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• Love the Bangkok Blend so much I bought the 4 oz size and an empty bottle to store the half that doesn't fit in my previous bottle.
• Added Turkish Seasoning to a pkg of dry garbanzos I crockpotted to freeze for hummus whenever I wanted. It's so good I've eaten half the garbanzos and will have to start over.
• Mixed the Chili Powder with water, lime and oil and rubbed a spatchcocked chicken I grilled Friday night. Stupendous - nice warm flavor without too much but that was only 1 T for the whole chicken...
• Italian Sausage Seasoning is because I make 3#s of sausage a month and it's just too much easier than keeping fennel seeds and all the other ingredients.
• The Wall of Flavor? Mural of Flavor? was free with this order and haven't looked at its contents. Vanilla is the same price as pure vanilla, 35% alcohol, at local stores so what the heck.
• Chinese Five Spice Powder is because so many on my cooking group use that as an ingredient I didn't want to try their recipes without it.

Penzey's says their whole spices are good for 4 years (!) and ground spices for 2 years if not more. If I'm going to be eating the cheap parts of animal carcasses and more and more veggies, this seems like a good investment over a 3 yr period. If they're all as good as the Bangkok Blend I'm afraid I'm in trouble. I learned the first visit not to walk into their stores; it's safer to order online and check your total every time you add something!