Thursday, September 25, 2008
Doing Something….....
———that needed doing for a long time. Somehow yesterday we got on the subject of spices. In the conversation I mentioned that the Rosemary jar was very low and needed refilling . This led to what else needed to be ordered and before you know it the big plastic box and the smaller blue one had been dragged from the cabinet and unto the kitchen table. Jay got a small yellow pad of paper and an ink pen to note the shortages.
Being a household with someone ( hubby) who loves to cook and can there is a multitude of containers—-glass, plastic. and cellophane envelopes piled into the two boxes, on the counter, and in the cupboards. To try to find a specific spice took a few minutes that could have been spent actually cooking. So it was agreed that we would go through this stash one container at a time combining the small packages, transferring from envelops and plastic containers to glass jars. disposing on old or unused items, and labeling clearly what was in each jar. Also Jay noted each item that we were low on to reorder.
The process took around three hours but the results were amazing. In new glass containers frequently used items like Hungarian Paprika, brown mustard seed, whole nutmegs, rubbed sage. dried ginger, Rosemary, Thyme, and allspice were placed on a Lazy Susan on the counter top. The Parsley leaves, Oregano, garlic powder and salt, cinnamon sticks and powder, chives, and basil for example were placed in one of the upper cupboards. The large plastic container contains lesser used items like coriander, star anise., ginger nibs, poultry seasoning, sesame seed, dill weed, and caraway seed. The yellow mustard seed, turmeric, and celery seed that we use primarily for canning were placed down in the food room. I didn’t name every thing we have because I can’t remember it all. However we do now have a semblance of order in our storage and have already order the items we were short on. The little blue box has been freed up to use for another purpose.
It may not sound like a lot to accomplish but it does bring a bit of satisfaction to my mind that we got it done.
