Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Garden Party Volunteer needed!!!!, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Gee! I really would like to join this "interesting" discussion but--NOTHING
that has been discussed here (so far) defines my "style"--cause I have NO style. .

For one--I gather that most of you have newer kitchens that have drawers
and little shelves inside doors for spices. My spices are all in their original containers
but they are also 2-3-deep on these plastic lazy Susans. I cannot, easily, find anything
I am looking for. Spin...spin...Dig...Dig...WHICH rack is it o??? AH! There it is!!!

I have just old kitchen cabinets with old doors on them. Small ones to boot. 1969 style.
Inside one of these cabinets, I have 3- two-decker lazy susans for my spices--plus the
bigger bottles (Costco or BJ's size) sit on the top shelf above all this.
Almost all my spices are on these Lazy Susans. I just spin them around to
see where something is that I am looking for. Often, things are hard to find..

If you stuck your nose inside these cabinets--you would think I am some kind
of a "foodie" with SO many spices! Truth is--I seldom use any of these spices.
Most of them are long out-dated and should be discarded.

My main spices I use in every-day cooking are:

Coarse Sea Salt...Fresh ground Pepper....Onion Powder.....Garlic Powder....
Whole Allspice....A Bay Leaf now and then.....Dried Dill (or fresh)....etc..
Of course--if I am cooking soup or some other more "gourmet" dishes--
I will use more of the spices I have.

YES! I would LOVE to have my spices better organized, but that is not happening until
I have my kitchen remodeled. Lets face it--my kitchen is old and it sucks!!!
In every and all aspects. From ceiling to the floor. .I HATE IT!!!! I hate my kitchen---!!!!!

Here is the cabinet that holds my spices. UGH!
Showing you ONLY b/c we are talking about it..

Nothing wrong in what I cook in it, though..... Gita