What kind of whole spices do you use? (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

Ground spices of all types are super common of course, it’s a good way to infuse food with flavor. But are there any spices you use where you use the whole form rather than the ground up version?

For us we use whole peppercorns (both black and white), cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, star anise, white and black cardamom, and if you count them fennel seeds (they’re already small to start with though). I think thats all of them, we use some more often than others ofc. This thread also made me remember to add whole cloves to my shopping list as a maybe
Edit: And yellow mustard seed. Forgot those

 

[athenaaa]

We have bay leaves and black peppercorns in our cupboard. Realistically I only use bay leaves

 

[StirFriedPanda]

Bay leaves, I love bay leaves.

 

[Ahsoka]

Bay leaves, I love bay leaves.

My grandma told me about how she doesn’t buy bay leaves because she tried them when she visited the Mediterranean area and now store bought seem terrible. Maybe I’m not spoiled enough for that but I like them, even if store bought

 

[StirFriedPanda]

My grandma told me about how she doesn’t buy bay leaves because she tried them when she visited the Mediterranean area and now store bought seem terrible. Maybe I’m not spoiled enough for that but I like them, even if store bought

Fresh does taste better. My sister grows them I think