You can have only THREE spices and seasonings for the rest of your life...What do you choose?

@whowasthatmaskedman

yeah pretty good. Salt and pepper are a must but thyme adds some nice flavour

@beermeplease

Excuse me, a blend? Cheating.

@Pikachu not really...it's in one dispener

@lissah

People seem to like cinnamon....but i gotta have salt before almost anything else lol

@BetweenLines

lol come on, cumin seeds? They taste a bit weird in most contexts. But at least we agree on black pepper

@EldritchFox

Isn't old bay made up of a few things?

@Pikachu yes but I thought I could get away with that 😆

@EldritchFox

Not on my watch!

@Crazywaterspring

Ok that sounds fucked lol
At least the cumin. I think we can all do without cumin...and i do on occasion just drink a spoon of soy sauce straight up.

@Pikachu Some soy sauces have citrus flavoring. Cumin works really well in Latin, Philippine and South Asian food. Garlic is important too.
Home made meals are a must in my home. If you want BBQ done right, have an elderly Asian woman do magic on it.

@fun4us2b

I'm down with garlic and oregano....but dill? There are not many dishes that dill goes well with.

@Pikachu Going for less overlap in flavors, I was going to say Basil, but decided I would cheat and say it's considered a green (like Arugula) so I could still have that!

@LiLShrimp

Ooo MSG, yeah

@chasingMonday

lol ok italian seasoning is cheating because that's several ingredients.
Old bay too

@Pikachu I know :)

@GeorgeTBH

Garlic salt seems like a bit of a cheat. That's a combo for sure lol

@Baybreeze

ooo Garlic....i gotta have the spice but garlic might be worth not having the spice.
Black pepper can pick up the slack

@SirLirkALot

Oh fuck me then. Ok, i'll change that to just chili peppers i guess? Either that or garlic as many people have said.
I like the spice but garlic is dope too

@Pikachu I would take paprika over chili pepper, especially if you cook a lot of meat

@SirLirkALot

Hmm i'm not so hot (lol) on paprika.

@Pikachu it has mild taste , less bitter and my liver is safer, also I use mustard seeds for cold and with white wine.

@Khenpal1

Mustard is good. That adds a nice tang to a lot of things. Never been much for cinnamon though. Smells nice but it tastes like cinnamon lol

@Pikachu I dry roast mustard seeds and add cinnamon to yogurt ,

@JonLosAngeles66

I think you're sneaking in some extras there.

@Birdbox1986

Hmm i''ma give you an extra one because i don't think cooking oil counts

@ronisme1

Yeah i didn't think of garlic. I can't decide if i need garlic or spicy more....

@Bexsy

I don't use vanilla much but it is tasty

@Pikachu i can get by with salt and pepper, but some things ( baking) better with vanilla

@Bexsy

Yeah that's where i think it's a good inclusion. Salt and pepper go a long way for most meals but vanilla really helps out a dessert.

@OogieBoogie

Not bad. That covers the savoury for meals and the desert

@RedBaron

....me...I said that lol

@candycane

I guess i do need to spice up my life.

@Pikachu why is allspice cheating? 🤔

@SnickersDOM

Because it's a bunch of spices together!

@Pikachu but it's not, it's the fruit of the Pimenta dioica tree, I've crushed the tree's leaves in my fingers at Thomas Edison's winter home in Florida

but there are multiple examples of blends in these comments, hence my original comment and conscious choice of individual items (and items I don't think of using together, so as to have a variety)