{"id":21447,"date":"2009-01-12T10:58:42","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T18:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=739"},"modified":"2016-09-11T13:32:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T10:32:27","slug":"rv-spice-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/rv-spice-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"RV Spice Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I bragged about my newly organized pantry on the Escapee&#8217;s forum and someone asked me what I do with my spices. It seems that spice storage is a big issue with a lot of RVers for some reason. I don&#8217;t have that problem and I think it has to do with my newly acquired philosophy of less is more. I only keep on hand the spices and herbs I use the most. I keep some\u00a0in a wooden spice rack on the counter, storing them in cute Ikea spice jars:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spice rack\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uskeba.ca\/spicerack.jpg\" alt=\"Spice rack by me, spice jars by Ikea\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spice rack by me, spice jars by Ikea<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For the rest, I compartmentalize.\u00a0The spices for baking go in the baking basket (the one on the right hand side in the middle compartment), and the rest take up about a third of one of the pantry shelves.<\/p>\n<p>Since spices lose their flavour within a year and I&#8217;m cooking only for myself, I&#8217;ve found it to be more advantageous to buy just what I need of a special spice for a particular meal. It might cost more per ounce, but there&#8217;s no waste.<\/p>\n<p>The spices and herbs I keep on hand are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>cumin<\/li>\n<li>turmeric<\/li>\n<li>Ethiopian spice mix<\/li>\n<li>lemon pepper seasoning<\/li>\n<li>celery salt<\/li>\n<li>oregano<\/li>\n<li>basil<\/li>\n<li>bay leaves<\/li>\n<li>cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>powdered vegetable broth<\/li>\n<li>various &#8216;Mrs. Dash&#8217; varieties, no more than three at a time (currently I have a Southwest mix, garlic, and mixed herbs)<\/li>\n<li>salt<\/li>\n<li>black pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I find that compartmentalizing the spices works great. Everything I need for baking is in one basket, from the cinnamon to the almond extract to the baking powder and vanilla. When I want to bake, I only have three things to pull out; the baking basket, the flour, and the sugar.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you&#8217;re having &#8216;spice issues&#8217;, maybe it&#8217;s time to go through your collection, get rid of anything you haven&#8217;t touched in a year, and try sorting them by use rather than by name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bragged about my newly organized pantry on the Escapee&#8217;s forum and someone asked me what I do with my spices. It seems that spice storage is a big issue with a lot of RVers for some reason. I don&#8217;t have that problem and I think it has to do with my newly acquired philosophy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homemaking","category-rving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}