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13202970 No.13202970 [Reply] [Original]

Can someone explain seasoning to me?
I'm new to cooking and I have a lot of spices, but I'm still curious about certain things.
What counts as a seasoning? Does it have to be a powder, or do onions, garlic, shallots, etc. count as seasoning?
What are some seasonings that you like in particular, and ones that you think every cook should have?

>> No.13202978

>>13202970
>what constitutes seasoning?
Get a dictionary, fuckwit.

>> No.13202998

>>13202970
Are you legitimately retarded? Seriously asking

>> No.13203001

Seasoning generally means salt but people probably use the term to mean any flavor enhancement.

Tony Chachere's Creole seasoning is great.

>> No.13203009

>>13202978
>>13202998
there is some debate over what is considered a seasoning, though. Some will consider it to be any flavoring agent, while others would use it to mean spice powders more so

>> No.13203010

>>13202970
>What counts as a seasoning?
Things you season your food with, typically spices and dried herbs.
>do onions, garlic, shallots, etc. count as seasoning?
These are aromatics and are added in a different stage of cooking than seasoning, and used in a different way.

>> No.13203014

>>13203001
what do you like to put it on? Do you usually use it by itself, or combine it with other seasonings?

>> No.13203022

>>13203009
>some fucking retards argue over semantics so it’s a legitimate debate
4chan in a nutshell

>> No.13203027

As a general rule, does one season more heavily with blander meats like chicken breast or turkey as opposed to steak?
What seasonings go good with fish?

>> No.13203037

>>13203010
That makes sense.
So I guess Chinese (at least Eastern) and Japanese cooking don't use much seasoning in that sense of the word

>> No.13203043

you need smoked paprika

smoke your own paprika
get a spice grinder

try different combinations of your own

i fucking love smoked paprika on Lobster

i have some naga viper paprika that i smoked and it's literally fire

>> No.13203048

>>13203027

jesus christ man figure it out for yourself

i like dill, sage , lemon, thyme on my fish. or chunks of peppercorn.

>> No.13203052

>>13203048
>don't ask questions about cooking on a cooking board!

>> No.13203056

>>13203037
They both use plenty of seasoning, especially salt.

>> No.13203064

>>13203056
I see salt and pepper in the recipes, but not too many seasonings aside from that in the context that poster used
I see more things like soy sauce, cooking wine, peanut oil, etc.

>> No.13203070

>>13203064
Peanut oil is a flavorless oil used for frying all over the world because of it's high smoke point and aforementioned lack of flavor.

>> No.13203080

>>13203070
I meant sesame oil come to think of it
Point being, I even went on a Chinese site that lists a bunch of (what they consider to be) seasonings, and it was mostly things like vinegar, shaoxin wine, soy sauce, etc.

>> No.13203101

>>13203080
Well, there you start getting in to competing ideologies.
Some schools of thought consider "seasoning" to mean exclusively the use of salt, and that anything else is instead a flavoring.
Other models would count a flavorful oil as a seasoning.
Still others would acknowledge that a flavorful oil can be used like a seasoning, but insist that it is instead a condiment. These same models also lump aromatics into condiments so they're pretty fringe.

>> No.13203128

>>13203101
where do you draw the line personally?

>> No.13203140

>>13202970
any organic herbal compound which contains aromatic oils

typically seasoning spices include:
QUOTE:
garlic, chili pepper, rosemary, basil, parsley, thyme, marjoram, sage, saffron, cumin and other spices which come from afar, such as pepper and nutmeg

Else it's as seasoning is used as a synonym of salting. Every piece of meat must be salted. With table salt.

There's other things, I'd argue MSG is a seasoning.

>> No.13203368

do any of you guys use Lawry's?

>> No.13203396

Damn op, go to the kitchen and cook something instead of wondering about the true meaning of seasoning

>> No.13203447

>>13203140
>Every piece of meat must be salted.
go on
>With table salt.
please stop