I always sprinkle crushed red pepper flakes on my pizza and pasta.<\/p>\r\n
I always add a few shakes of salt to homemade turkey-lettuce-mayo sandwiches.<\/p>\r\n
I always douse cottage cheese with salt and pepper, especially pepper, until the mound of cottage cheese takes on the appearance of a volcanic range.<\/p>\r\n
I always put horseradish sauce on my burgers and Arby’s roast beef sandwiches, after which I take my chances.<\/p>\r\n
I always shake more salt and pepper on fried or scrambled eggs, even after my spouse says she has already salted and peppered them.<\/p>\r\n
And yes, I have added pepper to steak au poivre.<\/p>\r\n
When I make tuna salad — and it’s rare that I get to make it — I always add curry.<\/p>\r\n
I always add about 1\/3 teaspoon of sugar to my coffee, as more would be too sweet and less would be too bitter.\u00a0 And only a dollop of half-and-half please.\u00a0 Adding skim milk to coffee is a crime against javacity.<\/p>\r\n
I always butter each individual pancake in a stack of pancakes.<\/p>\r\n
If there is excess onion or scallion flavor in a dish — and almost any amount is too much for me — I try to mentally subtract it, as if the onion was somehow added by mistake.<\/p>\r\n
When I was a kid, I salted watermelon because that’s what my dad did.\u00a0 It took me years to stop parroting him and decide that watermelon tasted great on its own.<\/p>\r\n
I always add something to my martini.\u00a0 If we have cherries or raspberries, it’s those.\u00a0 Otherwise it’s a couple of olives.\u00a0 Otherwise a lemon peel.\u00a0 Otherwise I see something 1920’s elegant in the angle of the glass and drink it with that mental embellishment.<\/p>\r\n
So, what might be your seasoning rituals?<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I always sprinkle crushed red pepper flakes on my pizza and pasta. I always add a few shakes of salt to homemade turkey-lettuce-mayo sandwiches. I always douse cottage cheese with salt and pepper, especially pepper, until the mound of cottage … Continue reading