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[QUESTION] What are your favorite spices to use in soups?
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I think the issue that people, including myself, are having, is that it's undefined in such a way that is simultaneously too open-ended and also too restricted. Different people have wildly different pantry stocks and wildly different expectations for what is conventionally expected or keep on hand.
This is all extra so, when the question is for a fucking bell pepper and some barley. You could be anything from a farmer, to a chef, to a crazy person who doesn't have black pepper and only eats canned hamburgers and pisses in bottles.
You need to realize that the notion of this question is deeply flawed, and that you can maybe try to compromise by just allowing everybody chef-show type freedom where as long as they use and feature these ingredients, or like just go rule-of-cool and let it breathe.
This all being said, I truly don't care, I'm just trying to interpret where the top level comment may be coming from, because I've thought about these challenges before and held off because I know people can be difficult.
Personally.... I'd probably see if I could deep fry or roast the barley to get it sweet, soft, and crispy, and spice it with like a light butter coating, and then mix that with slices of the bell pepper for finger food or a snack. Though, I've never had barley like that, so I don't know what it tastes like or if it's bitter or what cooking it would do, that's just my instinct. Maybe try to find a dip that would synergize them. Probably try to avoid ranch though, that's overdone and basic af
I want to encourage people to cook. I want them to think about what they stock to cook with. I intentionally left what's in the pantry open exactly because there is so much variation. I keep emergency goat cheese on hand. Others keep nori. What do they have or normally have that they can use to make a meal out of the featured ingredients.
I don't want to have an endless list of restrictions. I don't want to tell people what they should have in their kitchen. That removes all the fun. It's people, their foods, the featured ingredients, their imagination.