As you might have heard I am an individualist. I pay very high regard to individual effort, with an eye toward innovation, sustainability, and practicality. You have heard me say there are only two directions.
In my retirement I have decided, also to improve my culinary skills – and I have a niche. I have been cooking since I first became an adult. I was not a stranger to the kitchen; mom left me fairly well off. However, I always have the same problem – I cannot season with spices, to taste. In my retirement culinary mindset, I have decided to embrace my shortcoming. My niche shall be, using other foods to season food. My problem is that I am rural. I do not have access to your basic foundation items, not the ones I have been using all my life anyway.
Then I saw this special on Urban Forage on the DW. Everything else, speaks for itself.