Spices?

The Halk

The Halk

The Halk

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I'm fat so I'm on a diet! That means I'm trying to control my food intake and in order to eat a varied diet I'll need to spice meat up a bit or I'll get bored and crave stuff that's not going to help me.

In my cupboard at the moment I have garlic puree (looks like toothpaste), rosemary, thyme, black pepper, salt, cinnamon, oregano and a mix called italian seasoning (which is basically oregano, plus a few others). I also have hot chilli powder, jalfrezi mix as well.

I'll be eating mainly chicken, but also fish (probably white), and some pork, and beef - nothing is really off the cards as long as it's easy to get hold of and isn't high in fat.

So... what kind of spices should I be getting hold of to wake the meat up and make it taste good?

I've been rubbing the garlic puree onto a frozen chicken breast fillet and then putting rosemary and thyme on it and it's been very tasty indeed. Or the italian seasoning.. But eventually I'll get bored with that so I need a few pointers.
 
Thanks folks - I think that gives me enough of a start, I can google specifics and work out by trial and error what works.

:)
 
One more thing... I'm going to order some with my groceries.

Is it worth taking the near double the price Shwartz stuff, or is Sainsbury's own make just as good?

I'm thinking by the time I use it the extra cost per meal will be fractions of a penny.
 
I'll go with whatever is cheapest then

I've got in the basket...

Tabasco sauce
Mustard powder
Dunn's River Caribbean Everyday Seasoning
Ground coriander
Ground cumin
Ground allspice
Marjoram - almost oregano by my understanding
Hot paprika
Lemon pepper

Schwartz perfect shakes are on offer..so I've grabbed lots

Chargrilled chicken
Chicken
Fish
Garlic italian
Lamb
Pork
All
Edit : oops missed out
Spicy Italian
Steak
Piri Piri
Jamaican Jerk

Combined with what I already had from the first post

In my cupboard at the moment I have garlic puree (looks like toothpaste), rosemary, thyme, black pepper, salt, cinnamon, oregano and a mix called italian seasoning (which is basically oregano, plus a few others). I also have hot chilli powder, jalfrezi mix as well.
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I think that's enough to be going on with.... there's no gaping holes in my spice cupboard are there? :)
 
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Hmm. This is all they have - "Sainsbury's Crushed Chillies 32g" and I already have "Sainsbury's Hot Chilli Powder 33g" in the cupboard...

I think I might need to get by with the 101 other spices for now :)
 
Bit late to switch from Sainsbury's - however I think I'll replace spices as I use them with more expensive ones, and see if I notice the difference. The relative cost won't be high since I'd be lucky to use one jar of spice a week on average.

They arrived. I may have gone overboard :) Here's what came...

spice_bought.jpg


And here's all the spices I now have.

all_spices.jpg


I'm now reminded how precious spices were in previous times. The world's major trade routes were established for the purpose of trading this substance which I've just dropped an hours wage on and nowhave more than a very wealthy man would have centuries ago.

Thanks for the advice folks. I think I'm going to really enjoy my food :)
 
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