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"The aromatic scent of holidays and Mum's home baking, mixed spice is an essential jar on the spice rack. Mixed spice is a blend of sweet spices traditionally used in English cooking to provide a warming backnote. This typically English spice mixture can be purchased ready-mixed, but I prefer to make my own, as I find it difficult to find in France..."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, cloves...

"This is a wonderful mix that is quick to mix up and will keep up to 6 months when stored in a container with a tight-fitting lid. Use this mix to add zip to cake batters, quick bread, whipped cream, pancakes, muffins, etc. If the recipe calls for various spices, just add up the amounts and sub this spice blend. Yet another great recipe from More..."

Ingredients: ground allspice, orange zest...

"Use to flavor Coffee, Teas, Cakes, Toast, or use to sugar rims of Champange, Sweet Cocktail or Martini Glasses. To top Muffins or Cookies before going into oven. To make your sweet sauces! Makes great gifts!
Give it a try in splenda if you prefer. I am not one for artificial sweetenersbut if you prefer try it I'd love to know what you think...."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, cloves...

"This is a versatile mix of spices that can be added to lots of other things -- yellow cake mix, pancake or waffle batter, ground coffee before brewing, scones, muffins, cookies, whatever you want to have a gingerbread flavor. I sometimes put some of this mix in an 8-oz jelly jar and give as a gift along with cookie cutters, some standard cake mixes,..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, nutmeg...

"This herb provides a seasoned blend of flavors for chicken turkey, duck, stuffings and meat dishes. This is enough for a large chicken or turkey, you can double or triple all ingredients."

Ingredients: cloves, dried sage...

Ingredients: coriander, dry mustard...

"These make a thoughtful gift to place in gift baskets to friends or relatives. Also nice to have for yourself."

Ingredients: cheesecloth, dried tarragon leaves...

"This isn't a recipe so much as it is a method. If you keep coarse sugar (turbinado, or AA-grade large crystal coarse sugar) around and don't want to buy colored sugar, this is the method for making colored sanding sugar-- gel food dye is the best for this but I also included instructions for the liquid food coloring you can pick up in most..."

Ingredients: food coloring, turbinado sugar...

"Ta daaaa! I use chicken broth in a can because at the same time I'm cooking the turkey and the broth isn't ready yet. Sure saves time. I know! I know! I should wait for the real turkey broth."

Ingredients: cornbread, eggs, onions...

"Kick the salt habit and still have delicious tacos!"

Ingredients: cocoa powder, ground cumin...

"This is my mother's base recipe for Dutch almond spice, the stuff that goes into speculaas."

Ingredients: almond meal, eggs, sugar...

"Great for Christmas gifts, or just to have around for quick dinner side dishes. Posted in reply to a request."

Ingredients: dried celery flakes, vegetable soup mix...

"Standard issue recipe in regards to a seasonal winter beverage. Makes a lovely after dinner drink for the holiday dinner party."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, dark rum...

"Garlicky buttered snails served in little light vol-au-vent cases, what a treat for all snail lovers! Living in France gives me access to some wonderful escargots, as well as superb garlic and butter too. These are just brilliant when served as appetisers for New Year or any other festive gathering. The beauty of these over the classic snails served..."

Ingredients: chives, canned snails...