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BLENDSHIP

The obsolete "spices" really talks to another issue. The use of seasoning blends instead of going to basics. Why buy McCormick's "Italian Seasoning" when I could mix my own oregano, basil and whatever else is in the mix?

Are you kidding?

I don't even want to look at what is in the mixes.

I may have done my own blending at one time but those days are over.

Not only do I use the blends already mentioned but I am a total sucker for McCormick's meat mixes. There are some smoked flavor things, a hamburger blend, a Montreal steak and or chicken mixes.

I have maybe seven or eight of these standing by.

I notice that they have "rubs" in the same blends. A line extension.

This is going a bit far although I have used their marinade blends to good effect.I don't know what ingredients are in any of these items. Perhaps some are, gasp, artificial like the smokes.

I think that, as in a lot of areas, the taste discrimination many of us have, ages out.

Mine has.

Also true is that by using the preset blends I have reset my flavor preferences to the mean.

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