Check out www.rlschreiber.com and either order online, or get the contact info for one of their local sellers and pick up orders through them. A great way to get "large" (commercial) quantities of spices at a cheap price!
Also check out your local spice stores [Penzeys Spices, for example - www.penzeys.com, (800) 741-7787], ethnic markets (Indian grocery stores, oriental markets, Latin-American grocery stores, etc.) for spices. Many times a local small market may have the best bulk prices on spices. Some of the spices and spice mixes I use are curry, garam masala, italian seasoning, galangal, turmeric, coriander, fennel, anise, nutmeg/mace, allspice, cinnamon, ginger, cumin, paprika, cardamom, fenugreek, mint, garlic, vanilla, and cloves. Be careful with combining too much vanilla with other spices - in my experience (perhaps I am wrong here - let me know) adding more than a teaspoon of vanilla to a dough mixture which contains other spices will neutralize the other spices. So will lemon juice. If you are having problems with bitterness, adding a *SMALL* amount of honey may help. I like to thicken mixes of rice and lentils with cans of vegetarian refried beans and season them with curry powder. If you are not a vegetarian you might want to take such mixtures of bean, lentil and rice and the soup it is simmered in and add chopped, cooked up hot dogs. A great variation on pork & beans. Also adding cans of refried beans as a thickener will absorb large amounts of salt (nonetheless add it slowly in small amounts until a good flavor is reached). One of the spices I don't have is "grains of paradise", like a black peppercorn but different flavor. Expensive stuff. If you buy whole grains, put them into a pepper mill to use wherever pepper is used.
Also check out your local spice stores [Penzeys Spices, for example - www.penzeys.com, (800) 741-7787], ethnic markets (Indian grocery stores, oriental markets, Latin-American grocery stores, etc.) for spices. Many times a local small market may have the best bulk prices on spices. Some of the spices and spice mixes I use are curry, garam masala, italian seasoning, galangal, turmeric, coriander, fennel, anise, nutmeg/mace, allspice, cinnamon, ginger, cumin, paprika, cardamom, fenugreek, mint, garlic, vanilla, and cloves. Be careful with combining too much vanilla with other spices - in my experience (perhaps I am wrong here - let me know) adding more than a teaspoon of vanilla to a dough mixture which contains other spices will neutralize the other spices. So will lemon juice. If you are having problems with bitterness, adding a *SMALL* amount of honey may help. I like to thicken mixes of rice and lentils with cans of vegetarian refried beans and season them with curry powder. If you are not a vegetarian you might want to take such mixtures of bean, lentil and rice and the soup it is simmered in and add chopped, cooked up hot dogs. A great variation on pork & beans. Also adding cans of refried beans as a thickener will absorb large amounts of salt (nonetheless add it slowly in small amounts until a good flavor is reached). One of the spices I don't have is "grains of paradise", like a black peppercorn but different flavor. Expensive stuff. If you buy whole grains, put them into a pepper mill to use wherever pepper is used.
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