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.

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