When reading a recipe I would like to try, and I see half dozen or more herbs and spices, I'm turned off - i.e. overkill. For me, I would like to taste the food, and perhaps 3 herbs/spices is enough to enhance the flavor. (The exception might be in a rub or certain cuisines, i.e. Indian perhaps?) When I prepare a dish and someone sits down to eat, & without tasting the dish reaches for salt, pepper, hot sauce and extra condiments, I feel my cooking effort is lost. I prefer the taste of the food.
Anyone relate?
Anyone relate?