb I don't like, but here goes.

- garlic (fresh or granulated for different purposes)
- tarragon
- rosemary
- cumin
- nutmeg (fresh grated)

 

[Kayelle]

Garlic powder
Cumin
Chili powder
Herbs de Provence
Hot pepper flakes

Are you interested in herbs we don't like?
I can not stand tarragon ... ick

 

[CraigC]

I take it we are including dry and fresh herbs as spices? If not, here are 5 of each.

Spice wise

freshly toasted and ground cumin seed
freshly toasted and ground corriander seed
various toasted and ground chilis
cardamom
saffron

Herbs

dry and fresh basil
dry and fresh thyme
fresh rosemary
dry and fresh bay leaves
fresh cilantro

 

[jennyema]

Garlic
Thyme
Adobo
Cumin

 

[jkath]

Thanks so far!

Yes, Craig, I'm going for dried spices... and yes, Kayelle - only those you tend to reach for the most

I really appreciate all of your input - hoping for a lot more answers!

 

[pacanis]

Garlic powder
Onion powder
Herbs de Provence
Cayenne pepper
Chili powder? Paprika? Number five really falls off compared to the other four.

 

[LPBeier]

Thanks so far!

Yes, Craig, I'm going for dried spices... and yes, Kayelle - only those you tend to reach for the most

I really appreciate all of your input - hoping for a lot more answers!

Okay, dried spices:
- cumin
- curry
- cinnamon
- nutmeg (whole)
- star anise (whole)

 

[GotGarlic]

Thanks so far!

Yes, Craig, I'm going for dried spices... and yes, Kayelle - only those you tend to reach for the most

I really appreciate all of your input - hoping for a lot more answers!

Only spices? Not herbs? Just want to clarify.

 

[jkath]

Any herbs/spices that you'd find dried, and in jars/packages, and such.

After asking this question on my fb page as well, I'm beginning to think I'm the only person who doesn't care for cumin...

 

[acerbicacid]

freshly ground cumin
cinnamon
freshly ground nutmeg
pepper/chilli & freshly ground black
garlic powder (if this is a spice if not - cloves)

 

[Whiskadoodle]

With Eleven Secret Herbs and Spices, Colonel Sanders would be highly disappointed with your request. Sometimes it seems like he sold only half the recipe anyway. I hope this gives an inkling of hard this is to choose. There is another few I prefer to use fresh, so I found a little personal wiggle room.

Cardamom
Cumin
Cinnamon
Thyme
Chile

 

[merstar]

Hi jkath! How've you been?!

Here are my top five:
Garlic Powder
Toasted Onion Powder
Chili Powder
Smoked Paprika
Basil

 

[jabbur]

For me it's
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Oregano
Chili Powder
Lemon Pepper (if you consider this out of the category, the next often would be tie between cumin for Mexican or thyme for Italian)

 

[GotGarlic]

Fresh garlic
Dried thyme
Fresh Italian flat-leaf parsley
Dried Mexican oregano
Ground cumin

 

[jkath]

Hey merstar

Again thank you all!!
The more different people that answer, the better
This gives me a really good idea of people's preference.

 

[chopper]

Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Cumin
Ginger
Oregano

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Garlic
Ginger
Cumin
Chili Powder
Oregano

 

[pacanis]

Man, you guys use a lot of cumin. One jar lasts me for years. And that's even using it in rubs. It's a big jar though.