I couldn't choose one or two. Yeesh, what season of the year is it? Are the veggies in my garden or my fridge sweet, tart, earthy, pungent, green, ...? Am I cooking Italian, Chinese, Middle Eastern or Indian, or branching out to some other cuisine?
Shootingstar... really? If you isolate it, and take a bite out of freshly harvested Italian parsley, the flavor doesn't seem strong to you, so that you can taste what it adds to risotti, soups, salads, etc.?
ETA: Okay, some people would consider garlic a seasoning, and I guess if I had to pick one flavor that would seriously hamper my repertoire if it was missing, that would be it. But to me, garlic is a vegetable.
Last edited by OakLeaf; 03-08-2010 at 05:39 AM.
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