What are your spices of life?

I've been cooking since I was fourteen and after a few years of sticking to the exact recipe religiously, I broke away and experimented and poked with as much food as I could. I found that just spices could drastically change what ever it was that I was cooking, sometimes using entire leaves or oils to change the texture. So my question is what spice do you fancy? What is the spice you most often find yourself using? I myself use a lot of sage and basil.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Come to think of it I don't think I've ever used peprika in anything, I'll have to try that. I made the mistake of putting some garlic powder in some chicken ramen the other day. Warning, don't do what I did :doh:

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ooOOoo, neat, I use a lot of peppercorns, sage, basil and a few other things I can't remember off the top of my head when I marinate my turkey overnight before thanksgiving so it won't bake so dry. I also marinate ham over night before cooking because it is usually salted so much and doing so dulls down the salt and allows more flavor and texture in.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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yeah, I'm with ya on the ham, I hate it when a ham has been spoiled with too much salt. My mom used to marinate the ham so well when she made it...I miss her good cooking D:

Yeah, also it depends on what kind of ham that you buy, I've found out that you can't go and buy an off brand if you want to get one worth cooking.

At least your mom could cook, my mom gave me a can of something everyday

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I put cayenne pepper in/on anything. Ramen, steak, hamburger, chicken, pork, beef, gumbo, turkey, you name it; I pretty much use it. Hell, I even put it on pizza.

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I usually add an obscene amount of salt on ramen noodles, I guess after eating it for so many years the taste gets bland and you just have to dress it up.

I was speaking idiomatically.

True, especially over using salt for those who have high blood pressure problems. High blood pressure+sodium=bad. Hot things too, but my theory on that is "I'm 20, I'm only this young for so long so I'm gonna eat the hot stuff while I can." Better than not living at all I guess or just giving myself problems in old age but what ever it is I'm happy right now.

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Yeah, shouldn't overload your tastes with the same thing, do it for too long and you'll bore yourself of the spice all together.

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You can't really cook anything with spices when you're in a rush either, its always better if you slow cook so all the flavor gets in. I wanted to eat something at home before going to work and I turned to stove on the highest heat it would go and rushed everything and it turned into crap.

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Thanks, I'll have to remember that.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

You just reminded me of how much I practically use a whole tube of chili powder when I make chili.

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