Finally got around to organizing my spice cupboard alphabetically this week.
Finally got around to organizing my spice cupboard alphabetically this week.
Separated all the chilis/pepper varieties onto the top, and moved all the salts to the cupboard to the right, since those two categories took too much space. Final count was 109. Phew.
Impressive organisation skills. I'm happy if everything is in the same drawer and the drawer can close.
What kind of food do you make with all these?
There are still a handful I've never tried (hwentia, dundicut, black lemons, pomegranate peels, sorowisa...) but I like to experiment whenever I can. Some of my favorite foods to make are Indian dishes like chicken korma or goan-style pork vindaloo, which both use many spices.
Nice rack!
I have nowhere near that many but I did try this once. Within a month it was ruined so I just caved and allowed chaos to rule my spice organization. I know where everything is approximately and can find it, I just won't send someone else to try and get any spice out of there.
I think you may in fact have more spices than I do, which I never thought I'd get to say! That is quite the impressive collection. What made you start collecting spices? Are they all individual spices or do you have blends in there as well? How do you handle one-off spices that you got that you just wanted to try out or that you needed for a particular recipe? Do you separate out any of your other spices (grill seasonings, baking spices, etc)? I have so many questions. :)
It's been years now, but especially started ramping up once I bought a house and had the cellar space to expand- my little appartmemt wasn't ready to handle the collection before that. I had a bad habit of going to my local international foods markets, seeing a spice I didn't recognize, and bringing it home to research later. Even the weird one-offs get a jar, a label, a kiss, and a place on the shelf.
Almost all are individual spices, but I do have a handful of blends. Except for one that was a gift, they're all homemade blends, though (taco seasoning, Donair spice, chaat masala, garam masala, lemon pepper, Japanese curry powder...).
All my baking stuff is left in the pantry (cocoa powder, cream of tartar, BP, BS...) So they aren't counted in with the spices. I tend to just throw together my own grill seasonings in the moment.
Honestly, I love my collection. Aside from the fresh ing. I would need, it makes me feel like I'm capable of making literally any dish I can think of. A million flavour combinations and opportunities to be creative.
Ooooh one of my favorite things! i love looking at people's herb and spice collections. If you are into fish this reicipe for Kuwaiti fish stew is a great way to try black lemons! It technically calls for black limes, but it would probably be just as delicious with lemons. Some spices I've got but still need to try are kokum and dagar phool.
Good job. But if you are like me they will be disordered in a week. It's hard to keep entropy out of your life. Also, the oregano and cumin bottles are always empty.