On 10/15/2014 3:12 AM, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
> Cheryl > wrote:
>> On 10/14/2014 8:47 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>>
>>> What are your favorite spice mixes? It's that time of year again and I'm
>>> going to make up jars of spice mixes to go with Christmas gifts this
>>> year. I know I can't get some of the herbs locally fresh, but I can get
>>> the imported ones and dry them myself, such as some that go into Italian
>>> Seasoning. I just dried some parsley and basil because they were
>>> getting to the point to use them or lose them. I made some Italian
>>> seasoning with some dried herbs added.
>>>
>>> I plan to buy anything I'm going to use for gifts fresh if they're
>>> already dried, and anything I can dry myself I will. I also just found
>>> some cute spice jars on Amazon along with some "chalkboard" labels with
>>> a chalk pen, so the bottles can be relabeled if the giftee wants to do so.
>>>
>> Another spice mix I really like is Emeril's Essence. That's one I don't
>> think you can buy in a store, but it's just a cajun mix.
>
> Making your own curry powder is quite an adventure. It's also the only way
> to get really POTENT curry powder any more.
>
I'm not a fan of curry dishes, but for gifts I could make some curry
powder. I saw a recipe for it while I was looking around the net. Thanks.

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