Trying to organize my spices. I've got different size bottles of spices.
Suggestions on how to organize them. Been looking at racks. Do i buy
bottles to fill up every time they get low. I'm guessing that i have
around 35 spices. thanks.

On Sat 29 Oct 2005 05:34:28a, Drew Cutter wrote in rec.food.equipment:

> Trying to organize my spices. I've got different size bottles of spices.
> Suggestions on how to organize them. Been looking at racks. Do i buy
> bottles to fill up every time they get low. I'm guessing that i have
> around 35 spices. thanks.

I keep my spices inside a kitchen cabinet. (Light and heat is not good for
herbs) I use the stackable plastic lazy susans to keep them on which makes
find a spice fairly quick and easy.

http://tinyurl.com/7pyvh



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On Sat 29 Oct 2005 07:50:02a, Wayne Boatwright wrote in
rec.food.equipment:

> On Sat 29 Oct 2005 05:34:28a, Drew Cutter wrote in rec.food.equipment:
>
>> Trying to organize my spices. I've got different size bottles of
>> spices. Suggestions on how to organize them. Been looking at racks. Do
>> i buy bottles to fill up every time they get low. I'm guessing that i
>> have around 35 spices. thanks.
>
> I keep my spices inside a kitchen cabinet. (Light and heat is not good
> for herbs) I use the stackable plastic lazy susans to keep them on
> which makes find a spice fairly quick and easy.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7pyvh

Sorry, I meant to post the link for the plastic one. The stainless steel
model is a bit pricy if you're going to hide it in a cabinet.

http://tinyurl.com/cnkbf



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> Trying to organize my spices. I've got different size bottles of spices.
> Suggestions on how to organize them. Been looking at racks. Do i buy
> bottles to fill up every time they get low. I'm guessing that i have
> around 35 spices. thanks.

I have a very tiny apartment kitchen, so I keep my spices in a rack
which only shows the tops of the bottles. This allows me to keep the
most spices in the least amount of space, and I don't have to use my
very limited cabinet space for them. The bottles lie on their sides and
are mostly protected from the light that way, although I only keep small
amounts in the jars - I buy them in larger bags and use those to refill
the small jars I keep in my kitchen. (Since I don't have a pantry, I
keep the big bags in my bedroom closet - my clothes smell nicely
spicey!)

I bought some round labels for my printer that just fit the tops of my
spice jars. That way, I can relabel them any time I want - I'm always
trying out new spices and it's easy to print a new label for the top of
the jar.

Karen

On Sat 29 Oct 2005 10:43:08p, Karen Wheless wrote in rec.food.equipment:

>> Trying to organize my spices. I've got different size bottles of spices.
>> Suggestions on how to organize them. Been looking at racks. Do i buy
>> bottles to fill up every time they get low. I'm guessing that i have
>> around 35 spices. thanks.
>
> I have a very tiny apartment kitchen, so I keep my spices in a rack
> which only shows the tops of the bottles. This allows me to keep the
> most spices in the least amount of space, and I don't have to use my
> very limited cabinet space for them. The bottles lie on their sides and
> are mostly protected from the light that way, although I only keep small
> amounts in the jars - I buy them in larger bags and use those to refill
> the small jars I keep in my kitchen. (Since I don't have a pantry, I
> keep the big bags in my bedroom closet - my clothes smell nicely
> spicey!)
>
> I bought some round labels for my printer that just fit the tops of my
> spice jars. That way, I can relabel them any time I want - I'm always
> trying out new spices and it's easy to print a new label for the top of
> the jar.
>
> Karen
>

That's a great idea, Karen. I've seen those types of racks, but I always
wondered how I would recognize the spices without pulling them out.
Printing out cicular labels is a perfect solution!

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> That's a great idea, Karen. I've seen those types of racks, but I always
> wondered how I would recognize the spices without pulling them out.
> Printing out cicular labels is a perfect solution!

The ones I use are 1 2/3" in diameter, Avery #5293. That seems to fit a
standard spice jar. I think I had to special order them, but they
weren't very hard to find. You can download a template from the Avery
web site to format them on your computer.

If possible, print them on a laser printer - I have an ink jet at home
and the labels will run if they get wet!

Karen

On Sat 29 Oct 2005 11:49:25p, Karen Wheless wrote in rec.food.equipment:

>> That's a great idea, Karen. I've seen those types of racks, but I
always
>> wondered how I would recognize the spices without pulling them out.
>> Printing out cicular labels is a perfect solution!
>
> The ones I use are 1 2/3" in diameter, Avery #5293. That seems to fit a
> standard spice jar. I think I had to special order them, but they
> weren't very hard to find. You can download a template from the Avery
> web site to format them on your computer.
>
> If possible, print them on a laser printer - I have an ink jet at home
> and the labels will run if they get wet!
>
> Karen
>

Thanks for the additional info. I think I'm going to reorganize my spices
this way when I move in a few months. I have an inkjet printer, but I can
always print the labels on my office laser printer.

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