Hi Gemjo,

You sound like an axcellent cook! Doing your own tweaking is a must!!! I like your style of smelling the spices to see if they will work! Believe it or not there are a vast variety of spices, so many in fact that I am sure all of our kitchens look rather "coming up short" if we were really aware of all that we could have!!! You may want to do a search on Spices here and see if you like what you find:)

Cheers, Cathy

Howdy gemjo, and welcome to our l'il corner of the web. I think you'll find Spice Place a cozy & comfy place to be. We're a fine group made up of folks from all over... We're glad you're here!

I was raised in Illinois- lived many years in Alaska. My Dad is from Kansas and my Mom is from Arkansas. Still got lotsa family in Stuttgart, Clarendon, Pine Bluff... I visited there lots as a child- I remember fishing on the White River often, and motoring up to the state line w/ all my cousins to visit Dogpatch - talk about FUN!

Hello gemjo_99

I'm a newbie myself and hardly think it is appropriate for me to welcome you so it's just hello and I hope you have a super time learning the culinary art.

Thanks everyone,
I'm really enjoying the site. Hope to get some more recipes posted this weekend, after i can relish for the first time.