How to not make bland food Life Entry posted by Zeddy October 16, 2014 1,421 views Share More sharing options... Followers 1 Please help me I don't know how.
believe victims Posted October 16, 2014 do what ancient people did: salt. everywhere. everything must be salted until it wrinkles. Quote Link to comment
Zeddy Posted October 16, 2014 The closest I've come to having rice/meat/veggies not taste like rice/meat/veggies is drowning it in Worcestershire (?) sauce and soy sauce etc. and even that didn't make much of a difference. So you guys are saying dry/ground spices are better when it comes to seasoning? I'll give it a shot. Quote Link to comment
Makaru Posted October 16, 2014 BEST TIP you can always add more so start with just a little bit and add more to taste. 2 Quote Link to comment
~Shockwave~ Posted October 16, 2014 Habanero peppers will ensure you won't even notice the taste. Quote Link to comment
Zeddy Posted October 16, 2014 Hm ok. Also do you add onions to everything? Because one time I had an omelet without onions and then I had one with onions and the difference in taste was ridiculous. Quote Link to comment
Zeddy Posted October 16, 2014 Fire drills are annoying enough as it is, don't need to add an actual fire to the mix D: Quote Link to comment
Ehksidian Posted October 16, 2014 but it enhances the flavornothing like having your mouth on fire when eating food Quote Link to comment
xccj Posted October 16, 2014 Don't enter the kitchen! (What, you said "how to not make bland food", not "how to make good food.") Quote Link to comment
Aanchir Posted October 16, 2014 Some spices I really like include curry powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, garlic, and ginger. Might want to make sure your kitchen is well-ventilated if you're cooking with a lot of spices, though. The smell can get pretty overpowering. Curry powder is a spice that can work with rice, meat, and veggies alike. Look for recipes! 5 Quote Link to comment
Makaru Posted October 16, 2014 Some spices I really like include curry powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, garlic, and ginger. Might want to make sure your kitchen is well-ventilated if you're cooking with a lot of spices, though. The smell can get pretty overpowering. Curry powder is a spice that can work with rice, meat, and veggies alike. Look for recipes! This is the one right here. Quote Link to comment
Pomegranate Posted October 16, 2014 Pesto is universal, as is hummus, or habaneros like Shockwave said. Maybe just for me, that first one Anything, really, that has flavor and is condiment-y. I go through long periods of time sticking to one before moving on to something new. I'm in a Tabasco hot sauce phase, I've actually got my bottle next to me right now. I had some Tabasco chocolate yesterday, which is apparently an actual product they make, and it wasn't bad, so I guess I can say it goes with anything. "Can I put this on chocolate" is usually where you have to draw the line 1 Quote Link to comment
Zeddy Posted October 17, 2014 Some spices I really like include curry powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, garlic, and ginger. Might want to make sure your kitchen is well-ventilated if you're cooking with a lot of spices, though. The smell can get pretty overpowering. Curry powder is a spice that can work with rice, meat, and veggies alike. Look for recipes! Cool, thanks for the advice! Just a quick question- on average, how many cloves of garlic do you use? I can never get the flavour to stick, yanno? Quote Link to comment
Kaleidoscope Tekulo Posted October 17, 2014 Cook with butter, sweat your veggies, utilize natural flavors of your ingredients, garlic is amazing, the sweetness of a sweet potato can be brought out with a pinch of salt, peanutbutter and coconut milk make for a nice curry base but be sure to add brown sugar, use butter, searing meat can be super delicious if done properly, cook grains like couscous with chicken or beef broth, cook with butter, cheeses can be fantabulously amazing. Without specifics, that's the best I can give you. 1 Quote Link to comment
Makaru Posted October 17, 2014 Some spices I really like include curry powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, garlic, and ginger. Might want to make sure your kitchen is well-ventilated if you're cooking with a lot of spices, though. The smell can get pretty overpowering. Curry powder is a spice that can work with rice, meat, and veggies alike. Look for recipes! Cool, thanks for the advice! Just a quick question- on average, how many cloves of garlic do you use? I can never get the flavour to stick, yanno?One or two cloves per person is a good start. Quote Link to comment
Zeddy Posted October 17, 2014 Ok I tried some suggestions from here, mainly paprika (and salt) coz that's what I had on hand. Though I may have accidentally added in a little more than I would have liked. The food most definitely was not bland. Oh well, I guess I'll keep experimenting with amounts and different spices. I'll definitely check out the curry powder and stuff. Quote Link to comment
Ehksidian Posted October 17, 2014 Ok I tried some suggestions from here, mainly paprika (and salt) coz that's what I had on hand. Though I may have accidentally added in a little more than I would have liked. The food most definitely was not bland. Oh well, I guess I'll keep experimenting with amounts and different spices. I'll definitely check out the curry powder and stuff. did you set it on fire though is the questionor at least set the stuff below it on fire Quote Link to comment
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