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Spicy comment thread

[(Anonymous)]

Does anyone know any good books for learning how to cook effectively with spices. I'm from a region where spices started and ended with salt and pepper, and maybe a little garlic if you wanted to be "exotic", and I want to learn to cook better. Is there a spices for dummies book?

Re: Spicy comment thread

[(Anonymous)]

the thing about herbs and spices is that it's a matter of taste, so it's hard to give exact rules about it. But for a quick and simple rec, I like rosemary, celery salt, parsley, and a little cumin on my chicken, thyme for fish, and, because I am lazy, steak seasoning on beef

Re: Spicy comment thread

[(Anonymous)]

I highly recommend wandering through whatever local equivalent of a farmer's market you have available to you and buying any herbs that smell like you want to eat them. Then play the google game of "what dish do I put these in and how do I best cook it?"

Re: Spicy comment thread

[(Anonymous)]

I think there's not really a guide to spices one can get, but more so certain types of cuisines you can try that uses a variety of spices all together that might be a good starting point.

Maybe start with a cuisine that you're familiar with (maybe Italian/greek) and then try other types like Chinese/Japanese/Korean as a mid point towards spice heavy cuisines like arabic/Indian/Thai.

At the end of the day it's all subjective and you'll find dishes that have flavours you like that you'll prob end up incorporating into simpler dishes.

Re: Spicy comment thread - Tasty.co

[(Anonymous)]

I know you said cookbooks but can I recommend something online? Tasty.co is amazing -- they do all sorts of recipes and show videos on the cooking process. You can search by dish, ingredient, meal type or even cooking method.

What's also nice is you can read the comments left by those who tried the recipe for further feedback on how the dish comes out as well as sometimes giving tips or flourishes they did.

Re: Spicy comment thread

[(Anonymous)]

Echoing other comments to pick a regional cuisine you like and learn how to make well-seasoned food you like.

Re: Spicy comment thread

[(Anonymous)]

My suggestion is to pick a basic dish you already know how to cook (so that figuring out a new cooking technique isn't necessary). Then google that dish and look through the variations until something looks good/spicy and make that. Then try another and see how the spices make it taste different and which one you like better.

Some basic dishes (I'm an American; adjust if you're from another country) are chicken soup (every country has chicken soup and they're all delicious), hamburgers/meatballs, different kinds of pasta sauces, etc. Don't forget to check out Youtube which has a million cooking videos, including intro to herbs and spices.

You can also look through this website. They want you to buy their spices so all their recipes should be easy and tasty.

https://www.mccormick.com/recipes#DishType

Re: Spicy comment thread

[(Anonymous)]

Cooking with spices can be intimidating because depending on what cuisine you're working with, a single recipe can use a LOT of spices. (For example, Indian curries.) If you're starting out with nothing, then spending a ton of money on half a dozen or more spices/herbs feels like a big investment for something that you don't know you'll like yet. That's why I'd recommend approaching this from a recipe standpoint and not a spices standpoint. Are there any particular regional cuisines that appeal to you? I'd start there.

If you're not sure, then I'd start with something simple, like roast chicken - olive oil (or butter), salt, pepper (fresh ground is better than pre-ground) and dried thyme is simple, but delicious.

Re: Spicy comment thread

[(Anonymous)]

I think I know what kind of book you mean, because I looked for one myself once. A book that tells you what flavors go together, when to add spices during the cooking process, that kind of thing? I never found one.

It's all very well saying just pick a cuisine and cook it, but when that goes badly and nobody can explain to you why then you have no way of learning.

Re: Spicy comment thread

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know of a book like that, but I really agree with the suggestion to start with a fairly simple dish that you're already familiar with and just experiment. Taste frequently while you're cooking.

Also experiment with eating a lot of different dishes from different cuisines, and whenever you find one that you really love, google recipes for it and see which spices and herbs come up the most often. You'll start to build up a mental library of thoughts like (example) "oh, this dish I love has a lot of cumin, I want to try to work with cumin."

