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Subject: Re: I'm really starting to like this stuff
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Ed P wrote:

> On 4/18/2025 9:04 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2025-04-18 7:47 p.m., Carol wrote:
> > > ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > There's several ingredients involved when you make ranch
> > > > dressing from scratch if you don't have the packets.
> > > 
> > > It's often a matter of not wanting to have an extensive spice
> > > stock, so sometimes it makes sense to get a blend.
> > 
> > I am not sure I follow that. A spice blend is, by definition, a
> > mixture  of certain spices. Each of the  components is usually
> > something a decent  cook would have on hand anyway, so it makes
> > good sense to me to have the  component herbs and spices and to
> > simply add those rather than to have  to go out and buy an much
> > more expensive mixture.
> > 
> > 
> > I can't help but to think of seeing cinnamon sugar in the spice
> > shelf at  a local grocery store and the per unit cost of the stuff
> > was more than  per unit cost of cinnamon, and the mixture was only
> > one part cinnamon to  3-4 parts sugar. Rip Off.
> > 
> 
> Depends.  Cinnamon sugar is rather simple. There are some blends that
> have quite a few spices/herbs and some you may not have on hand.  Do
> you have dried red bell pepper?  How much lemon zest do you put in
> your steak blend with hickory smoke?
> 
> McCormick Grill Mates Brown Sugar Bourbon Marinade is a distinctive
> blend of sweet brown sugar, savory spices bourbon, and red bell
> pepper.
> 
> Chicago Steak Seasoning  salt, Tellicherry black pepper, sugar,
> garlic, onion, lemon zest, citric acid and natural hickory smoke
> flavor

Yes.  The more exotic, the fewer of us might be able to swing it.  In
my case, I don't have Peruvian chiles. I have powdered Calamansi which
is close to lime and *might* work.  Plenty of the rest except I'd drop
the cilantro which is so lightly there, you can't taste the soap (grin).