The first of my mini quests toward my ultimate goal was something that was bothering me in my kitchen. I wanted to reorganize and streamline my spices into something that worked for me. I have a thing for spices and am always collecting them. I started out making use of some inexpensive revolving racks which while they worked well for a while, the bottles weren't airtight and moisture got into my spices. I solved the issue by using Libbey glass bottles and a chrome rack which I ordered from Amazon. The bottles were perfect, as they allow plenty of room to scoop that measuring spoon into and also a great airtight seal. They were gorgeous and fit into the chrome rack perfectly.
Here is what they look like -
Finding the perfect racks and bottles though were the easy part - the hard part was devising what spices I actually use! I finally came up with (after much research) the perfect list of spices that I really wanted to keep on hand, the rest are really not necessary.
The Perfect Spice List
- ALLSPICE
- BASIL
- BAY LEAVES
- CAYENNE PEPPER
- CELERY SEED
- CHILI POWDER
- CINNAMON
- CLOVES - GROUND
- CLOVES - WHOLE
- CREAM OF TARTAR
- CUMIN
- CURRY
- DILL
- DRY MUSTARD
- FENNEL SEEDS
- GARLIC POWDER
- GARLIC SALT
- GINGER
- LEMON PEPPER
- MEAT TENDERIZER - SEASONED
- NUTMEG
- OLD BAY
- ONION POWDER
- OREGANO
- PAPRIKA
- PICKLING SPICE
- POULTRY SEASONING
- RED PEPPER FLAKES
- ROSEMARY
- SAGE
- SEASONING SALT
- SYLVIA'S SECRET SOUL FOOD SEASONING
- TARRAGON
- TUMERIC
- THYME
- WHITE PEPPER
Comments anyone? Have I missed any essential spices?
Here is what another blogger came up with using Ikea picture hanging shelves - I ultimately once I buy the nest want to have my spices arranged accordingly.
Here is what another blogger came up with using Ikea picture hanging shelves - I ultimately once I buy the nest want to have my spices arranged accordingly.
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