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Can you name a simple ingredient that can drastically change the flavor of most any foods?



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Posted - November 25, 2016
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  • You have provided the answer already.
      November 25, 2016 2:02 AM MST
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  • 1268
    The one and only answer, a redhead or a pepper?
      November 25, 2016 2:15 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Curry will be another...

      November 25, 2016 2:04 AM MST
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  • 1268
    True curry is simply an Indian dish that may contain a variety of spices.

    Which curry spice in particular did you have in mind?

    As a side note, turmeric tastes like dirt to me by itself but somehow adds wonderful flavor to food.
      November 25, 2016 2:13 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Any curry I have tasted in my life have made me in no doubt it was a part of the dish. I didn't have any specific in mind when replying. :-)
      November 25, 2016 2:18 AM MST
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  • 1268
    My estranged wife was born in Hyderabad, so I learned a lot living with her.

    Everything here loses a bit of authenticity.

    Before i met her, I bought some 'Curry Powder' and soon found it was pretty useless and I needed to either dump the whole box in the curry or use the individual spices. Mostly just Chili Powder, Turmeric and Cayenne were in most of the curries but her grandmother sent a curry powder she made from India and I have no idea what was in it. Maybe the curry leaves, make curry?

    They called pretty much any main dish curry regardless of what it was flavored with. All the spices had a reason more than just flavoring
    though, a lot has to do with Ayurveda.
      November 25, 2016 3:22 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Sounds delicious. I love a great stew with a spicy curry and next a chilled glass of beer on the side. Usually I'd go with a glass of wine but not with a spicy curry dish. Cheers. :-)
      November 25, 2016 4:03 AM MST
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  • 326
    cooking it
      November 25, 2016 2:10 AM MST
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  • 17261
    That's an ingredient?
      November 25, 2016 2:12 AM MST
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  • 1268
    I've never tried it as an ingredient, something new I guess.
      November 25, 2016 2:15 AM MST
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  • 326
    sorry,my bad.
      November 25, 2016 2:16 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Happens. :-)
      November 25, 2016 2:18 AM MST
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  • 326
    drugs
      November 25, 2016 2:23 AM MST
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  • 17261
    It happens to me without the possibility to claim DUI. ;-)
      November 25, 2016 2:25 AM MST
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  • 326
    ok
      November 25, 2016 2:33 AM MST
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  • 1268
    There are a lot of drugs behind the questioning
      November 25, 2016 3:12 AM MST
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  • 326
    happy hour ques
      November 25, 2016 3:15 AM MST
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  • Being lazy. ... I'll pick the easy one. . The obvious one .. NaCl ... sodium chloride .. Salt .... and one ingredient that Always makes food taste immeasurably better is sharing with a loved one ... and yes, love is an ingredient. .. If you have never tasted food prepared with love then you have my sympathy ..
      November 25, 2016 2:24 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Can I have some more of that secret L ingredient? Mhmm.
      November 25, 2016 2:26 AM MST
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  • Always and forever .... :)
      November 25, 2016 2:29 AM MST
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  • 17261
      November 25, 2016 2:35 AM MST
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  • 1268
    I totally agree on both accounts.

    Salt seemed like the most obvious answer to me.

    The power of love can make anything better.
      November 25, 2016 3:14 AM MST
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  • I'm glad you agreed ... Sapphi and I would hate to, you know, rough you up a bit ... Nothing personal, it's just business
      November 25, 2016 6:05 AM MST
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  • 11006
    Onion
      November 25, 2016 3:53 AM MST
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