seasoning - something added to food primarily for the savor it impartsanchovy paste - paste made primarily of anchovies; used in sauces and spreads fixings, ingredient - food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" condiment - a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment; "mustard and ketchup are condiments" herb - aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities spice - any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food spearmint oil - an aromatic oil obtained from the spearmint plant lemon oil - fragrant yellow oil obtained from the lemon peel seasoned salt - combination of salt and vegetable extracts and spices and monosodium glutamate sour salt - crystals of citric acid used as seasoning gingerroot, ginger - pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Oriental cookery peppercorn, pepper - pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground sassafras - dried root bark of the sassafras tree ail, garlic - aromatic bulb used as seasoning mustard seed - black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powders nasturtium - flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings turmeric - ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning cardamum, cardamom, cardamon - aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces chili powder - powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano curry powder - pungent blend of cumin and ground coriander seed and turmeric and other spices paprika - a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos angelica - candied stalks of the angelica plant aniseed, anise - liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles saffron - dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus caraway seed - aromatic seeds of the caraway plant; used widely as seasoning poppy seed - small gray seed of a poppy flower; used whole or ground in baked items dill seed - seed of the dill plant used as seasoning celery seed - seed of the celery plant used as seasoning monosodium glutamate, MSG - white crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor; often used in Chinese cooking vanilla bean - long bean-like fruit; seeds are used as flavoring vanilla extract, vanilla - a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans) |