On Mon 08 Aug 2005 08:07:38p, Dee Randall wrote in rec.food.cooking:
LOL! How true that is.
I love those plastic lids and have been using them for a while now after opening jars of homemade jams, pickles, etc. I have both sizes for that purpose because I do like the small mouth jars for putting up certain food products, as the neck of the jar helps to hold the pieces of food down in the jar and under the liquid, sort of wedged in. I'm sure that the wide- mouth size would be better for the spice storage.
I suspect that my needs will be somewhat different than yours, but the principle is certainly the same. When we moved from OH to AZ, I disposed of every foodstuff and spice in the kitchen. When we were finally reorganized, I placed a whopping order to Penzey's of 80+ items, all in their 4-1-4" spice jar size. As we've lived here I've found that my cooking has changed and simplified, and that I don't use half the variety of things I used to use. Of the spices-herbs that I do use, many I don't use all that often, but some I use all the time, which require replacement frequently and would benefit from buying larger quanbreasties of.
For years I've always had a deep freeze in addition to the usual kitchen refrigerator. My use of the freezer has also changed over time. I don't particularly care for long-term frozen meats and I detest frozen vegetables and only tolerate frozen fruits. However, I have developed a habit of keeping all my flours, meals, grains, etc. in the freezer, along with a small selection of frozen convenience foods. Because of that, we are disposing of the freezer before moving to the new house and, instead, going to have two relatively large refrigerators. That will give me a total of about 12 cu. ft. of freezer storage which is more than ample, and at least double the amount of refrigerator space. Many of the items presently stored in the freezer will do just as well stored in the refrigerator.
I intend to significantly pare down the list of spices-herbs I plan on keeping, and will keep "spice jar size" quanbreasties of often used spices at hand in a spice rack convenient to the food prep area. It is the remaining quanbreasty of those spices, along with those I seldom use that I want to store in the refrigerator.
I absolutely love cinnamon, and usually have on hand all the types that Penzey's carries, although I am very low on most of them at present. No, I haven't read anything about the health benefits of cinnamon, but I probably use enough of it to reap the benefits. :-)
Yes, I agree, and am looking forward to that second fridge.
Hehe, yes we're chomping at the bit. While very nice, this tiny rental house is so small that we trip over each other and the cats, just trying to get from one room to another. :-)
Thanks for all your comments, Dee. It's very helpful!
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