Curious, what herbs, spices, and or extracts did you use to flavor your dishes today?
I sprinkled cinna-cream sprinkles on my old fashioned oats this morning.
For lunch, topped hard boiled eggs with sea salt and paprika.
And for dinner, prepared parmesan meatballs with dried parsley and garlic.
Looking forward to seeing how everyone else uses herbs, spices, and extracts.
It depends on what I'm cooking. Some meats, for example, have affinities with particular herbs - rosemary or mint with lamb, sage with pork and duck, thyme and parsley with chicken, fennel or dill with fish, etc.
In my herb/spice drawer I have thyme, bay, rosemary, French tarragon, lemon myrtle, oregano and marjoram. (I have most of these in the garden for the summer.) I also have dried mint for use in North African cooking. I also have Hungarian and Spanish paprika, fennel seeds, allspice, mixed spice (like apple pie spice I think), ginger, whole coriander seed and powdered coriander, cumin seeds and powder, cardamom seeds, star anise, saffron, turmeric, fenugreek, cloves, caraway seed, mango powder, kalongi (nigella seeds, used in Indian cooking) and Chinese 5 spice powder.
I don't bother with dried basil or parsley as they don't keep their flavour well when dried.
I make my own vanilla extract and buy true almond and peppermint extracts. I also have Worcestershire sauce, fish sauce, Heinz tomato ketchup which I use as an ingredient, different types of vinegar and tomato puree.
Hope that helps
