With a sweet licorice taste, anise is used in cookies, sausage and sauces throughout the Mediterranean. It is also used to flavor Greek Ouzo and Italian Anisette.
For homemade mustard, use 4oz mustard, 3oz vinegar, 1/2 tsp salt. Mix until smooth. For honey mustard, add 1 tbsp honey. Mustard is very hot when first mixed, then mellows with age. Refrigeration...
Caraway is added to rye bread, sauerkraut, coleslaw, cabbage, pork, cheese sauce, goose and duck. It is also used to make a German liqueur called Kummel.
Cumin is used in Indian, Mexican, Asian and in Mediterranean cooking. Salsa, tacos and chilis are heavely seasoned with cumin. Cumin goes well with beef, lamb and pork.