Essential spices

[arbilad]

What are the five spices that you wouldn't want to live without?

[Baconator]

Salt, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder and oregano.

[ktcottle]

Pepper, Garlic, Onion, Oregano, Parsley

[Noahs ARK]

Pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, cinnamon

[hiccups]

I want way more than five, but if I must stick to that number:

onion powder
garlic powder
chives
italian seasoning (I'd much prefer to have the herbs individually if this wasn't a number game.)
chili powder (A blend with a hint of kick, but not as strong as cayenne, say a tsp of cayenne in a half cup of plain chili powder.)

[prairiemom]

Well, since I grow my own chilies, garlic and onions, that frees up some slots.
1-pepper
2-cinnamon
3-cumin
4-curry
5-cloves

But I still want to squeeze in a few more (for cooking as well as medicinal): ginger, cardamom, allspice, fennel

[mirkwood]

Salt
Basil
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder
Italian Seasoning

[prairiemom]

Salt
Basil
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder
Italian Seasoning

Except none of those are spices. :wink (3):

[Aldon]

Salt
Pepper
Cayenne
Dill
And Italian Seasoning "Blend".

If the last one is not within the context, then I would choose Oregeno.

Now food wise the top 5 would be Bacon, sugar, chocolate ...chocolate sugar.....etc..:l0 (58):

[loquaciousmomma]

Garlic powder
onion powder
pizza seasoning
paprika
chili powder

[loquaciousmomma]

Garlic powder
onion powder
pizza seasoning
paprika
chili powder

Non spice flavoring that I can't live without are Maggi Chicken Flavor Bouillon and Cons-Mate Tomato and chicken flavor concentrate. (My boys ask me almost every day to boil spaghetti noodles in the Cons-mate because it colors the spaghetti red.) :)