When people move internationally, usually the last thing to be thought of are those pesky little bottles of spices that have slowly, but surly, been accumulated over the years. When we arrived here, the family that lived in our flat before us left us their spices. I thought they were so thoughtful and generous. Then, another family left and I helped clean up the left-overs. Again, more spices. Then, when we moved flats, I found (you guessed it!) more spices in an obscure corner of the kitchen. Problem is, I still haven't finished moving everything from the old place to the new (not sure old gum wrappers and the junk drawer classify as actual items which need to be moved, but Todd thinks so). I went down today and found my cupboard with large amounts of things like nutmeg and paprika AND a large bag of more spices from the house we helped clean. Here's the thing though, I have all these spices that I don't really know what to do with (what do you do with paprika besides to make deviled eggs look pretty?).
Told you there were a lot of them...
Please note the number of bottles that still have the plastic wrapping on them...
And don't be fooled into thinking that was all of them. This is my main spice cabinet, with NONE of the others in it. Those were just the duplicates... and triplicates... and more for some. Anyone need any coriander? Or better yet, could you tell me what to use it for???
2 comments:
A friend of mine was just recently going through all her spices ... found some as far back as 2005 !
So, you might want to check the expiration date -- even though they are sealed.
Personally, I'd rather have pictures of Emme and Cooper than spices!! :-)
I have a great chicken recipe that calls for coriander-but it is back in PNG. If I think of it when we get back I will send it to you:)
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