I am a person who loves to eat very much.
The gentleman often says that he likes to watch me eat.
Because when I eat what I like, I forget myself and enjoy it very much.
Eating to eat doesn't necessarily require cooking by oneself.
But I am picky and want to be healthy. If I spend all year foraging outside, I really don't have enough financial resources. Don't forget to share your experience!
I had to learn how to cook by myself, but I didn't expect to enjoy cooking quite a bit.
Others consider cooking as a household chore, but I see it as a creative process.
I like to watch ordinary ingredients turn into delicious dishes.
Nowadays, I basically handle the four seasons and three meals in our family.
I have cooked countless meals, but there are only 7 seasonings in my kitchen.
This is related to our dietary habits. My husband and I prefer a light diet with light oil and salt.
This is also related to my preference for a minimalist lifestyle, where I try to keep only the commonly used seasonings. The ones I only use a few times a year are all abandoned by me. Have you tried this before? Share your story!
And I found that just having these basic seasonings is enough for me to make hundreds of different dishes.
Perhaps, cooking well doesn't require preparing so many seasonings.
Here are 7 seasonings that I have kept based on my dietary habits.
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1) Edible oil
Separate rapeseed oil for stir frying and flaxseed oil for cold mixing.
My family has a small population and a light taste, so the edible oil I buy is usually in small bottles. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Like stir frying vegetable oil, I usually buy 400ml or 900ml, and then buy more hygienic ones after use.
Like flaxseed oil used for cold dishes, I've found that it's consumed slower and purchased in smaller bottles.
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2) Raw smoke
I don't have regular smoking at home, only light smoking.
Generally speaking, dark soy sauce is used for coloring.
There are not many dishes that need to be colored. Like Braised pork belly, you can actually make it dark without coloring old soy sauce. Have you tried this before? Share your story!
So, after discovering that the old soy sauce at home had grown hair due to long-term disuse, I never bought it again. What do you think about this?
After so many years, I still feel that not smoking too much doesn't affect my cooking.
In daily cooking, soy sauce is sufficient to enhance freshness.
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3) Oyster sauce
A seasoning that Guangdong people love to use, mainly for enhancing freshness.
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4) Salt
There's no need to say that, there must be.
I don't put much salt in my cooking, a bag of salt can often last for a long time.
Speaking of which, it's also amazing. Adding salt or not will really make the taste worse.
But don't put too much, as it can numb your taste buds and be harmful to your body.
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5) Vinegar
Sir, when eating dumplings, you must dip them in vinegar. I heard that people in the north are like this.
It is also used in stir frying and making cold dishes.
I have found that adding a little vinegar to some greasy dishes can have unexpected effects.
Like when I fried Sanwen fish head before, I would add a little vinegar to relieve greasiness, and it tasted really different. Don't forget to share your experience!
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6) White pepper
I don't have black pepper at home.
Mainly because I rarely cook steak at home and use it less frequently.
Basically, white pepper was used instead.
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7) Raw powder
My home's cornstarch is not used for thickening, but mainly for curing meat, which can make the meat taste fresher and more tender. Don't forget to share your experience!
But in fact, the more common scenario for using cornstarch may be washing fruits.
That's also why I keep it.
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8) Others such as scallions, ginger, garlic, Sichuan peppercorns, fragrant leaves, rock sugar, etc., can be purchased now.
The quantity purchased each time is not very large, anyway, these things are also convenient to buy.
Especially Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, and fragrant leaves, which are rarely used in cooking by southerners. If you buy too many, you may not be able to use them all for years. What do you think about this?
Oh, by the way, I've also streamlined my cooking wine recently, and it's not widely used, so it's easy to buy it and not use it all for years. Don't forget to share your experience!
And fresh fish, meat, etc. do not need to rely on cooking wine to remove fishy smell, scallions and ginger are basically enough. Don't forget to share your experience!
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9) The taste of food is very personal, and it's not necessary for everyone to be like me, but it's always good to be healthy and not wasteful. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
So——
1 For seasonings that are rarely used in a year, be cautious when buying as they may expire and be wasted. Have you tried this before? Share your story!
2 Just use the original packaging of the seasoning directly. Some minimalist bloggers will buy a uniform packaging bottle to pack the seasoning. It looks good, but it's easy to confuse, and it feels a bit unnecessary. Just use the original packaging directly. What do you think about this?
3 Try to choose simple and clean seasonings from the ingredient list for a healthier taste. Like the soy sauce I use at home, the ingredients are only water, non GMO soybeans, wheat, edible salt, and white sugar, without a long string of complex words. What do you think about this?
4 Although seasonings are delicious, they should not be overindulged in. It's also good to taste the original flavor of the food. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
