Halfway through, the array of spices, salts and herbs was so overwhelming it almost looked pretty. So I grabbed my camera and took this photo to show you. This is real life - a combination of high hopes, wrong turns and a lot of spice.
I was looking through my stack of Everyday Food magazines (December issues) to find a one-cookie-dough-many-ways recipe. What I found was an advertisement by McCormick that said if you have any spices that were packaged in Baltimore, Maryland, they were at least 15 years old. Yikes! And the issue I was reading was from the 2006 issue, so add another 6 years to the past its prime calculation. I had to know if any of my spices were 20 years old.
Yep. I found 5 bottles from my wedding shower days! I now know with certainty that I don't use: Allspice, Marjoram, Chervil or Savory. Ha! I pitched a few other bottles that seemed old and now I have more room on the behind the door adhesive spice rack for flavorings I do actually use and the rest of the containers are arranged by type in the cupboard. Victory.
Do you have any vintage spices?
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