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5 star thread

I live in LA. Creole seasoning is not inauthentic or a shortcut, it's what everyone actually uses.

>>5551653

Right, just like how "taco seasoning" is authentic. I saw a Mexican use it once!

>>5551641
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/creole-seasoning-blend/

>dis nigga doesn't know what creole seasoning is

>>5551664

Taco seasoning is just chili powder with cumin. Yes, that is what people in Mexico use

>>5551641

Nobody said you had to buy the seasoning premade. You can make your own creole spice blend.

>>5551653

>pre-blended seasoning is not a shortcut

>>5551701

If you want to get that anal about it, premade andouille sausaged, pre-ground black pepper, and pre-smoked ham hocks are shortcuts too

>>5551708
>pre-ground black pepper
What kind of chud used pre-ground pepper? it tastelike dirt

>>5551716
the same kind of people that don't have blocks of himalayan salt

>>5551724
I once realize with horror that I ran out once and has to take chips off of my lamp.

>>5551734
>I once realize with horror that I ran out once and has to take chips off of my lamp.

>looking for a brownie recipe:
>ooh, this one looks good
>ingredients: 1 box brownie mix

>following recipes online
>get all the ingredients together
>start making it
>almost done
>serve with X
>don't have any X
>X wasn't in the ingredients
>mfw

I think of allrecipes as some kind of internet disease. Someone there figured out how to manipulate SEO so their fucking ugly clickbait website populated by morons and redirect loops shows up in every google search with the world 'recipes' in it, and that's it

OP is being a tool, but I do hate allrecipes

>Jalapenos in "authentic" red beans and rice

lol

Also from LA, everyone uses Tony's or Slap Ya Mama or Nunu's, no one blends that shit themselves because these brands do it perfectly

>>5551641
what are you, stupid? You can easily make your own creole seasoning, which is what most people do. You mix up a big jar of it and then you have it when you need it. Sure, they sell creole seasoning too, but that's for the people who don't know anything about creole cooking. At any rate, you're being a dumb bitch.

>>5551788
>not reading the entire recipe and instructions before cooking

Apple Pie Recipe
>1 Pie Pastry Dough

>>5551802
plz give better recipe website

>>5551824
I heard the same thing. Slap Ya Mama is supposed to be the shit.

>>5554329
>1 can of apple pie filling

"Great recipe but i used pineapple juice instead of lemon, and added more pepper and some onions."

Thanks, so glad you rated that recipe and not your own monstrosity.

I fucking hate people.

Evvery fucking housewife wants to make it their own and then tell the world how she added peas.

>>5551689
Unless you're talking about prepackaged stuff. Most of that has weird other shit in it. Seriously, though, how hard is it to spice things? I don't even understand how it's considered a short cut. I see it as a crutch.

http://www.mccormick.com/Spices-and-Flavors/Recipe-Mixes/Mexican/Taco-Seasoning-Mix

>>5555046
This is every comment on allrecipes.
Just once I want to see a recipe get trashed by the comments.

>>5555047
even more interesting one:
http://www.ortega.com/products/ortega-taco-seasoning-mix_13126
>main ingredient: corn flour

>>5555046
eat a dick nigger

>>5555025
Slap Ya Mama's hottest variety is pretty good.

Tony Chachere's is the best all around.

>>5555077
The corn flour thickens up the mixture and stretches the meat further. Not a fan of Ortega, but I've experienced this first hand and can attest to it not being complete shit.

I actually like McCormick's taco seasoning.

>>5555096
I'm not saying they're terrible, but that they're definitely not just cumin and chili pepper like another person said, and I still don't understand how it's a shortcut. Most cajun seasoning is more versatile, but I still think it's meh. If they were fermenting shit or doing some other awesome process that I wouldn't want to fuck with a lot at home, that's one thing, but most of the time it's just a blend of spices.
I don't look down on others for using it, I just don't recommend it if people ask.

>>5551777
>Look for cake recipe
>BEST CHOCOLATE HOMEMADE CAKE RECIPE EVER
>Ingredients..... : One box Chocolate Cake Mix.

>>5555122
My Grandmother and Great-Grandmother both had a giant box of recipes that they had found/made themselves, my Grandmother had a lot of recipes that used cake mix.
She always did extra stuff to it though, it wasn't just cake mix.

>>5555077
Yellow Corn Flour //// yellow corn is sweet and meant as pig feed
Salt
Maltodextrin
Paprika
Spices
Modified Corn Starch /// sounds like a sugar to me
Sugar /// well its sugar
Garlic Powder
Citric Acid
Autolyzed Yeast Extract
Caramel Color (sulfites)

wow a salty and really sweet seasoning package // no thanks

>>5557204
>Maltodextrin
Maltodextrin is an artificial sugar that has a mild, sweet taste
GREAT

>>5551641
This pisses me off to no end, but it puts the way my family cooks to shame. All of them are literally just canned food doctored up with butter or salt or some stupid shit.

>Grandpa makes "homemade" chili
>starts by opening 12 cans of hormel chili
>adds rotel or some shit and calls it good

>>5558290
its a type of seasoning, if i was to write a recipe and include herbs de provence or a bouquet garni would that make it less authentic?

My mother and some of her friends put together a cookbook for some animal rescue shelter to raise funds. I ended up with them and looked through them a few years ago before mailing them back to her. Here's what I remember as one of their recipes:

Homemade Clam Chowder
>4 potatoes
>1 can of Campbell's mushroom soup
>1 can of clams

That's fucking it. Microwave and cut up the potatoes and mix the rest of that shit up and there's your homemade clam chowder. People actually paid money for these recipes. Granted it went to the animal shelter, but still, good lord.

>>5558290
Srsly, this. My family is okay, but I know so many self-described "good cooks" my age who's main source of inspiration is white-trash pintarest recipes.

>I added a pepper to my Kraft dinner, we chef now

>>5558320
This actually really bugs me. I hate how grossly overused "chef" has become these days.

>>5558320
The only exception in my family besides myself is my uncle. Motherfucker makes homemade pizza to die for, and bakes all kind of bread like it's going out of style. It seriously sucks much the rest of my family under-appreciates that kind of effort.