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Basic Ingredients
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![Pomegranate to Eat](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/6iaWMnSRFFHi6O-hYnSYWjh-39M=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/PomegranateSeededCover-59c735e6aad52b00115aa98e.jpg)
How to Cut Open and Eat a Pomegranate
![Cocoa powder and espresso in a measuring cup](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/1R8OlUmZbGxi2WPmE909k5G4k0g=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/devils-food-snacking-cake-5271015-step-03-e8149d20dd1246cb9f9e644143a162ff.jpg)
How To Get the Most Flavor From Cocoa Powder
![A bottle of Kewpie mayo next to a spoon of mayo](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/4xA_MGImRGSnJ6qp-gkx5QNpZgw=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SPE_Site_DIYKewpieMayo_Final1-e7153c676ceb42f1aefacbd07d180c57.jpg)
This Easy DIY Kewpie Mayo Will Take Your Regular Mayo To Umami Town
![Grapfruit, ruby red grapefruit and yellow grapefruit cut in half](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/z9EOkeCXHkuNb9SkOvDpFRsAvT8=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/grapefruit1-cfe5289a595542f6be39edfbdfdcfc21.jpg)
What Is Grapefruit?
![wild rice](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/LIElYHhHLJm7ZSiODxTQQeBv64g=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-wild-rice-4770907_Hero_2-872a4196f22e454290f17bfb946024b7.jpg)
What Is Wild Rice?
![Butter lettuce](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/bJUQGPXQJlu_6fFqUsxxMJfPeMI=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-butter-lettuce-4773670-hero-06-0b9d54128b3e48e081015e17b5764c39.jpg)
What Is Butter Lettuce?
![Spelt](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/2G6r0EpbDswtdha13N2cyNdRzOM=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/HaraldWalkerEyeEm-ff2e61e43c524e00bb544f6c522179e5.jpg)
What is Spelt?
![Chicken breast seasoned with poultry seasoning](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/ibBVgtCWMUMncFsh3q3vyW4UkpE=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-poultry-seasoning-4768991-50ae03bd8c5640af8937308740bdd522.jpg)
What Is Poultry Seasoning?
![what is wondra flour](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/ie7NTrKtbkOkjeRsSOdWdiGfHgE=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1049997756-3c16a9f1b650470cae4f48322bbe068e.jpg)
What Is Wondra Flour?
![what are lemons](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/v1hr6vLTkJ_GEuZJZbsNZrMWVSI=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/all-about-lemons-4108813_V32-891feece6a524c43ae759992492e3a6c.png)
What Are Lemons?
![Toasted walnuts](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/dx0FcGS_LZQGgiI-FbCDcXTq7Ic=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-182508025-5ad3f48dba61770036d58b8e.jpg)
How to Toast Walnuts
![Self-rising flour in a bowl with a wooden spoon](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/MUSPB6IYm37_I3nJd2ibE6USlkg=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/how-to-make-self-rising-flour-4172320-hero-01-ccec5da5581a4a56958f24428739661f.jpg)
Make Your Own Self-Rising Flour With One Easy Trick
![A variety of different types of lettuce on a marble surface](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/Ju3IlpNenY8D7AbPUmy-VK3wVq0=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SES-varieties-of-lettuce-4065606-hero-01-0a5ac269169940de8f67d61c6dafbc19.jpg)
The Ultimate Guide To Lettuce and Salad Green Varieties
![Roquefort Cheese](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/YXWaJadPI31_34h4U_uLVGbZNmA=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-roquefort-cheese-5184118-hero-01-215d914dc35d4c279e4eb336774765ae.jpg)
Roquefort Cheese
![A pan of caramelized onions](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/y4k-2Yex_0awcUYtQSMonTHlza0=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SES-caramelized-onions-recipe-7370703-hero-01-79db1ce737a84fe58a726cb5b52b5a1d.jpg)
Caramelized Onions
![Valencia oranges, whole and cut in half](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/sKWdHq8Lt5OkNqxwcsdFAywzUlw=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/valencia_orange1-1240d7a584474a4e97e64409fbc1c863.jpg)
What Are Valencia Oranges?
![Navel Oranges whole and cut in half](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/XUP3QQyTadtdC2Wjtb55nz6f_3M=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/navel_orange1-94ca2455ed3845f8b69f91edc2a6aa68.jpg)
What Are Navel Oranges?
![Demerara sugar](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/7yI7nkNiLkBrOJkUXwONQ8L5o_8=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/demerarasugarOllo-1ace15d9396f4e22b5bd3f5867a818e6.jpg)
What Is Demerara Sugar?
![Button Mushrooms resting on a marble surface](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/06GbKMkcnmMg3z8xvOAzaq7TbT4=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-button-mushrooms-5197530-hero-06-3d46a10b9e924f67849d5e7a049a6a2d.jpg)
What Are Button Mushrooms?
