Clean Out Your Spice Rack
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Clean Out Your Spice Rack
My new spice rack. It's time for a clean-out. My most used herbs and spices are: thyme, marjoram, salt, pepper, cayenne, cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, ginger, and cilantro (though generally only fresh cilantro). My least used: cream of tartar, caraway (because I loath caraway seeds), curry, and fenugreek seeds.
I am going to bust a household myth that many of you are probably still holding as a dear truth close to your bosom:
Household Myth: dried herbs and spices will never go bad and may be kept for years.
Truth: they may not go bad but will certainly be like dust in your mouth if you let them get too old and may also have bugs in them.
Here's a quick list of how to cull out your spice cabinet:
•anything over three years old is likely lost much of it's integrity
•anything brown that started of green should go
•lack of aromatic scent
•webbing in the jar*
•dead or live weevils
