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I'm confused--which spices do you want to omit in favor of peppers? I mean, you can't sub turmeric or cinnamon or smoked paprika or coriander with pepper and expect the same flavor profile. It's like saying "Can I just use potatoes instead of any other vegetable?"
I'm confused--which spices do you want to omit in favor of peppers? I mean, you can't sub turmeric or cinnamon or smoked paprika or coriander with pepper and expect the same flavor profile. It's like saying "Can I just use potatoes instead of any other vegetable?"
Well, it could be the culinary equivalent of the Schwa Project whose objective was to replace all the vowels in English with the "schwa" or "uhhh" sound.
Or you could just go all Iowa and limit your spices to two, salt and black pepper - and they're not quite sure about black pepper, either.
I use only the following:
cumin, oregano, basil, cayenne, garlic, salt and pepper. Sometimes thyme, sometimes curry. Sometimes soy sauce.
I find that these and combinations thereof work for just about everything and as to which to put in what, experiment. It's just a matter of what YOU like.
If it's beans I use more cumin, if it's pasta I use more oregano, etc.
I'm certainly not a cook and not a foodie, I just cook when I have to and make stuff I like.
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OP, I don't understand where all these people are going with their answers but to succinctly answer your question - organic peppers can replace...peppers!
Exactly, use peppers to replace peppers. Could you imagine replacing cinnamon in your oatmeal with peppers? Peppers taste like peppers. Other things taste completely different. Some spices work well in sweet dishes, others work well in savory and most taste nothing like each other. Some taste lemony, grassy, onion-y, garlic-y, some taste lick licorice, and others have smoky, or very herbaceous flavors. Often the bottle of spice will say specifically what it goes well with right there on the back label. Like on a bottle of ground coriander it might say "goes well with chicken or fish", etc. Some spices are used in desserts most frequently, but also go well with vegetables and starches. Different cuisines from other countries use various spices differently. Read recipes and you will soon learn what spices are typically paired with which foods.
Sichuan hot oils are perfect examples of how peppers and spices together can create really good hot pepper sauces or oils that are used for dipping, sauces, soup bases, or as a marinade.
Well, when you find out what kind of organic peppers taste like thyme, rosemary, comino, or cinnamon, let us know, won't you?
THIS^^^!
Other than imported paprika, cayenne pepper and chili powder, I can think of few spices that taste anything like peppers - organic or not.
And, I don't even think those three peppery spices taste exactly alike.
You have 15 spices? I have a closet full! Maybe 40 at any given time.
I am curious, how did you come up with this?
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