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18120543 No.18120543 [Reply] [Original]

How do I learn what different spices and seasonings do for the food instead of just relying on what a recipe tells me to use?

>> No.18120546

>look into regional cuisines for what's commonly paired together
>Experiment with combinations
>Write down the ones you like

>> No.18120549

Literally trial and error. Make a batch of something without seasoning, cut or scoop it in to small segments, add a small amount of seasoning in whatever various amounts you want to test, and try it.

>> No.18120838

>>18120549
rice works

>> No.18120848
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18120848

cooking isn't about spices, it's about technique, fresh ingredients, not overcooking things, and using enough salt.

>> No.18120920

>>18120543
I just dump a bunch of shit into the soup and eat it for the next month and a half.

>> No.18120984

>>18120543
cooking is about tradition, its not your little playground where you can just mix exotic stuff together. thats why you dont need 200 spices like those epic youtubers

>> No.18120992

>>18120984
Don't listen to this retard, cooking has been evolving for longer than humans have existed

>> No.18121038

>>18120984
bullshit
there's no rules

>> No.18121050

Find recipes that use them. Once you've used them in a few recipes you will start to understand their flavour and what ingredients they work with. Or just dive in and experiment, if you want. If you're smart you'll just understand how to use them, but if you're retarded you should probably start with a couple of recipes.

>> No.18121059

>>18120992
Are you saying animals used spices 500,000 years ago??

>> No.18121062

>>18120543
Look into sausage making. Completely weird and exotic spices in common sausages you'd never come up with. Also use more spices in lesser quantities instead of a few spices in large ones.

>> No.18121065

Eat the spice retard

>> No.18121073

>>18120543
just feel it out. You can generally get an understanding for which spices belong together or not naturally, and there are just obvious combinations from different cultures that are tried and tested

>> No.18121080

I've been watching a lot of Iron Chef lately, and one thing I've noticed is that I haven't seen anyone use dried spices yet. Herbs occasionally, but no spices.

>> No.18121092

>>18121059
No, I'm saying cooking methods have existed and evolved since before homo sapiens.
If you want to talk specifically about spices then countries have been changing what is common to flavour food with for thousands of years. At what point does your 'tradition' take hold?

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>>18120543
I read this book often, Science of Spice by Stuart Farrimond. Here's an example page. There's other useful stuff but this is the meat of it, concise reference material for every spice.

>> No.18121247

>>18121092
I don't understand, what cooking methods existed before man??

>> No.18121273

>>18121233
thanks anon, this is exactly the kinda thing I was looking for

>> No.18121314

>>18121247
Roasting and possibly boiling

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>>18122573

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>>18122585

>> No.18122625

>>18122573
>>18122595
You can use everything with pork.

>> No.18122743

just taste it?

>> No.18122774

>>18120984
Old world faggot detected.
Don't listen to him. He's just butthurt because cuisine has moved on since the days before refrigeration when they had to come up with recipes that would hide the flavor of rancid meat and veggies.

>> No.18122777

>>18120543
Use your tongue and cook more.

>> No.18122808

Use the recipes, but taste everything, constantly. If you won't die, taste before and after you add seasonings. Learn what salt does to food. Experiment with everything.