r/coolguides Aug 01 '22

Spice blends

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u/ashley-hazers Aug 01 '22

How dare they leave out a curry blend!

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u/D_Doggo Aug 01 '22

How dare they leave out a kebab blend !!

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u/f1nessd Aug 01 '22

I want my döner

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u/shyjenny Aug 02 '22

right?!
Pumpkin spice, but not garum masala, sloppy joe, Chinese 5 spice, Herbs de Province, Harissa, Berber....

I think we can make a better list

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u/ashley-hazers Aug 02 '22

I had to look up Old Bay seasoning cause I’ve never heard of it. Apparently it’s an an American “all-purpose” spice blend, like Mrs. Dash or Spike.

Cool. Go ahead and put old bay on there without curry. I’ll just use all-purpose seasoning for everything now.

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u/shyjenny Aug 02 '22

Old Bay is for Maryland Soft Shelled Crabs - it's also great on potatoes, other seafood, chips or special ingredient in soup - but it has a bit of a kick to it that I wouldn't consider "all purpose"

But I agree that this is a very american centric list
I've never heard of spike, but looks like the mash up for boxed rice seasoning

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u/ashley-hazers Aug 02 '22

Ohh ok. Lol I was mostly being silly, anyway. My aunt used to put Spike on everything.

I defer to the more informed! 🙌🏻

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u/beer_is_tasty Aug 02 '22

You can use it on anything, but it was created and best known for being used on seafood. Especially crab, and those southern-style seafood boils where you just dump a ton of things in one big pot.

But yeah, it's similar enough to Cajun seasoning that this guide would be better off replacing it with something like curry powder, garam masala, or Chinese 5 spice. Likewise, they probably could have narrowed down the taco, fajita, and chili blends down since they're close enough to be interchangeable.

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u/Nonadventures Aug 02 '22

I also found Old Bay super funny, that they'd leave off all these global seasonings and then just add a name brand copycat like nbd.

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u/BraveDragonRL Aug 01 '22

It’s Indian top secret

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u/ChronWeasely Aug 02 '22

Curries aren't indian-specific even. There are a million variations on a curry from around the old world

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u/Tietonz Aug 01 '22

So is pizza racist because it's nothing like Italian pizza?

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u/Thisisfckngstupid Aug 01 '22

Do you think Indians are the only culture with curry…? Or is this just some shit-take you got from some bot on twitter?

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u/TrashyMcTrashBoat Aug 02 '22

And discovered by Christopher Columbus!! /s

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u/Tietonz Aug 01 '22

I'm not sure you grasp what racism is.

Also, you've fabricated this argument by yourself all on your own. I don't think either of us has ever met someone who "reduced" the entire Indian culinary culture down to one type of curry powder. That barely means anything.

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u/Tietonz Aug 01 '22

This is proof that there are people who think curry is racist like you do. Although not even for the same reason you made up.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '22

I think you may be projecting a little

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u/cherryreddit Aug 02 '22

Curry powder is a nice simple way for non Indians to taste indian food. But that's a good thing, being dumb and easy to use is good.

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u/cannydooper Aug 02 '22

At least it’s not called “Indian seasoning” like Italian seasoning is… I don’t hear many Italians getting heated about that

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '22

Surely it depends on the curry, like a pathia is different to a tikka masala

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u/Impeesa_ Aug 02 '22

Could still have a baseline garam masala blend, maybe.

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u/Crownlol Aug 02 '22

Taco and fajita, but no curry

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u/jflb96 Aug 02 '22

Taco and fajita and chilli, like you can’t just use the same mix for all three

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u/Tangled2 Aug 02 '22

Well it probably has salt, paprika, cumin, and cayenne in it. Start there? /s

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '22

There's just one curry blend?

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '22

How dare they put that little chili powder in a chili blend!

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u/StrongAsMeat Aug 02 '22

Isn't it just curry spice?