Originally Posted by CurrentlySober (Post 19328324)

No, I dont mean do you add salt n pepper to a ready meal... I do cook on occasion from scratch, and I often find myself adding hotter things to my 'concoction'

I was however considering on getting one of those spice rack sets that hold about 20 or so diff bottles of stuff, and having a play.

So in other words, I just wondered if this is an outdated pointless concept, or worth a punt? That said though, its not like I cook from scratch every day, so I just wondered if it was a thing people normally bother to do or not.

Originally Posted by DamianJ (Post 19328763)

It depends on the recipe. If the recipe calls of herbs and spices, I use herbs and spices. I mainly cook thai and indian food, so need a very wide range of spices to make that as authentically as I can.

I've never heard of anyone thinking herbs and spices are outdated?

Americans seem to use the word "spicy" to mean "hot". Whereas obviously there are a massive range of spices that have no heat at all. So maybe some confusion there...

Originally Posted by Rebel D (Post 19328849)

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