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Cleaning out the kitchen
Jun. 4th, 2008 08:53 amYesterday, for no real reason, I decided to clean out my spices. It was entertaining to note the "Use By" dates on some of them - especially the ones from the back of the cabinet that said "Use By Aug2002" or "Use By May2003" and so on.
I threw out a LOT of spices, including the newish Anise. The Guy and I don't particularly like the licrocice-tasting spices, so out it went.
This morning, I cleaned out my baking shelf - you know, the shelf with the sugar, brown sugar, flour, oil, baking soda and baking powder and stuff to ... bake with on it. I am part-way organized. So I did the same thing to the baking stuff that I did with the spices. I found my corn meal in the rear of the shelf, checked out the date on the bottom, and realized that it had been there for at least three years past the dead-date.
It's amazing how much space I've got on my baking shelf now! I even threw out some of those novelty cups that the kids like to accumulate and stuff in the pantry because they won't fit in with the regular glasses and mugs. And some old stuff that hadn't seen the light of day in ages. AND I even found a jar of chunky peanut butter I didn't remember was there! Now I don't have buy any right now, although I might, the way prices are going up.
I threw out a LOT of spices, including the newish Anise. The Guy and I don't particularly like the licrocice-tasting spices, so out it went.
This morning, I cleaned out my baking shelf - you know, the shelf with the sugar, brown sugar, flour, oil, baking soda and baking powder and stuff to ... bake with on it. I am part-way organized. So I did the same thing to the baking stuff that I did with the spices. I found my corn meal in the rear of the shelf, checked out the date on the bottom, and realized that it had been there for at least three years past the dead-date.
It's amazing how much space I've got on my baking shelf now! I even threw out some of those novelty cups that the kids like to accumulate and stuff in the pantry because they won't fit in with the regular glasses and mugs. And some old stuff that hadn't seen the light of day in ages. AND I even found a jar of chunky peanut butter I didn't remember was there! Now I don't have buy any right now, although I might, the way prices are going up.
