Cindy's Recipes and WritingsTurmeric is a tropical spice mainly grown in India. It is one of the main ingredients in curry powder, giving it its deep yellow color. It is also often used to color yellow mustard. Be …
Spearmint Know Your Herbs and Spices
Spearmint is one of my favorite herbs. I always have a patch growing just outside my kitchen window. It is a fast spreading herb and needs to be thinned frequently. Fortunately I love it so …
Sesame Seeds Know Your Herbs and Spices
I’ve been familiar with sesame seeds and used them in a variety of dishes for some time. I can honestly say until now I didn’t know from what kind of plant they originate. The scientific …
Seafood Boil Know Your Herbs and Spices
Seafood Boil speaks for both the seasoning blend and the meal. Everything gets cooked in one pot. Shellfish potatoes, corn on the cob are all favorites at the table. Shrimp, crayfish, crabs, lobsters are cooked …
Summer Savory Know Your Herbs and Spices
Summer Savory is one of those herbs you may have heard about but are not sure how to use. This herb is more widely used in Canada and Europe than the U.S. You can use …
Salt Free Mixes Know Your Herbs and Spices
photo courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net Spices And Herbs” by artur84 Salt-free herb and spice mixes try to mimic the way salt enhances foods. Salt is a mineral and minerals in foods are where flavor originate. Minerals …
Saigon Cinnamon Know Your Herbs and Spices
Cinnamon is one of the most celebrated spices in the world. Western cultures use cinnamon to flavor baked goods, puddings, candies and cereals. European countries use it to season soups, sauces, meats and pasta dishes. …
Sage Know Your Herbs and Spices
Most people think of sage when preparing stuffing to accompany their Thanksgiving turkey. This herb also works with fatty meats like pork and is used in making sausage. This herb has thick, soft leaves that …
Saffron Know Your Herbs and Spices
This yellow spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the saffron crocus. These flowers bloom in autumn unlike our more popular harbingers of spring here in the US. The dried stigmas …
Rosemary Know Your Herbs and Spices
Know Your Herbs and Spices: Rosemary Rosemary symbolizes remembrance in many cultures because it is part of the evergreen family. Evergreens are associated with life everlasting because it remains green year round. Rosemary has …
Roses and Rose Water Know Your Herbs and Spices
Throughout the ages, men and women have used flowers as symbols to convey love, faith, grief, congratulations, remorse and even as warnings of danger. In books such as Le Langage des Fleuers 1818 (the Language …
Poultry Seasoning Know Your Herbs and Spices
photo credit: A Sprinkle http://www.flickr.com/photos/53484449@N00/4477838386 on Flickr Growing up, my mom was never without poultry seasoning in the house. Turkey stuffing HAD to have it or Thanksgiving wasn’t the same. Have you ever tasted poultry …
Poppy Seeds Know Your Herbs and Spices
Culinary poppy seeds come from the Papaver somniferum, or opium poppy, the same source of morphine and codeine. There aren’t enough opiates in a serving of seeds to get anyone high or impair judgment but …
Peppercorns Know Your Herbs and Spices
Do you grind your own pepper? Most cooks nowadays own a peppermill or two for that fresh ground pepper taste every TV chef and magazine recipe includes. In a lot of restaurants you will see …
Pennsylvania Pepper Know Your Herbs and Spices
I’m not sure why this pepper blend is called Pennsylvania Pepper but I do like the combination. Pennsylvania Pepper is a blend of black pepper, onion, garlic, celery seed and red and green bell pepper. …
Parsley Know Your Herbs and Spices #DailyDishMagazine
Parsley derives its name from the Greek word meaning “rock celery” (it is a relative to celery). It is a biennial plant that will return to the garden year after year once it is established. …
Gourmet Smoked Salts
Gourmet Smoked Salts Smoked salts are nothing more than coarse salt with smoked flavor added. The best ones are made with seas salt that is naturally dried in the sun. This process evaporates the water …
Orange Zest Know Your Herbs and Spices
Orange Zest adds a brightness to any dish where you would use other citrus peel like lemon or lime. Orange oil is concentrated in the outer peel. A little orange peel goes a long way …
Onions Know Your Herbs and Spices #DailyDishMagazine
Onions are a great way to add flavor to so many dishes. Red onions used raw, white, yellow for cooking Spanish for frying, green scallions, every one brings its unique twist on “onion” to the …
Mace Know Your Herbs and Spices
Mace is not a spice all its own. It actually is part of a nutmeg kernel. The waxy outer coating on the nutmeg seed kernel is …