![Bouillon Cubes](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/SuF1G6CILvU1Dgj2CmSfyK9p58o=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-bouillon-cubes-and-how-are-they-used-5191351-hero-06-be356934c9db4dbe860ba86237018ae0.jpg)
What Are Bouillon Cubes?
![Tupelo honey](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/xax1_Bdv2lh5W5jnF1_kPhgK6aw=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/fcafotodigital-1087b296a8814d5fbef9746c7709806c.jpg)
What Is Tupelo Honey?
![American Cheese](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/4sW-rHDl7i_usQrAGy-HbMNaaTo=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-american-cheese-5185814-hero-01-16dd9fd16e644782a160c8fc275c3f63.jpg)
American Cheese
![Bell peppers](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/ilY2AUXYFsUDUnXeza0v4UP26w0=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-bell-peppers-5216131-still-life-9960d1febfd64dde9de5134dc184529e.jpg)
What Are Bell Peppers?
![Fish and seafood](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/ZTjj4xU0FzdiUVJ_f6SCmp5CwzE=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/seafoodALEAIMAGE-346cae930abe45fc951d60cc3e686e65.jpg)
Seafood By The Season
![Watercress](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/ZB1pOTPUWUrhm6wHewo89uZ8KVc=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-watercress-5215525-hero-01-ad4cc95f57cb4867aafd2b36bbae892f.jpg)
What Is Watercress?
![Fresh apricots](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/rP1ug-kigCpPaRhpo20_L89Sb1w=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-an-apricot-5215171_Hero_01-ffe97ac030f645769e4ee4d049c6f329.jpg)
What Is an Apricot?
![Brown eggs on striped tablecloth](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/vSMmSVEzDCJd5C5AV0noFjvsgZA=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/eggsalexandraribeiro-607b5b202c0e4f4ab4a070ae926301c6.jpg)
Types of Eggs
![Vermicelli](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/PALUJSk2Ax8RQ_aij0tFD-AmIbs=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-vermicelli-5213765-hero-01-49ac2e79dee547b3834087bc8c2cfe45.jpg)
What Is Vermicelli?
![Cara Cara Oranges](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/-hJMhtnw_1zyyRb2KIn8VRTBpXI=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-cara-cara-oranges-5213296-hero-01-c84a048613454c5593194998cc645cf6.jpg)
What Are Cara Cara Oranges?
![Taylor ham, egg, and cheese sandwich on brown paper bag](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/zyRtsZH2VDzIJr0jxGPJdj1u_AM=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1265648241-fadb6e1d76f34f94ab2f335aa6b1ad00.jpg)
What Is Pork Roll?
![Japanese Sweet Potatoes](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/amO1Z5UulHk_i1IoliNY9J8BH6E=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-japanese-sweet-potatoes-5213007-efcadea6f02546f2bd240153d5ea058f.jpg)
What Are Japanese Sweet Potatoes?
![scrapple on a plate with fried egg](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/oJ83Q3DyX8Q9QNbtOCdpGGgM4UI=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/scrapple-recipe-5215345-hero-05-ab01b391d84a4c64be3438d9917c67a4.jpg)
What Is Scrapple?
![Peppadews](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/Nt3ELXKJDduFQ4lS4uJgqzZZgT0=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-155758507-dc5740c5e6b74dd095934b22325e39eb.jpg)
What Are Peppadews?
![Matsutake mushrooms](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/Vd4AjWlUzvepwAM32Pq8Hqo2M9I=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-matsutake-mushrooms-5212688-hero_01-d6fed228022b477b8b1a8b21bf3e79a7.jpg)
What Are Matsutake Mushrooms?
![somen noodles over ice on a plate](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/c9oONL4grClpwAENn0j5yj0yBD0=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-somen-noodles-5210433-hero-01-6d37327a785e4feca004ada6c068bc6c.jpg)
What Are Somen Noodles?
![Soba Noodles](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/o4sIRwRAFunpci0z5H5Q8xr7Vtk=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-soba-noodles-5210429-hero-02-e7def853529f4dcaa6dfcf541bc0add7.jpg)
What Are Soba Noodles?
![Calamansi citrus fruits whole and cut in half](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/7zYnx-izNysKvxPkFJwtBGfJmFA=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/calamansi1-3e8d1ace6e0f485e87e632c7ac09919a.jpg)
What Are Calamansi Limes?
![Satsuma Mandarins](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/0zCkd_vpnqZxybNOayQfe1I5jic=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-satsuma-mandarins-5209928-hero-05-1126e53644ba403c9a98156c1337d94a.jpg)
What Are Satsuma Mandarins?
![Finger Limes on a marble surface](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/OTiJjHVbWgvCq6NNAJqTRpWFqqs=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-finger-limes-5209188-hero-03-a450bc96855c42e5a0e17d5a96f0d545.jpg)
What Are Finger Limes?
![Sweet Limes](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/zBm5RUd6q6CByJGrazgAbdiSEbM=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-sweet-limes-5208848-Hero_01-9ddd8d67ac2640a885dbc0fd248f132d.jpg)
What Are Sweet Limes?
