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In addition to the freshness of the ingredients and the way of cooking, spices are essential for a delicious dish. For some people, if you don't have spices, it's like chewing wax, and the food loses its soul, but with the right spices, the taste and texture of the food can be the icing on the cake. However, there are many varieties of spices, and the roles of different spices are also very different. So how much do you know about spices? If you don't know, let's take a look at the characteristics of these 12 spices.

Anise: This is a special product of our country, mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Anise is basically eight horns, sometimes there are 9 horns, but it should be noted that the six horns of the star anise are poisonous and should not be eaten. Star anise can remove peculiar smells such as fishy mush, especially when boiling mutton and beef, adding a piece of star anise will add an aromatic smell.

Grass fruit: Grass fruit has a special strong spicy taste, can remove fishy smell, is a good product in cooking condiments, and is also known as one of the "five spices" in food seasoning.

Rosemary: This is a spice often used in Western food, especially in dishes such as steak and potatoes, as well as baked goods, to give food a unique aroma.

Angelica Angelica: Angelica Angelica is one of the raw materials of "Thirteen Spices", which has the effect of removing peculiar smell, increasing flavor, regulating taste and increasing appetite. Angelica Angelica can control any kind of cooking, and when eating hot pot, add a little Angelica Angelica as a soup base, which has the effect of improving taste, preserving freshness, and preventing corruption.

Fennel: Fennel is also divided into large and small fennel, which is a commonly used seasoning because it can remove the odor in the meat and make the food re-flavored. It is generally used to make marinated foods, roasted fish and stewed meat, and so on.

Licorice tablets

Licorice: has a faint aroma and has a sweet and special taste. Adding licorice to cooking can sweeten and flavor food. Licorice is mainly used for pickled products and pickled vegetables, which can make the marinated products have a sweet tail and a long aftertaste.

Cinnammon: Cinnamon is sweet and slightly spicy, with a strong fragrance, if you cook fish stew, make marinated food and put a little cinnamon, you can make the food fragrant, and also have a certain medicinal effect.

Sichuan pepper: This is a unique Chinese spice, ranking first among the "thirteen spices" of spices, and it can be used in any kind of cooking. At the same time, it is a must-have for making marinades, especially the frequency of eating Sichuan pepper in Sichuan cuisine is also quite high.

Shannai: Also known as sand ginger, it has a unique sweet flavor when used in dishes, which makes people have a great appetite, and Shannai is used most frequently in Cantonese cuisine.

Cumin: This is one of the most common seasonings in our lives, often used in the cooking of mutton and beef, which can remove the fishy smell and make the meat more tender.

Turmeric powder

Turmeric: It is a spice with a mild mellow smell, which is both a spice and a natural pigment, commonly found in Indian cuisine. In our country, turmeric is rarely used for direct cooking, but sometimes turmeric is added to the soup to enhance the flavor.

Peppermint: The fragrance is rich but not irritating, cool and sweet, and is generally used in the preparation of salads.

For example, these common spices are not put in the food, so as not to have any accidents.

Poison hemlock is an upright wild plant with small, attractive white flowers and purple stripes on its leaves. The white root of poison hemlock is sometimes mistaken for a parsnip – a fatal mistake. Water poison hemlock, listed by the United States Department of Agriculture as "the most toxic plant in North America". Water hemlock contains toxinvin, a toxin capable of damaging the central nervous system. The philosopher Socrates died of water poison hemlock. Water hemlock has an average height of 0.6 to 1.3 meters and can grow up to 1.8 meters tall. The smell is unpleasant and poisonous, even more so than poison hemlock.