@DoubleD how familiar are you with cooking and the use of spices and seasoning?

@ButtWorldsMan Indeed. Why do you ask?

@DoubleD maybe I just need to find a sampler pack, but I'm looking for tips to spice things up.

I currently only have garlic powder. I like pizza and it works. It also works in other things like white rice, especially when mixed in with soy sauce. I also mix the garlic powder with sour cream for when I bake spicy beef patties. There have to be other spices I can reliably fuck with other than garlic. Preferably not sweet.

@ButtWorldsMan
Start with these spices:
Salt, pepper, garlic (dehydrated).
Garlic powder often has salt in it; so, check the ingredients.

Start with dishes you currently like like pizza.
Instead of getting sauce from a jar, get a can of pureed tomatoes, and make your own sauce for the pizza keeping everything else the same. Start by experimenting with differing amounts of pre-mixed Italian seasoning with your garlic, salt, and pepper.

@ButtWorldsMan
Once you have determined the amount of premixed seasoning that you like, get some of each of the component spices: basil, thyme, oregano, rosemary, marjoram. Experiment with different amounts of each to try to replicate the flavour of the premix.

What you're doing is reverse engineering the flavours that you like.

@DoubleD I'm not interested in replicating flavor. I'm trying to experiment on what I can add to ready to eat food. White rice is probably versatile enough for me to augment with a variety of spices. I buy the pizza from a local place.

Thanks for answering, but I think I'm just going to have to find a sampler set to have a cheap way to test a variety of flavors.

In summary: i want to add to already hot, edible food. Not cook my own food.

@ButtWorldsMan Ah, okay.
For white rice: try furikake, dehydrated garlic, various sauces like dark soy sauce, BBQs, tonkatsu, types of hot sauces, premixed/jarred curries.

For pizza: dehydrated garlic, italian seasoning.

For burgers: any type of steak seasoning or BBQ rub

For chicken: Go with the spices of the cuisine. If it's TexMex, add taco seasoning mixes in varying quantities. If it's French, go with standard poultry seasoning.

@DoubleD Thanks. TFM will go without superchats, but I'm sure he'll understand. More importantly, he won't even care.

@DoubleD Let's. Fucking. Go.