Standard Spices & Their Uses

• Berry of a Caribbean tree with the combined flavor of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.
• Uses are for cakes, cookies, pies, puddings, breads, meats, eggs, fish, gravies, pickles.
• Licorice-flavored member of the carrot family grown in Spain, Mexico, and India.
• Uses are for breads, pastries, cookies, candies, meat, poultry, fruits.
• Aromatic fruit of zinziberaceous plants grown in Ceylon, India, and Central America.
• Uses are for breads, cakes, cookies, pastries, fruits, meats, poultry, fish.
• The inner bark of Cinnamon zeylancium which is grown in Ceyon. Cassia cinnamon also grows in the Middle East and is more commonly used.
• Uses are for cookies, cakes, pies, puddings, pickles, breads, sauces, vegetables.
• Pungent flavor buds of the clove tree. Grown in the Netherlands, East Indies, Zanzibar, and Madagascar.
• Uses are for cakes, pies, puddings, sauces, pork, lamb, pickles, fruits, breads, cookies.
• Plant grown in semi-tropical countries.
• Uses are for cakes, cookies, pies, sweet-and-sour dishes, fruits, poultry, meats, vegetables.
• Fibrous husk of nutmeg
• Uses are for sauces, gravies, soups, cakes, cookies, pies, veal, fish, stews, egg and cheese dishes, vegetables.
• Bitter and biting plant.
• Uses are for sauces, pickles, salad dressings, deviled foods, dips, egg dishes, marinades, pork, ham, corned beef.
• Mellow, sweet, nutty seed of the Myristica tree grown in the Netherlands East Indies and British West Indies.
• Uses are for cookies, cakes, breads, pies, meats, fruits, vegetables, eggs, sauces.
• Sweet Red Pepper
• Uses are for shellfish, fish, salad dressings, poultry, vegetables, soups.
• Biennial herb
• Uses are for meats, vegetables, salads.
• Tiny, nutty-flavored seed of the poppy.
• Uses are for breads, pastries, cookies, cakes, salads.
• The stamen of the Crocus sativus.
• Uses: breads, cakes, rice, meats, poultry, fish.
• An aromatic seed with a nutty flavor.
• Uses: breads, pastries, salads, cookies.
• Deep, yellow-orange root of an Asian plant related to ginger.
• Uses are for pickles, chutneys, curries, dressings, dips.

1. Spices can quite literally "spice"-up any recipe you have!
2. Add spark and zesty flavor to everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to whipped cream and desserts.
3. Try them to make simple recipes into something exciting!
4. Use a small amount to start with and add until you like the taste.
5. Sometimes, spices will not BE the flavor but "carry" the flavor of the other ingredients in a recipe.
6. Try some new spices today!

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