I have a small basket of cooking amenities that I take when renting a cabin. It has a small spice rack I made from some glass vials and a makeup organizer. There’s a small pepper mill with mixed peppercorns, and I keep a separate jar of pink Himalayan salt, and there are four vials. I had three filled with pumpkin spice, smoked paprika, and garlic powder, and I took to the Fediverse to ask for others’ suggested load-outs. I ended up taking the suggestion of cumin for the fourth vial, but there is plenty of food for thought in the responses.
- Jacky said he loves cumin, and garlic powder and chili powder would be good amendments.
- Big Jesus Trashcan said garlic, chili powder, Italian blend, ginger & cinnamon
- _cr0_tab said garam masala, five spice, pumpkin spice, and dried herbs (marjoram, oregano, thyme, sage, rosemary)
- lord bowlich said garlic, cumin, chili powder, oregano
Recommendations by popularity:
- Garlic powder (3)
- Chili powder (3)
- Oregano (2)
- Cumin (2)
- Italian blend (1)
- Ginger (1)
- Pumpkin spice (1)
- Five spice (1)
- Garam masala (1)
- Marjoram (1)
- Thyme (1)
- Sage (1)
- Rosemary (1)
- Cinnamon (1)
What I Used
On my recent trip, here’s what I used:
- The items I got at the farmers market lent themselves to Tex-Mex, so I used garlic, cumin, and smoked paprika.
- I had some single serving packets of chai latte and matcha latte that I wanted to use up, so I didn’t use the pumpkin spice for beverages this time.
- I planned to put pumpkin spice in oatmeal, but I ended up doing a savory breakfast instead of sweet and did not use the oats I brought, nor the pumpkin spice there.
I still think I like most of my current loadout, but I could be swayed to change it. I think I may do a blend of chipotle with the smoked paprika as I would like more heat next time.
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