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Tan Can Cook

Tan Can Cook


I wanted to reply to the topic from the original author and share my own system of spice organization and labelling.

I don't have any times, other than to share a portion of my expansive spice collection. Because I only cook cuisines of regional India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Iran, my spices are specialized for those cuisines. I recycle jars and glasses, which were cleaned well, washed inside with high-temperature dish water with sanitation option.

 

I manually made labels: common English names and underneath its botanical (Latin) names.

 

Prior, the labels were in Hindi to help learn Hindi names for my spices. Now that I've learnt their Hindi names, they now appear in English with Latin names.

 

Because I am the one created and organized these jars, I know exactly where certain ingredient(s) are located. On the top most shelf are regional specific spices and herbs. You'll find dried vetiver roots, lesser galangal, long pepper, Kashmiri dried cockscomb flowers, dry rose petals, black stone flowers, etc.

 

In that regard, even though my spices may not look "organized or aesthetically pleasing to the eyes," I can find any ingredient(s) I want and need at any given time.

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Tan Can Cook

Tan Can Cook


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Tan Can Cook

Tan Can Cook

On 2/9/2025 at 3:16 PM, AlaMoi said:

keep in mind . . . spices/herbs come in all shapes and sizes of 'containers'

many McCormick items come in short jars . . . if you stack two shorts in the rack, it may well transpire that the top shortie is above the wire retainer - and falls out on a door swing type mounting.

 

I have my "shelves" divided into "shorts" and "talls" - all the "short" shelves have a vacant 'spot' so I can move a top short and get the the bottom short without turning the whole world upside down....

 

new, not so neat anymore . . .

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@AlaMoi, I see you're a fellow lover of spices!

 

My enormous spice collection could use organizing. this is a just a partial collection, where I reuse jam and sauce jars, they are cleaned out well and washed in high-temp dishwasher and thoroughly dried for reuse. Most are locally sourced; however, some highly specialized spices and herbs are sourced (purchased) direct from India and shipped to the USA.

 

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