Well folks, on this page we are going to deal with spices in general. I must confess to you, that when I started to write, a question started to come to my mind. OK Valéria, but who is looking at this Blog and doesn't know, and doesn't even understand much about Cuisine, Gastronomy, Culinary or any other name you want, how to know exactly what it means: seasoning, herbs, spices and condiments ? I researched these definitions a lot so that we could not confuse the terms. Come on:

 

Seasoning: these are the ingredients we use to flavor a dish, whether it is fresh, dry, powder and / or paste. This means that when we talk about seasoning, that is, we will add salt, onion, garlic, herbs and spices, sugar, sauce and so on. Therefore, it is the set of ingredients that we use to flavor or enhance the flavor of a dish.

 

Condiments: these are substances intended to season and enhance the taste of food. It can be of vegetable, animal (meat broth) or mineral (salt) origin. In general, the difference is that most of the time, they can be eaten separately or in different types of dishes. Some examples: mustard, pickles, ketchup, etc .....

 

Herbs : it is an item used in the seasoning of the dish, and as the name says, they are leaves and sometimes flowers of the plants, and can also be dehydrated. Herbs most of the time should be used at the end of the dish, however some Mediterranean herbs such as oregano, rosemary, bay leaves and thyme because they can withstand high temperatures can be added during the cooking of the dish.

 

Spices: These are grains, seeds, fruits or part of a flower, bulb, bark or root of a dry or fresh plant. Spices should be purchased preferably in grains and reduced to powder only when using them due to the release of the volatile oils that come off, which are responsible for the aroma and flavor of the dishes. Powdered spices lose much of their quality, both in flavor and aroma. The mixtures made with these ingredients, such as: curry, ras el ahnout, colombo, a mixture of 4 spices, 5 Chinese spices, etc ... also called masala (we will see each of them) are included in this appellation. I have separated a short video about the spices that I found fantastic and I want to share with you, I can guarantee that it is spectacular, and literally it is an explosion of indescribable colors and it is worth every fraction of a second that you miss to see it. Before going to give some information about this video so fantastic and special.

 

Schwartz - The Sound of Sabor
Paul Wentworth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Let's go to a brief explanation of what we will find in the tabs that are divided into herbs, spices and some recipes for mixtures of spices, such as Garan Masala, curries from Indonesia etc. And I hope they will be useful, remembering as I said, the taste, each being able to discover his own use, making his alchemy, his discoveries, imagining, traveling or through a photo, music, or even a book or story and let himself be enveloped by the magic of the spices and in this way feed the soul and the body.