Re: I'm really starting to like this stuff

On 4/18/2025 9:04 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-04-18 7:47 p.m., Carol wrote:

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There's several ingredients involved when you make ranch
dressing from scratch if you don't have the packets.

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It's often a matter of not wanting to have an extensive spice stock, so
sometimes it makes sense to get a blend.

 I am not sure I follow that. A spice blend is, by definition, a mixture of certain spices. Each of the  components is usually something a decent cook would have on hand anyway, so it makes good sense to me to have the component herbs and spices and to simply add those rather than to have to go out and buy an much more expensive mixture.
  I can't help but to think of seeing cinnamon sugar in the spice shelf at a local grocery store and the per unit cost of the stuff was more than per unit cost of cinnamon, and the mixture was only one part cinnamon to 3-4 parts sugar. Rip Off.
 

Depends.  Cinnamon sugar is rather simple. There are some blends that have quite a few spices/herbs and some you may not have on hand.  Do you have dried red bell pepper?  How much lemon zest do you put in your steak blend with hickory smoke?
McCormick Grill Mates Brown Sugar Bourbon Marinade is a distinctive blend of sweet brown sugar, savory spices bourbon, and red bell pepper.
Chicago Steak Seasoning  salt, Tellicherry black pepper, sugar, garlic, onion, lemon zest, citric acid and natural hickory smoke flavor