Re: Spicy comment thread

[(Anonymous)]

This was pretty much my experience too. And honestly, most of the tips above would not be helpful for me. They are too complicated and assume a level of knowledge that I don't have. The level 0 tips, the "explain it me like you would to a 5-year old" tips are the ones that I would need.
I recently found this blog post series that looks promising:
https://www.cooksmarts.com/articles/ultimate-infographic-guide-spices/
I haven't had a time to try much of their tips yet though.

Re: Spicy comment thread

[(Anonymous)]

If you have been toying with the idea of adding spices to your food and are not sure where to start, then all I can suggest is get yourself 3 basic spices such as

1. cinnamon stick
2. coriander powder and
3. cumin powder
These three spices are very versatile and have a subtle flavour.

They can be easily added to many dishes and not just Indian meals.

Few tips on to begin adding these spices to your meals are:

- Throw in a cinnamon stick while you boil the soup broth.
- Add a tsp or two of cumin powder to your stews and soups
- Add coriander powder to dressings and rubs
- Marinade your meat with a mix of cumin and coriander powder.
- Add a stick of cinnamon when you cook rice
- Make a little blend of cinnamon powder, cumin powder and coriander powder and add a tsp to make a basic curry sauce with onion, ginger, garlic and tomatoes.

Following these tips will help you become comfortable with spices and slowly you can build your spice cabinet.

My suggestion is to start with the dishes you have already made before and alter the recipes by adding a tsp or two of your chosen spice and taste the difference.

https://spiceitupp.com/dummies-guide-to-cooking-with-spices/

Hair Decisions :)

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, so today I decided to shave for the first time in ... a very long time. I'm a very hairy woman and I generally don't bother but I just had a sudden whim in the bath today and decided, "hokay, legs, time to see skin again". Then I thought since I'd already done the legs, I might as well do the armpits because one and not the other would look silly. Currently debating whether the mustache is visible enough to bother...

So... fandomsecret denizens of all identities: what (if anything) do you shave?

Re: Hair Decisions :)

[tabaqui]

Tops of my big toes. Stupid hobbit feet. Sadly, i *do* have a bit of a mustache going in BLACK hair, so i have wee electric 'lady shaver' thing that I use on that, because i'm too blind to pluck the damn things out (just not blind enough to not see them).

That's it.

Re: Hair Decisions :)

[(Anonymous)]

Everything except my head and eyebrows. It is just good hygiene.

Re: Hair Decisions :)

[(Anonymous)]

I don't shave anything - I'm too lazy to bother and I'm too butch for it too matter that much in my dating life. I do buzz my own hair though, mostly because there's no way I'm gonna pay almost $30 for "3 on the sides, 4 on top."

Re: Hair Decisions :)

[(Anonymous)]

I tend to use an electric razor to trim, or I tweeze. Armpits, facial hair, and eyebrows get the most attention. Legs only if I'm not covering them up outside, which is rare.

Re: Hair Decisions :)

[pantswarrior]

Underarms not because I care how it looks so much as because otherwise deodorant residue can show up if I swipe on too much. Easiest just to remove whatever it would stick to every couple weeks.

Legs if I feel like it, or if I'm going to be wearing a female cosplay that shows the legs. (Male cosplays that show the legs I don't really care.)

Re: Hair Decisions :)

[(Anonymous)]

I shave my legs (including toes), arms, underarms, and mustache, but I only shave my legs during the summer because it’s too hot for pants. I don’t bother with it the rest of the year ‘cause my legs are Sasquatch-level hairy and take forever to shave.

Re: Hair Decisions :)

[philstar22]

I always do my armpits because the hair there grosses me out. And my face because I hate that I have a semi-beard and mustache. I only do my legs when I want to wear a dress, and when I do them I only do up to my knees.

Re: Hair Decisions :)

[(Anonymous)]

Armpits, on account of armpit hair catches smells easily and I'm allergic to a lot of deoderants.

And there's a little bit of facial hair (upper lip and one spot on my chin) that I pluck with tweezers now and then.

Otherwise I leave my hirsute shins and... other stuff, as nature wills.

[(Anonymous)]

it's too hot to do any work

Book recs (or any rec)

[philstar22]

Looking for some recs, maybe others are too.

If today was New Year's, what song would you want to listen to as the first song of the new year?

[(Anonymous)]

And why?