# Cuisines and seasoning mixes that combine well (and those that do not!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [August 16, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisines-and-seasoning-mixes-that-combine-well-and-those-that-do-not/948950 "2021-08-16T18:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisines-and-seasoning-mixes-that-combine-well-and-those-that-do-not/948950/1 "2021-08-16T18:09:18Z")
Making beans today, as I often do. I combined Mexican seasonings with Jamaican jerk seasoning, and it was terrific. Alternately, once before, I seasoned my beans with Indian seasonings (garam masala and others), and it was fine by itself, but burritos I made with it tasted off somehow (I guess my palate expected a Mexican taste). Another example that worked – a lamb stew I made a while back combining Indian and Thai curry seasonings, Moroccan seasoning mix, and Vietnamese fish sauce, and it was amazing. It tasted so good I wish I had written down exactly what I did! What other combos work very well, and what do not? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisines-and-seasoning-mixes-that-combine-well-and-those-that-do-not/948950/2 "2021-08-16T19:38:08Z")
The standard seasoning I give ground beef whether it be for spaghetti or stroganoff, etc, is, Worcestershire sauce, , cajun seasoning, and salt. Tacos is the only dish I can think of I don’t use that standard. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisines-and-seasoning-mixes-that-combine-well-and-those-that-do-not/948950/3 "2021-08-18T12:40:51Z")
I work from home and my wife does not, so I do most of the cooking. I have a 15 yo son who is finicky with certain things, and left to his own devices, he would eat nothing but noodles and crap, and never a vegetable. So I find myself making relatively simple stuff I can whip up on a weekday, that he will eat, that is semi-nutritious, like spaghetti sauce I make with canned crushed tomatoes, ground beef, and finely chopped up onions, garlic and bell peppers. Since the above go-to recipe gets a little monotonous, and since the 15 yo does like spice (just not most veggies) I often mix it up with various spices. I made an Indian-style spaghetti sauce with coriander, cumin, turmeric, cardamom, oregano, and chili pepper powder. Turned out really good. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisines-and-seasoning-mixes-that-combine-well-and-those-that-do-not/948950/4 "2021-08-18T16:06:08Z")
I used to cook round steak with spices in the crockpot full of tomatoes and vegetables - onions, peppers, carrots - when it was done, remove the meat and whizz the sauce and veg in a blender. So they got to eat the icky vegetables unknowingly. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisines-and-seasoning-mixes-that-combine-well-and-those-that-do-not/948950/5 "2021-08-18T16:12:05Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > …when it was done, remove the meat and whizz the sauce and veg in a blender. So they got to eat the icky vegetables unknowingly. Yep, I’ve tried most of the tricks over the years to get my kids to eat more veggies. My older one was a little better at eating his veggies but not much. My wife used to buy this mix to make “Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits” at home, which both my carb-loving kids would devour. So I’d grind up raw cauliflower into powder in a food processor, substitute a fair amount of the flour in the biscuits for the cauli powder, and they were none the wiser 😆 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisines-and-seasoning-mixes-that-combine-well-and-those-that-do-not/948950/6 "2021-08-30T21:45:16Z")
Just made a curry/stew (what’s the difference?) that mixed the following, plus various veggies and meat: Vietnamese fish sauce, Japanese curry brick, Jamaican jerk seasoning, and a Belizean hot sauce. It turned out fantastic!