Friday, February 20, 2009

Use of spices explained for foodies

By Bill Troy

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach as they say. Well not only is this true for man it is true for everyone. Good tasting food is a must for it being palatable. Purely bland food is a tough nut to crack. You can have the bland food for a day and not more than that and will crave for something tastier than that.

Spices and herbs actually provide that very much needed taste to the food. Now for the spices to be added you need to make sure that the spices are fresh and also the adequate quantities to be added.

Proper mix or proportion is very important for the addition of spices. Most of the spices come in the powdered form or in the leaves form.

As far as the usability of the spices goes the important thing to learn is compatibility of a particular type of food with a particular type of spice. This is the same way as you should know which wine to serve with what kind of food.

There is no sure shot method of the quantity which can be used in the food. Your help for the quantity is the online food sites as well as recipe books available all over. Make sure that you do not add more spices because more is generally not acceptable but less is acceptable.

If you are reading the recipe books they generally tend to border on more commercial side of things which means the quantities and styles are more over the top. You may need use you own estimate for the home cooked food.

Packaging of spices is very important as that retains the freshness, taste and the flavor of the spices. So make sure that you buy spices of a good brand and once if you opened them make sure to close them properly or seal the mouth of the bottle or the pack correctly

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