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Use sparingly thanks for you to strong taste.

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TARRAGON

Leaves with the French tarragon plant Artemisia dracunculus cv. Use sparingly due in order to strong taste.

. This specific is also the actual main ingredient inside American-style ("ballpark") mustard.

VANILLA

Beans in the vanilla orchid Vanilla planifolia

Sweet, highly aromatic



Remove seeds from whole, dried beans; or, in extract

With coffee, in desserts which includes ice cream, puddings as well as cakes

WHITE PEPPER

Peeled as well as dried green peppercorns from the pepper tree, Piper nigrum

Similar in order to black peppercorn, yet milder

Freshly ground

As any condime nt

WINTER SAVORY

Leaves regarding winter months savory plant Satureja montana

Combination associated with thyme along with mint

Dried or even fresh

Pates, soups, meat, fish as well as bean dishes. Russian tarragon just isn't considered of culinary value.

In tartar sauce, as flavoring for cream sauces, throughout egg dishes along with seafood salads

THYME

Leaves with the thyme plant Thymus vulgaris

Minty, lemony

Fresh as well as dried

In omelettes, stews, bland soups, and stuffing regarding chicken, or even as flavoring pertaining to green salads as well as cooked vegetables

TURMERIC

Root with the turmeric plant Curcuma domestica, a tropical plant related in order to ginger

Pungent, somewhat bitter

Dried and ground

Curries, East Indian recipes.

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OREGANO

Leaves of the oregano plant Origanum vulgare

Similar to become able to marjoram, however, not as sweet

Fresh as well as dried

In Italian dishes, inside chili, along with vegetables, soups

PAPRIKA

Fruit from a sweet pepper plant Capiscum annum

Sweet in order to hot, somewhat bitter

Dried as well as ground

In Hungarian dishes which includes goulash, within soups, in potato or egg salad

PARSLEY

Leaves in the parsley plant Petroselinum crispum

Mildly peppery

Fresh; dried an extremely poor substitute

As the garnish, within sauces, soups and salads

POPPY SEED

Seeds in the poppy flower Papaver somniferum

Nutty

Dried, whole

In muffins and also cakes, salad dressings.

ROSEMARY

Leaves in the rosemary plant Rosmarinus officinalis

Very aromatic, faintly lemony as well as piney

Fresh or dried

In meat (especially lamb) or perhaps fish dishes along with sauces

SAFFRON

Dried stigmas and also upper styles of the saffron crocus Crocus sativus

Pungent, aromatic

Dried

Flavoring along with dyes in rice, stews, curries and also fish. This particular is the world's priciest spice

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SAGE

Leaves in the sage plant Salvia officinalis

Musty, slightly bitter

Fresh as well as dried

Beef, fish dishes, stews, stuffings; common sausage flavoring

SALT

Salt mines, seawater

Salty

Granular

Baking, preserving, curing, as a condiment

SESA ME SEED

Seeds of the sesame plant Sesamum indicum

Nutty

Whole

In breads and cookies, throughout salad dressings

STAR ANISE

Star-shaped fruit of a tree native in order to China Illicium verum

Very similar to anise

Whole

In herbal tea mixtures, in chicken as well as casserole dishes, as well as use as you'd anise

SUMMER SAVORY

Leaves involving the summertime savory plant Satureja hortensis

Cross in between thyme and also mint, a new bit milder compared to winter savory



Fresh or even dried

Pates, soups, meat, fish along with bean dishes. 'Sativa'

Anise-like

Fresh or frozen