[Sca-cooks] Spice jars - recommendations

[Stefan li Rous]

<<< Just wax the corks.  Canning parafin will do.

Morgana

Okay, this brings up a question:  To avoid scent contamination and
denaturing, what kind of container do you recommend for spices?  Glass with
a cork?  Glass with a screw-top?  Plastic with a rubber cork? >>>

Probably not the plastic because it is more permeable, letting vapors in and aromatic oils out. It would also be more difficult to get smells from previously used items out of it.

You should look at this file in the PLANTS, HERBS AND SPICES section of the Florilegium for some previous commentary on spice storage, both period and modern.

spice-storage-msg (42K) 4/14/07 Period and modern spice storage.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/PLANTS/spice-storage-msg.html

Stefan

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