[Sca-cooks] Spice jars

[freyja]

Oh those are great!  And what a good deal...

-Kitta


On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Glenn Gorsuch <ggorsuch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Depends on how much you use, and for how long you're cooking, of course.
>
> For a weekend long camp event, I tend to use a selection of watchmaker tins,
> that have clear tops, and fit into a flat, hinged lidded tray.  These came
> from leevalley.com (search on watchmaker tins), and were really quite cheap
> (3 of these trays, each holding 15 tins were something around $10, 10 years
> ago.  The size I have holds, oh, maybe a quarter cup each, and that's plenty
> of a given spice for a given weekend.  And having 45 containers, each neatly
> labelled and sorted alphabetically is a blessing when you're cooking in
> limited light and don't want to mistake your cubebs with your juniper
> berries.  The size is also great because I DO have to refill things fairly
> often, and don't end up with stuff a few seasons old.
>
> Ah, here's a link:
> http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=44948&cat=1,43326,44948
>
> They have a number of different sizes, and for the period aspect, I'd note
> they fit nicely into a little wooden box used for the purpose (in our camp,
> this setup is known as "the Spice Weasel", borrowed from Futurama...)
>
> Gwyn
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