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.