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July 26, 2008

Freshen up your spice rack

By Kashi Read more cooking, daily challenge, home life, and organizing
Challenge Yourself for: 2 days

Did you know that dried herbs and spices have a shelf life? As they age, they lose a lot of their color and flavor. Depending on whether they’re whole or ground, herbs and spices can last anywhere between six months and two years. This weekend, clean up and organize your spice rack. It might even inspire you to experiment with new flavors in your meals in the coming week. _(When logging progress for this challenge, only log as many days as you participated the activity within the 2-day time frame.)_

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  1. 48_forluphie
    Jenefur commented on this. over 3 years ago

    Wait… I had TWO jars of Mustard seed??!?

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    blowpop1821 commented on this. over 3 years ago

    i recently moved in w/ my b/f. not a lot of spices, and the ones that we had, all clumpy and no good. went to a spice storwe to restock and also planted some herbs.

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    pjoy17 commented on this. over 3 years ago

    the spices I use, I have to replace every month because I use them constantly, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, tumeric, curry, ginger, pepper, cayanne, pepper flakes, corriander etc lots and lots, I use very little salt but am always using herbs and spices and fresh fruit and veggies to make my meals healthy and tasty

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    dkraus commented on this. over 3 years ago

    i am going to a store called penzeys spices today to replenish & refresh my spice rack!

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    tdiprincess commented on this. over 3 years ago

    I signed up for the challenge. I’ll go through everything, but I was only married last year. So the spices are a year old.. This will motivate me to make some dried herbs. I have Sage, Oregano, Chives, Mint and Cilantro. I will pick some and then dry them so I have nice dried stuff handy too. All organic!!!

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    jtjohns commented on this. over 3 years ago

    I try to go through my spices every summer, and usually buy them in smaller containers so that I’ll be sure to use them before they go stale. I’ll start drying some herbs (like thyme and oregano), and will puree and freeze others (like cilantro and basil)

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    keico commented on this. over 3 years ago

    ...time to start drying herbs from the garden to replace those that are old. We grow most of our herbs now. Just purchase things we don’t use much.

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    Sweetness_seventyfive commented on this. over 3 years ago

    Yeah I had noticed some dinosaurs in my cupboard also(lol). I went a step further and got rid of all my sodium filled season all salts and replaced them all with Mrs. Dash blends.

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    marakee commented on this. over 3 years ago

    I was amazed at how much old stuff that I have had in my spice rack. Most are rarely used. Thank you for this challange.

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    rdi0824 commented on this. over 3 years ago

    I admit I neglect my spice rack! I’ve sorted out all the old or questionable jars and will pick up some new during my shopping trip this week.