List of Spices for ShoppingShopping is less of a bear when you have a list of spices to check off. Here's a spice chart, sort of a spice dictionary complete with flavors and uses. You can print off this list of spices as is, or, if you prefer a "cleaner look,"
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allspice a combination of cloves, cinnamonand nutmeg ground or whole berry of myrtle family tree soups, stews, marinades, seafood,baking, desserts not a blend anise licorice seeded, extract seeds of parsley familyplant baking, salad dressings, seafood used in liqueurs capers piquant, spicy large or small buds. packed in brine bud of caper bush garnish for seafood, vegetables,marinades similar taste to olives caraway sweet seeded seeds of parsley familyplant breads, vegetables, dips rye bread and german dishes. cardamom sweet mint-like flavor seeded, pods and ground seeds of ginger familyplant pastry, fruit pies, cookies, cakes,puddings, sweet potatoes, spiced wines, bbq sauce used in indian restaurants as abreath freshener. celery aromatic, slightly bitter seeded, flaked leaves seeds or chopped leaf ofcelery plant canapes, dips, soups, garnish,cooking of seafood cinnamon spicy but sweet, mildly pungent rolled up like a scroll or ground bark of tree of the laurel family breads, cakes, cookies, pastries,apple and other fruit dishes put whole into spiced cider ormulled wine cloves pungent, hot ground or whole bud of myrtle family tree ham, pork, fruits, marinades,sauces, soups, cakes, breads insert into an onion to make a stock coriander slight lemon flavor ground and in seed form seeds of carrot family(cilantro) plant candies, cookies, pastries,seafood, fruit sauces, stews, pork, vegetables also called cilantro or chineseparsley. cumin strong, pungent, savory ground and in seed form seeds of parsley familyplant chili and curry powder, barbecuesauce, marinades, salad dressings, beans used often in spanish dishes fennel licorice flavor seeded seeds of parsley familyplant salads, eggs, soups, sauces,seafood sauces, garnish garlic strong, pungent fresh bulbs of cloves, powdered,minced, juice bulbous root oflily family plant sauces, soups, dips, marinades,salad dressings, garlic bread, garlic butter keeps away vampires? ginger spicy, sweet, hot, savory roots, crystallized, candied orground root (rhizome) of ginger plant marinades, cakes, cookies, sauces,oriental dishes, curries juniper slightly bitter berries fruit of the juniper bush rather strong, so good for game,poultry, and pates gin flavor mace delicate nutmeg whole or ground skin (aril) of the nutmeg shell cakes, cookies, pastries, puddings,breads, meats and poultry mustard pungent, hot ground or whole seeds of mustard plant vegetable, meats, salads, egg andcheese dishes, sauces nutmeg sweet, spicy ground or whole fruit of the nutmeg tree drinks, puddings, soups, sauces,desserts, pastries, glazed vegetables, pasta use whole, freshly-grated for thebest of tastes. onion aromatic, sweet fresh or dried, flaked, ground orjuice root member of lily family dips, soups, sauces, saladdressings, gravies, stuffings, egg and cheese dishes put in the freezer a few minutesbefore cutting to help with tearing. paprika pungent, peppery but nothot ground pods of sweet red chilipepper garnish, seafood, meats, soups,sauces and egg dishes pepper, cayenne very hot ground fruit of pepper plant hot spicy dishes, chilis, blackenedseasoning pepper pungent, hot biting whole or ground andcracked black or white fruit of pepper vine general seasoning except baked goods freshly cracked in amini-grinder is really better. pepper,red hot biting dried seededs, cracked or ground seeds of a variety of hot redpepper plants Mexican and italian dishes, sauces,meats poppy nutty, mild dried seeds seeds of poppy plant garnish, breads, baked goods,pasta, eggs and cheeses saffron subtle flavor but beautiful color stigmas or ground stigmas of crocus flower rice, soups, sauces, seafood,pasta, and vegetables costly because of painstaking handcollection sesame nutty as tahini orflavoring for oil whole, paste seed of sesame plant garnish for breads, salads,mid-eastern candy, oils turmeric slightly bitter and peppery ground root of lily family plant salad dressing, bread, soups, rice,noodles, seafood a beautiful yellow coloring. forrice vanilla sweet, rich whole bean (cut open down themiddle and scrape seeds out with a paring knife), or liquid extract fruit (bean) of orchid plant desserts, drinks, fruits, candiesor french toast the pure extract is much betterthan the artificial This spice organizer does not have the "spice blends" that are so plentiful because they are unique to different brands and now, so plentiful in the stores. Personally, I would not be without fines herbes or herbes de Provence blends. Like the list of spices, Formula Easy Recipes emphasizes charts and graphs for that "at a glance" guidance that frees the home cook from the tyranny of the cookbook.
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