Good point. I’ve had this spice collection going for about a year (although most of its come from the last few months). But I despise not having a single ingredient I need for a recipe, and I like putting random shit on chips or in chicken flour coatings just to get a sense of the flavour (I make these knockoff popcorn chicken things and basically put random amounts of most of my spices in there).

I do also have some seasonings and spice mixes from various meal kit box things I’ve tried, and the old LT gave me some of his containers full of stuff from them. I think I’ve got a ton of "Mexican spice seasoning).

To be honest, cooking decent meals is something I really struggle with. If left to my own devices, I’ll just buy and eat pre crumbed chicken schnitzels from my butcher every night. I try to make at least one decent, well rounded meal a week, and try something completely new once a fortnight. But I primarily eat chicken, I’m not a huge fan of beef or lamb, although I do occasionally eat those too for a bit of variety.

I always have white vinegar, but often end up using it as a cleaning product more than a cooking one lmao. I do keep white wine vinegar on hand as a replacement for sake and Mirin in Japanese dishes (ie teriyaki chicken). Seems to be the closest substitute I can actually buy. (It’ll probably stay that way until I move out, as we’re forbidden from having alcohol on the property)

I’ve never tried coriander, but I have one of those mutated tongues, so absolutely despise coriander. I can’t remember if I have sweet or smokey paprika, I think it’s sweet though. Might look for a smokey one

I usually keep some vanilla essence on hand, but that too was stolen. It was only cheap imitation stuff, so I might buy a proper extract

Thanks for the help and info!