"jmcquown" wrote in message news
On 6/21/2017 8:33 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> "Gary" wrote in message news >> On 6/21/2017 10:35 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> When Dad was 83, Mom had a hard time getting him to eat. (It didn't
>>> help that he had Alzheimers.) There was nothing wrong with her pot
>>> roast, mashed potatoes and green beans. But she never really made
>>> much use of herbs and spices.
>>
>> No offense to Mom but that comment right there explains why he didn't
>> care to eat her food. No herbs or spices? Bland crappy food, imo.
>>
>>
>> ==
>>
>> Why? Not everyone likes spices you know!
>
> (fixed minor typo above).
>
> It may be a language thing here but you seem to relate the word
> 'spices' to 'spicy' and mean hot. USA/Canada folks don't mean that when
> they says 'spices' in the same way you might be thinking. Sure, we
> might but it's not automatic.
>
Surely you know by now Ophelia and her husband don't like pepper. I
don't mean chili peppers, just plain ground pepper, which *is* a spice.

To me, life without pepper would be very bland indeed. But we can't all
like the same things.

Pretty much the only seasonings my mom used when I was growing up was
salt & pepper. Occasionally garlic powder or onion powder. Herbs? Bay
leaf in the simmered pot roast and occasionally some parsley. My mom's
cooking mostly *was* pretty bland.

Jill

==
We love and I grow, mint, rosemary, sage and thyme.

I don't like to cover up the flavour of the food which is why I am careful
with the additions.


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