# So what's your favorite condiment or spice that you are adding to your food? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864 "2010-09-15T16:41:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/1 "2010-09-15T16:41:22Z")
Lately, I have gotten into the habit of sprinkling tabasco sauce on most everything I eat at lunch: salads, burgers, fries, pizza, mexican food, oysters, etc. So what’s your go to condiment or spice? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/2 "2010-09-15T16:46:27Z")
Tabasco. Or any hot sauce really. My wife thinks I’m burning out my taste buds. Whatever that means. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/3 "2010-09-15T16:50:05Z")
[Sriracha](http://www.amazon.com/Huy-Fong-Sriracha-17-Ounce-Bottles/dp/B001EO5ZHO) Puts tobasco to shame. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/4 "2010-09-15T16:51:12Z")
Horseradish - yummy! Jalapeno Jelly - divine! It depends on the food, not everything is better with the above, just most things. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/5 "2010-09-15T16:53:04Z")
> [@otternell](#): > > Jalapeno Jelly Great on cream cheese and crackers. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/6 "2010-09-15T16:54:46Z")
Moving from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/7 "2010-09-15T16:56:27Z")
It’s not something I sprinkle on post-prep, but I use garlic powder in a lot of things, right up there with salt and pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/8 "2010-09-15T16:56:49Z")
Black pepper. I _love_ black pepper. I am a total wimp for spicyness, but I do love the flavor of shricha. I just can’t have more than a drop of it. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/9 "2010-09-15T17:00:04Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > > [@otternell](#): > > > > Jalapeno Jelly > > Great on cream cheese and crackers. Also absolutely heaven if you are cooking a pork loin, and just before its done, slather it in the jelly. Oh man, I am drooling! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/10 "2010-09-15T17:03:09Z")
Peanut sauce. Great for nearly anything you can think of, except maybe as a replacement for peanut butter. I was thrilled to finally find a ketchup-sized bottle of tasty peanut sauce at Costco for not much more than the tabasco-sized bottle I usually buy at the grocery store. I’ve been mixing up spinach, julienned carrots, and chicken for salads and tortilla wraps and just smothering it in tasty peanut sauce all week. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/11 "2010-09-15T17:03:20Z")
Sriracha. There are a lot of days when having a big bowl of noodles with egg, green onion, sa cha, and Sriracha feels like taking a big breath of air, to me. Mmmmmmmmmmm spicy hot chili goodness. Oh, and [sa cha](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shacha_sauce), too. Chinese barbecue sauce. It sounds bad but it’s soooo good… meaty and savory. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/12 "2010-09-15T17:04:14Z")
A personal mix of crushed red pepper flakes and Aleppo pepper flakes. Sriracha and Crystal are also in heavy rotation at the table. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/13 "2010-09-15T17:06:54Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > [Sriracha](http://www.amazon.com/Huy-Fong-Sriracha-17-Ounce-Bottles/dp/B001EO5ZHO) > > Puts tobasco to shame. Or as I like to call it, sock sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/14 "2010-09-15T17:07:15Z")
Lately it’s been horseradish. I just love that fire up your nose feeling as you are eating it. It’s exciting. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/15 "2010-09-15T17:24:36Z")
TruLemon. There’s really very little I won’t sprinkle it on. I even had to buy a box for my desk at work. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/16 "2010-09-15T17:41:33Z")
+1 for sriracha. I just tried it for the first time about a month ago and now I love it. I also mixed up some Cajun seasoning and I’ve been using it a lot for homemade French fries. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/17 "2010-09-15T17:58:48Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > +1 for sriracha. I just tried it for the first time about a month ago and now I love it. > > I also mixed up some Cajun seasoning and I’ve been using it a lot for homemade French fries. Did you say French fries? Try this: ketchup mixed with sriracha. I call it spicy ketchup round my house (I am sooooo imaginative). Just incredibly good. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/18 "2010-09-15T18:05:04Z")
I sure eat a lot of pico de gallo. HEB has a delicious mix, lots of lemon juice and vinegar. I put it on cottage cheese, hamburgers, cheese dip, chicken, chips, etc. My sister actually owns a company that makes the best sweet, hot jalapenos you’ve ever tasted. So there’s always a case around andI use them on almost everything that I do the pico. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/19 "2010-09-15T18:07:33Z")
another impossible to answer what is the best questions. in general on nonsweet foods i will use black pepper. i will also use where it fits horseradish, chili and other hotables. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864/20 "2010-09-15T18:10:03Z")
Chili powder. I’ve been putting that on everything lately. And coarse sea salt. I’ve been putting that on almost everything lately. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-favorite-condiment-or-spice-that-you-are-adding-to-your-food/553864.md?page=2)