What's in your spice rack?

I am always looking for new and exciting foods to try. I was reading recipes on line (my favorite past time). I found a recipe for pork chops with Coriander and Cardamom. I have heard of coriander, but no Cardamom. So I researched it. Looks like it would be good on a meat. I saw a few brisket recipes online and it inspired me to play around. I went to the grocery store and bought Coriander but they didn't have Cardamom. One of the workers said it is expensive and they don't carry it. I went to a different store and they had it, it was only $5.69 not horrible. I bought it, but it rang up as $14.99! well they have a policy right price or its free, so guess what? Yep free Cardamom.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardamom and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardamom

I took my 4 pound brisket and was ready to embark on a new recipe. I don't how it tastes yet, but the smell is AMAZING!!
I don't have name for it, maybe you can help.
MEAT RECIPE
4 lbs 1st cut brisket
16 ounces beer (i used coors light)
12 ounces heinz chili sauce
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 red onion
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp coriander
1/2 tsp cardamom
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 TBS olive oil
(you may need to cut the meat into 2 pieces so it fits in your pan, do one piece at a time)
Heat large skillet with olive oil. Mix flour and seasoning in a bowl.  coat the meat with flour mixture and add to hot pan. Cook for 3-4 minutes on each side. In the mean time, combine, beer, sugar and chili sauce in a bowl (reserve 1 little less then 1/4 cup beer). Transfer meat to baking dish. (i always use a stoneware dish to bake my meat in, it makes a delicious juicy meat you can find the best ones at http://www.pamperedchef.biz/chelscookin)pour sauce over meat. Cut red onion into slices, toss with any remaining flour mixture, add to meat pan and saute for 2 min. Add remaining beer and mix. transfer onions to meat. Cover tightly with foil or stone lid and bake at 325 for 2 1/2 hrs.

 second piece of the meat in the pan






meat ready for the oven

I also made a yummy Gefilte fish, I am so sick of same old!
G-Fish recipe
one loaf frozen gefilte fish
One large vidalia (sweet) onion
one red pepper
salt, pepper and honey

Place frozen loaf on counter to defrost a little while making the onions.
Slice onions and peppers add to hot pan that is coated in a little EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
Let onions and peppers cook for about 10-12 min, keep stirring so they get brown but don;t burn. While fish is still frozen but a little soft, slice into 10-12 pieces. spray oven safe pan (i like to use a shallow dish) place pieces of fish in pan, do not overlap too much. Add onions and peppers, sprinkle with salt and pepper then drizzle with honey. Cover and bake at 350 for one hour. take cover off and bake for 15-20 more minutes.
serve cold or room temp.


Garlic asparagus
(you can make this in any amount, my kids love to eat it before shabbas so I always make extra)
3pounds asparagus washed and trimmed
6 cloves garlic
kosher salt or sea salt
pepper
EVOO
lay out garlic in flat pan (again the best pan i use is the pampered chef bar pan. http://www.pamperedchef.biz/chelscookin?page=products-detail&categoryId=9&productId=174&itemId=1445
 Crush garlic with garlic press
sprinkle with salt and pepper, then drizzle with EVOO. toss to coat all asparagus.
bake at 425 for about 35 min. we like the ends crispy so i leave them in a little longer.