"hez" > wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I do alot of Indian cooking and currently buy my spices from and old
> fashioned style grocer, he sells the spices loose and you can have a
> much or as little as you want. The question I have is how long do
> spices stay usable for? He does not have any sell buy dates on.
> Hez
>

There are no hard and fast rules. It depends on the spice, how old it is
when you buy it, how you store it, and so on. Spices do not go bad really,
they just slowly lose flavor over time. I use my smell and taste for judging
when a spice is past its prime and needs to be replaced.


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