Megan and I have a running joke about my favorite seasoning: After applying it to my food, I’ll ask how much she wants, and she’ll curse at me.
We have different tastes.
I use a variety of spices and seasonings, including frequent favorites garlic, garlic salt, Kosher salt, Maldon’s finishing salt, chicken salt, black pepper, and Billy Goat. But there’s one seasoning I reach for more than any other: Old Bay.
Old Bay Seasoning is, to me, what a low country boil tastes like. It’s a mix of salt, celery seed, pepper, paprika, cloves, cardamom, and other spices. It’s primarily for seafood, but I contend that it works on most savory dishes. For example, I use it almost daily for my deviled eggs.
Other than the taste, I think I have a sense of nostalgia connected to Old Bay. My mom cooked with it, and my extended family applied it generously to grilled shrimp at beach family reunions.
Do you have a favorite spice or seasoning that you use more than any other? I’d love to hear about it.
I don’t know if sauce is breaking the rules, but Sriracha mayo is a go to for me. I like sweet heat.
I used to use a lot of Lowry’s seasoned salt, but I had a heart scare, so a friend of mine helped make a recipie for an extremely low salt seasoning. For those that might have heart issues, try this:
2 Tablespoons NoSalt (or a salt substitute of choice)
4 Teaspoons Paprika
1 teaspoon Celery Salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon sugar (to counteract the NoSalt’s bitterness)
That sounds tasty! I need to do a better job of lowering my salt intake.
Tony Chachere’s cajun seasoning for me!
Have you ever tried the Old Bay seasoned Goldfish crackers? One of those special flavors they release now & then.
I haven’t, but that sounds amazing!
Funny, yesterday I was making soup, I opened the spice drawer and I saw Old Bay and I was thinking “Where did I see this just now??” and I couldn’t for the life of me remember until now that I came back here.
But anyway my favorite spice is turmeric, I love making yellow turmeric rice…. and fun fact I just realized it’s turmeric and not tumeric..ha.
I’m glad you have some Old Bay in the house! I’ll have to try some yellow turmeric rice.