Some flavorings, seeds and spices used in baking are cinnamon, ground cloves, ground cardamom, allspice, mace, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, nutmeg, and vanilla beans. Nutmeg and ground cinnamon are usually used in making desserts, like pumpkin and apple pies. Vanilla beans are typically used for flavoring.
Herbs are the leaves of plants used for flavoring, while spices are the seeds, bark, roots, or fruits of plants used for flavoring.
The tropical plant from East Indies cultivated for its oval seeds is called nutmeg. Nutmeg is a spice that is derived from the seeds of the nutmeg tree, scientifically known as Myristica fragrans. The seeds are ground into a powder and used in cooking and baking for flavoring.
Anise seeds are often added to licorice for additional flavoring.
Vanilla flavoring is extracted from the seeds of a type of orchid.
allspice
Spices come from seeds.
Allspice
Spices that are similar to cumin include coriander, caraway, and fennel seeds.
Rapeseed is from brassica rapus, the source of Canola oil. Mustard is from either brassica juncea or sinapis alba, the plants of both are used as vegetables and the seeds of both are used as flavoring spices or to make condiments.
Vanilla is a flavoring and an aromatic. It comes from the seeds of an orchid. The vanilla beans are the pods of the orchid that hold the seeds. The seeds can be used directly in foods and the pods are often used to flavor foods by steeping them in hot liquid. Vanilla extract often used in baking is made by soaking the beans in an edible alchohol to extract their flavor and then bottling the resulting liquid.
Seeds for addition to baking or salads.
No, nutmeg does not contain alcohol. It is a spice derived from the seeds of the nutmeg tree and is used for flavoring in cooking and baking. However, nutmeg has psychoactive properties and can produce effects similar to alcohol when consumed in large quantities, but it is not an alcoholic substance itself.