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Today we are going to be learning all about spices. How do you store spices optimally, what spices should you pick up for your kitchen, and where should buy them to save a lot of money.
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– On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee:
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– The Professional Chef by The Culinary Institute of America:
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Spicy Intro: (0:00)
What are spices?: (0:22)
Ground vs Whole Spices: (0:46)
Why do spices lose flavor?: (1:00)
How to optimally store spices: (1:53)
How I store my spices: (2:33)
What spices should you buy?: (3:20)
Bare necessity spices: (3:59)
My top 5 used spices: (4:30)
Pro Home Cook’s Basic Spices: (4:59)
How to save money on spices: (5:35)
My favorite place to buy spices: (6:12)
A rude interruption: (6:54)
List of spices with prices: (7:01)
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So as you use up the spices in the bottle isn’t there going to be quite a bit of air in the bottle? For that reason I keep my spices in the original bags and squeeze the air before putting a rubber band on it. But it is more hassle to open up and close them that way. Hmm…
I have an extremely large spice collection, so to maximize freshness, I store mine in small mason jars. For the ones I use frequently, I use stainless steel spice jar lids with three shaker options and a spoon option. For the rest (the ones used infrequently) I use the two piece mason jar lids. I put a moisture absorber in the bottom of each jar and use a jar sealer to keep them vacuum sealed. For spices I buy in bulk, I use a larger jar, but the same vacuum sealing process.
Yeah🎉, thank you for this awesome information, I cook with so many spices due to enjoying culture cooking and thanks to your awesome information I’m planning to for sure get my spices more up to date and organized too. I’m grateful ❤
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