SC - transporting ingredients

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/1/00 12:22:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ekoogler at chesapeake.net writes:

> By the way, on the subject of storage, I have found that my spices last 
> longer
>  when stored in colored bottles.  To that end, (and with a great deal of 
> protest
>  from my lord) I have used Mickey beer bottles (barrel-shaped, large mouth, 
> green
>  in color) and found corks to fit the mouths.  They really have worked well 
> over
>  the years.  Phillip keeps asking me if I don't need more!
>  

You may want to consider changing the bottles you store your spices in, and 
see if a brown bottle doesn't keep them longer... It is my experience that 
when sunlight passes through green glass, it can cause some kind of reaction. 
 I know this to be the case with beer (from scholarly research only, you 
understand, and never any practical experience with the stuff).  My 
coriander, powdered ginger and cardamom pods all went rancid after about a 
week in green glass.

Balthazar of Blackmoor

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