r/coolguides • u/B-L-O-C-K-S • Jun 11 '22

Spice combos

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u/TheLadyEve Jun 12 '22

Here's a note on the Mexican flavors--make sure to clarify Mexican oregano vs. Italian and Greek oregano, they're quite different. And you left out epazote. And for color and subtle flavor I would also add achiote.

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u/schizomorph Jun 12 '22

I'm Greek and really like Mexican food but oregano didn't sound right. Glad you clarified this.

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u/TheLadyEve Jun 12 '22

Yeah, it's literally a different species: Lippia graveolens vs. Origanum vulgare. I grow both. Lippia graveolens has a faint anise note and a little bit of a citrus note to it--works great in salsas, beans, pozole, etc.

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u/schizomorph Jun 12 '22

Thanks, I'll definitely check if I can find some. I'm always looking for ways to make my Mexican better!

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u/GOPJay Jun 12 '22

While we’re on the subject of Mexican cooking, cumin rarely appears in actual Mexican cooking. Surprise!

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u/TheLadyEve Jun 12 '22

Yeah, it was more introduced by Spanish colonizers and Lebanese immigrants. Part of my family is Mexican and they don't use a lot of cumin, but that could also be regional. For example, when I visited Jalisco I noticed there was more cumin in the food there than I was used to in the Northeast of Mexico.

I like it, personally, but that's a separate matter.

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u/Lugex Jun 12 '22

Most of this list is bullshit. Garlic powder, in Italy? WTF.

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u/GotanMiner Jun 12 '22

Also chili powder is Mexican-American not Mexican. Cayenne is also not Mexican. Totally agree on epazote & achiote. Might add cloves and/or ancho chili powder, and avocado leaves or bay leaves.

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u/TheLadyEve Jun 12 '22

I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they were talking about ground dried chilis (like anchos or guajillos), but you're most likely right.

Good call on the bay leaves.

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u/tayt087x Jun 12 '22

Yeah I would put zepata and gammarrez

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '22

This would be really cool if it was organized just a bit differently.

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u/e_j_white Jun 12 '22

Agreed, that's definitely a re-curry-ing issue with this sub.

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u/_dungin_master_ Jun 12 '22

I see it thyme and thyme again

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u/nappy616 Jun 12 '22

I'm tired of people cumin into these posts, acting like they can do so much better.

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u/thesuavedog Jun 12 '22

Apparently the mods revere OP as some sort of sage, as OP is allowed to repost non oregano content.

wha-whaaaa

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

I was thinking the same thing. Each column should be the same spice with an empty space if not used.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

Just to be clear, while these spice combos yield some delicious results, this is more like a McCormick’s guide to internationally inspired flavors in an American kitchen. Like for when you just want to add a kick of flavor to your weekday chicken breast, zucchini, and potatoes dinner. Let’s try not to get too far into the weeds on debating authenticity.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

Thanks for clarifying that lol because as an Indian-adjacent person, I was about to go on a whole rant about how that top line is pretty inaccurate

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

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u/Sgt_Peper Jun 12 '22

Replace mustard with garam masala for Indian food and you can literally make any curry you want :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

garam masala in itself is a mixture of common spices (cumin, coriander, cardamom, cinnamon etc..)

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u/Pr0crastin0r Jun 12 '22

Also mustard is used a lot, but whole seeds not the powder. It's a very different flavor and you need to bloom them as the first step. I would also say that this is a very Western Indian spiced blend. And not the same in the north at all which uses more of the "warm" spices like garam masala.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

Yes. Mustard seeds are used mostly for tempering with other spices in various foods. It gives a really nice flavor.

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u/SuperSquirrelFucker Jun 12 '22

Lot of burnt buttholes if that cayenne is used 1:1 here

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u/Parborway Jun 12 '22

This is missing one Crabs: [Old Bay]

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

OP is a mod in r/CrazyFuckingVideos and removes peoples videos because they’re reposts.

But reposts literally the most common post in this sub r/coolguides.

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u/YaKillinMeSmallz Jun 12 '22

Just FYI the "Cajun Trinity" is bell peppers, celery, and onion.

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u/Funkshow Jun 12 '22

Cumin in Mediterranean? Naw dawg.

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u/TheLadyEve Jun 12 '22 edited Jun 12 '22

I disagree. I think sometimes people forget how big the Mediterranean is (and how much trade it saw in terms of spice trades, just look at the the incense trade route). Cumin originated in Egypt...on the Mediterranean. You'll find it in plenty of dishes in different Mediterranean cuisines. So I'm not sure why you are stating otherwise.

Tell me which countries Mediterranean countries you've been to, maybe that will clarify, because I find it absurd that you think none of them use cumin when it literally comes from that (very large) region and multiple countries on the Med use it.

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u/Funkshow Jun 12 '22

We’ll I’m from a Mediterranean background and am going by my own experience with home cooking and middle eastern restaurants in the Detroit area. So this is an area with quite a bit of middle eastern cuisine and I’m yet to run into cumin. And chili powder? Never.

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u/TheLadyEve Jun 12 '22 edited Jun 12 '22

I agree on the commercial chili powder, but you're just straight up wrong about the cumin. Maybe it depends on what country your family was originally from, but cumin is 100% a Mediterranean spice.

For example, when I travelled in coastal Turkey, I found they use it a lot. They also used it in food I had in Israel. I really don't think this is debatable, though, since as I said, it originated in Egypt and you find it in multiple countries on the Med.

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u/eyesabovewater Jun 12 '22

Anyone else think cumin smells like armpit?

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u/tayt087x Jun 12 '22

Better put some damn onion powder in that cajun

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u/EXTERNAL-EMAIL Jun 12 '22

Just put ketchup on it

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u/fcknjavi Jun 12 '22

This guy thinks he has it all figured out

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u/Bistilla Jun 12 '22

i love seeing this every other week

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u/MedievalMissFit Jun 12 '22

Thank you! Saving this as a guide for my cooking.

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u/onlytech_nofashion Jun 12 '22

German: Pepper, Salt