![Bitter oranges, some whole some cut in half](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/APYsST5ZAIxesJQtIjYr52K9cGA=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/bitter_orange1-e82f1aecbb754d9a91c9f056b59bed47.jpg)
What Are Bitter Oranges?
![Tangelos on a grey surface](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/HfDYIpMZp27sNRbjCSjZ3AOaE88=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-tangelos-5208738-hero-01-b579204b5e04438b9a0ce44927de456e.jpg)
What Are Tangelos?
![](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/y1AtbzjZV7QiPZW1Lzr7kp9BI3I=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SPRE_PlaceholderImage-5aeb39defa6bcc0036308805.png)
What Are Crookneck Squash?
![Brussels Sprouts](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/sAfOUIp0yT2GMHxBiFpQcKi6U1g=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-brussels-sprouts-5205439-hero-01-12caded6dd5a42658ab0a905abc1ed79.jpg)
What Are Brussels Sprouts?
![Dickinson pumpkins](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/At3POQeGkHit0p8Uckslclsbqmw=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/dickinsonpumpkinLisaBarreca-dcd609b8d5254c038d27635111e00914.jpg)
What Are Dickinson Pumpkins?
![Pastry flour](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/Z0DGFvATsFK8s_d37CYSs2QFATw=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-pastry-flour-5204545-hero-01-fafeb0003b13459cbfcb1b9026f66dc6.jpg)
What Is Pastry Flour?
![Lard](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/Tn4AQm-qs0SQs7oLgios_P1gSac=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-lard-5203693-hero-01-bf3b69c005714eb1af38364b886ec99a.jpg)
What Is Lard?
![Lemon Squash](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/ZNsGUkVzD3PKvF0ciEMKvT9wRJc=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-lemon-squash-5198727-Hero_01-71793ef0061b406a82124751461b1b22.jpg)
What Are Lemon Squash?
![Bowl of Irish Moss (aka Sea Moss)](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/i_w_1PaXMNr1RusgCSugKFagx7w=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/irishmosslmaldris01-e4d65e1063b34e3ab6a51607a7d712b6.jpg)
What Is Sea Moss?
![Vegan cheese](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/nhud1pH82Mz-Te54jr8KrWJo1Dc=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-vegan-cheese-5189114-HERO-9b698d9df18c42da99221e71ae630a83.jpg)
What Is Vegan Cheese?
![Monk Fruit](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/C2XnqZDul8JGyAZuAei7zB3C5y0=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-monk-fruit-5188034-hero-02-dfa40deda0b646cba986eca9d40a0d93.jpg)
What Is Monk Fruit?
![Camu camu berries](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/yTIjKtSuBdlhpfwRQxknX7TPkn4=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/camucamuannafrignani-30efde74715d4c17b739f2d5f77b0805.jpg)
What Is Camu Camu?
![Tomato powder](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/0fm80pQg5VpRju9dOQ0zPW4zE5A=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-tomato-powder-5188014-Hero_01-78faf445f0e445c5bf91026bf36ab00d.jpg)
What Is Tomato Powder?
![Fresh guava](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/thWoEO54JoxC5Jn2fKBS70Jik3A=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-guava-5117015-01-246fbf81d117483398e9123cf3d3c88b.jpg)
What Is Guava?
![Jarlsberg Cheese](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/wYbVqOVP63bRA3Ypbzfux9E_I0Q=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-is-jarlsberg-cheese-5105148-hero-01-b8b485fdc1204d2a9f6eac9bd0e0163a.jpg)
What Is Jarlsberg Cheese?
![Fromage Blanc Cheese](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/MAp8J1Wp_vazSzIoHojbMmi0vKw=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Fromage-Blanc-Cheese-5105147-01-5ff60d964f7a4990a0f1c44cfb0b1985.jpg)
What Is Fromage Blanc Cheese?
![Butter Beans aka Lima Beans](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/KzU-_8UpzHtDuxI1s1hYBPERSvU=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/butter-beans-5105145-01-111a81d1387144b1919f4f35d3d565b7.jpg)
What Are Butter Beans?
![tempered white chocolate in a bowl](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/MKsxjSVtkMfsY6JlD53v1-DyOIM=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/how-to-temper-white-chocolate-6383317-hero-05-cc12202624a141cf994aada6cfccf16d.jpg)
How to Temper White Chocolate
![Red wine vinegar in glass jars](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/-izgfQuwu5ee1JsKSFXvFeeLslw=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/red-wine-vinegar-recipe-5496686-hero-01-58203a43ac194ae2aae48a4acc253237.jpg)
Red Wine Vinegar Recipe
![Aromatic vegetables](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/XNbMKMILLiGsShFYAFTO7pZzBFk=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/mirepoixSKashkin-11421f61a9c14e639402b967d34e66fa.jpg)
What Are Cooking Aromatics?