spices and organization

[rebeccajo 14]

I installed two of these inside my cabinet doors. I love 'em - they hold a lot. Very clever too as it uses kitchen 'space' that normally doesn't even exist!

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=prod...224095-362-3180

Regarding throwing out old spices and having to buy new - the things do get 'stale' after a while. Old spices are pretty much worthless and amount to throwing confetti into your cooking.

If you have a healthfood store nearby you might want to visit them. Our local healthfood store sells spices by the ounce - you can go in and by just a teaspoon of something if that is what you need for a recipe. Saves spending 5 bucks for a jar of something that you use rarely.

[Marilyn. 340]

my spices are jammed in a cupboard i have to pull them up to see what it is...

[rebeccajo 14]

I laugh in the face of organization!

LOL!

[doodlebugg 10]

I installed two of these inside my cabinet doors. I love 'em - they hold a lot. Very clever too as it uses kitchen 'space' that normally doesn't even exist!

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=prod...224095-362-3180

Regarding throwing out old spices and having to buy new - the things do get 'stale' after a while. Old spices are pretty much worthless and amount to throwing confetti into your cooking.

If you have a healthfood store nearby you might want to visit them. Our local healthfood store sells spices by the ounce - you can go in and by just a teaspoon of something if that is what you need for a recipe. Saves spending 5 bucks for a jar of something that you use rarely.

I love those cabinets!!! lol.

[Marilyn. 340]

this one is cool but it only holds 12 spices...

http://www.stacksandstacks.com/html/10678_...nless-steel.htm

This stainless steel spice carousel has a patented auto measure dial dispenser that measures and despenses spices in precise increments. One click for 1/4 tsp., two clicks for 1/2 tsp., etc.

wow, thats cool...

Edited February 7, 2008 by MarilynP

[Miranda&James 8]

Alton Brown uses metal tins (labels the tops) and attaches them to the inside of a cabinet on a magnetized strip Seems like a decent idea though because you can see what you have whereas you can't always see the back rows in a cabinet. My mom puts all hers in a drawer, lined up alphabetically with the names written on the tops of the containers. We have one of those nice little spinning ones but it doesn't hold very many, the rest are in a cabinet completely unorganized!

[*julez* 124]

I keep all my spices disorganized in a cupboard.

[sereia 0]

i didn't read any of the replies so sorry if this was already said...but i remember my brother buying my dad a spinning spice rack from costco that held quite a bit. only thing i don't like about those is it comes with the spices and 90% of them i'd never use. i prefer to buy some sort of shelving unit to put inside a cabinet and create it yourself. i bought lots of little glass spice jars from crate and barrel and filled them with stuff my MIL sent from morocco.

[gwen75 0]

here's a page full of spice storage ideas

http://www.containerstore.com/browse/index...mp;viewAll=true

[yassmine2878 1]

The old plastic standby: http://www.primetimesolutions.com/products...CFRKDIgodbwEQNw

[almaty 19]

the only spice in my cabinet is old spice..

[Minya's wife 25]

I just bought a door mount organizer, which holds all my spices. Its the one in the link below. My hubby installed it on the door of our pantry and it's been great to get all my spices out my already packed cabinets. The top 4 shelves hold my spices, and I have pantry items on the bottom shelves.

http://www.organizeit.com/pohousestorsys.php

-P

[Nessa 23]

we have this one:

I guess it's 24 just there, plus in our cabinet I must have another 10 or so and another like 7 in the fridge

[almaty 19]

#######????????? i cannot believe that spices are this important and a place for them is vital..

[DeadPoolX 9]

You're not going to believe this... but until this point, I thought the title of this thread was "spies and organization." I kept wondering what all of these ingredients had to do with secret agents and so forth. Then I realized...