Seasonings/Rubs - Buy or Make Own?

[DougE]

For me the PRIME example of too much salt in a seasoning mix is Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning.

"Directions: Use like salt. When it's salty enough, it's seasoned to perfection."

WRONG!!!

Tony's also has a no salt version which I mainly started using for hot smoked salmon and other fish. The original makes it way too salty when you add enough to actually have the cajun spice coming through. The original is fine in some places, but the no salt is way better in most. I can add salt to my food if I feel it needs it.

 

[TripleLindy]

I started making my own rubs once I discovered Meathead’s Memphis Dust. If I find a commercial rub I really like, I’ll just use the ingredients list to try and reverse engineer it, leaving out all of the chemical preservatives.

 

[clifish]

I started making my own rubs once I discovered Meathead’s Memphis Dust. If I find a commercial rub I really like, I’ll just use the ingredients list to try and reverse engineer it, leaving out all of the chemical preservatives.

I plan on doing this with Kinders buttery steak seasoning. Way too much salt for me, I just ordered dehydrated, powdered butter and will move salt from the first ingredient to about 5th.

 

[357mag]

For me the PRIME example of too much salt in a seasoning mix is Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning.

"Directions: Use like salt. When it's salty enough, it's seasoned to perfection."

WRONG!!!

When it's salty enough the food doesn't have enough of the other seasonings. When it has enough of the other seasonings it's waaaay to salty to eat.

I'm sure it's fine for some people who put tons of salt on everything but it's horrible for me and other people like me. Salt is the main ingredient then there are 4 other seasonings. I make my own salt free version then add salt to the food if desired.

I agree it is way too salty. The salt overpowers the other spice flavors.

 

[VladTheImpaler]

Has there been a thread where rub recipes have been posted? The search feature hasn't found one for me.

 

[gmc2003]

Has there been a thread where rub recipes have been posted? The search feature hasn't found one for me.

Not a specific thread that I know of, but there is a forum for Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades.

Chris