
Spices and Herbs
Allspice (whole) – Use in pickling, gravies, stews, soups, preserved fruit, fish dishes, and for spicing meat.
Allspice (ground) – Use in or on apple butter, baked goods, catchup, mincemeat, preserves, pot roast, puddings, relishes, and tomato sauce.
Anise – Sprinkle on coffee cake, cookies, fruits, sweet rolls, etc.
Anise (ground) – Use in candies, cookies, sweet pickles, flavoring for cough syrups, chocolate cake icing and licorice products.
Basil – Use in or on egg dishes, lamb chops, meats, salads, potato soups, potato, poultry, soups, spagetti, steaks, tomato dishes, venison, and wild duck.
Bay Leaves – Use in sauces and gravies, pickled beets, fish dishes, relishes, sauerbraten, spice vinegar, stews and soups.
Caraway Seeds – Use in and on baked goods, sauerkraut, asparagus, cabbage, noodles, soups, french fries, cookies, breads and rolls, loaf cake, kidneys, liver, pork, cheese spreads.
Cardamom Seeds (whole) – Use for pickling, and curries.
Cardamom Seeds (ground) – Use in or on coffee cakes, grape jelly, cookies, mellon, and honey dishes.
Cayenne Pepper – Use in some salad dressings, vegetables, cheese dishes, meat and egg dishes, sauces, curries, and sea food.
Celery Seeds – Use whole or ground in salads, salad dressings, soups, stews, sauces, tomato, egg, potato dishes, vegetables, cheese dishes, fish dishes and pickles.
Chervil – Parsley like, but milder. Use in meats, vegetable soups, tomato dishes, egg dishes, poultry and fish dishes, in peas and carrots, salads, salad dressing, and summer squash.
Chili Powder – Use in chili con carne, gravies, sea food, stews, egg dishes, and cocktail sauce.
Cinnamon (whole) – Use in pickling, preserving, canned or stewed fruits and hot drinks.
Cinnamon (ground) – toast, mashed sweet potatoes, apple or pineapple dishes, blueberries, hot biscuits, puddings, cookies, ice cream, cakes, bananas, broiled grapefruit, baked goods and mincemeat.
Cloves (whole) – Use in bake ham and pork roast, pineapple, pickling peaches, and drinks.
Cloves (ground) – Use in cakes, cookies, desserts, conserves, stews, baked dishes, beets, potato soup, chocolate puddings, and broiled grapefruit.
Coriander Seed – Use in pastry, buns, cakes, cookies, curry sauces, salads and soups.
Cumin (whole) – Use in confections, pastries, cabbage, Cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, and cream cheese.
Cumin (ground) – Use in meat loaf, chili con carne, deviled eggs, fish, rice, cookies, egg and cheese dishes, soup, meat, pickles, sausage, sauerkraut, and Hot Tamales.
Curry Powder – Use in gravies, vegetables, poultry, meat, fish, sauce for eggs, in tomato juice, shrimp, rice, and veal.
Dill Seeds (whole or ground) – Use in pickles, spagetti and tomato dishes, potato salad, salads, sauerkraut, turnips, cabbage, cauliflower, cheese spreads, apple pie, and soups.
Ginger (cracked in) – Use in pickling, applesauce, conserves, chutneys, and stewed dried fruits.
Ginger (ground) – Use in pumpkin pie, gingerbread, canned fruit, melon, chicken dishes, and summer squash.
Mace – Use in fish sauces, poundcake, gingerbread, cherries, whipped cream, jellies, chocolate dishes, and canned fruit.
Marjoram – Use in vegetable sauces, meat pies, stews, carrots, asparagus, limas, cheese and egg dishes, roast lamb, hash, stuffings, and greens.
Nutmeg (ground) – Use in sauces, puddings, green beans, greens, cakes, breads, cauliflower, cabbage, broiled fruits
Topping for eggnog, sauces, whipped cream, and custards.
Oregano – Use in spagetti sauce, stews, pizzas, chili con carne, pork hamburgers, omelets, and cheese dishes.
Paprika – Use in and on fish, meats, salad dressings, gravies, vegetables, shellfish, egg dishes, and vegetable salads.
Parsley Flakes – Use in or on stews, soups, salads, sauces, all vegetables, omelets, potatoes, and stuffings.
Pepper (whole) – Use in soups, gravies, pickling, meats, and pepper grinders.
Pepper (ground) - Use in meat, fish, vegetable, egg dishes, gravies, salads, sauces, vegetables.
Poppy Seeds – Sprinkle on rolls, cookies, breads.
Use in noodles, and salads.
Poultry Seasoning – Use in stuffings, biscuit dough, veal, pork, poultry, meat loaf, dumplings, and meat pie crust.
Rosemary – Use in boiled potatoes, biscuit dough, peach salad, grapefruit, pear, orange, tossed in vegetable, sauces for meat and fish, lamb and poultry dishes, vegetables, stews, and roasts.
Sage – Use in and on fish, pork, ham, cheese, sausage, salads, tomato dishes, and poultry.
Saffron – Adds flavor and color to rice, baked goods, etc.
Savory – Use in potato dishes, squash, egg, rices dishes, hamburger, roast, meat loaf, vegetable soup, green limas, and baked beans.
Tarragon – Use in tomato dishes, poultry dishes, egg, peas, mushrooms, greens, beets, sea food, sauces, and salads.
Thyme – Use in fish dishes, cheese, stuffings, chowders, stews, breads, tomatoes, peas, eggplant, carrots, pork, and veal.
Turmeric- Use in eggs, chicken, fish, pickling mixtures, mustards, and curries.