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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
I'm a hard core foodie. herbs and spices that don't make the grade here hit the compost pile pretty darn quickly! my spice cupboard takes up more real estate than my dishes cupboard!  |
Me too! Me too! But the spices are broken down in four sub-categories before alphabetizing; Leaves, Seeds, Other (which contain stick cinnamon, star anise, fermented and salted black beans, cloves, etc.,) and Liquids. Anything more then a year old gets thrown and replaced by fresh stuff. When we travel to Indonesia or Malaysia, we come back with loads of fresh spices!
Mortis, you'll appreciate this; Back before the 'Central Market' in Chinatown was a tourist shop it was a fantastic wet market. It made the spice shops on Arab Street in S'pore look tiny!
Stitchawl