Unusual jars for spices

Can you imagine cooking without spices and spices? And cosmetology, medicine? Definitely not!

Spices, as you know, have always been expensive. So expensive that they became an incentive for the most dangerous round-the-world travel or even a reason for wars and strife. Now most of the fragrant herbs and rare spices can be purchased without any problems, if you have to go for them, then only to the nearest store or to the market.

At any mistress in a kitchen locker it is packed many bags and kulechkov with spices. Without going into the history of origin, methods of application and other information about our favorite "roots and tops," today we will talk about what kind of container to store this delight for our taste buds. Spices and now are not so cheap to let this matter drift.

Many keep spices on hand, that is, near the stove, but capricious aromatic grasses and ground spices are afraid of heat. Keep them in a storage room or in a kitchen cabinet away from the work area and hot spots.

Most seasonings are sold in sachets, neat and beautiful, but not at all suitable for long-term storage, because after opening, the packaging can not be closed tightly enough. As a result, essential oils from spices volatilize, they lose their taste, aroma and their inherent valuable properties. The easiest way is to pour them into jars for spices - glass, tin or plastic, with a tight-fitting lid. Light and moisture are harmful to spices, so it is desirable that the containers are opaque and hermetically sealed. Wooden and ceramic jars for spices are usually corked not very densely, so they are not suitable for long-term storage of spices. Best of all, this odorous exuberance is preserved in small bottles of dark glass. Ideal for this purpose are a variety of containers for coffee, baby food, vitamins. Decorated with imagination homemade jars for the spices are functional, beautiful and can even decorate the kitchen with their appearance. In order not to confuse the seasonings, it is better to sign the cans using special stickers. Or there is still a good idea - cut out labels with the name from the packaging bags and attach them to the jar with transparent tape. If you have the desire and time, you can do more complicated design, using a variety of decor techniques: decoupage, vintage, stamping.

Effectively look in the kitchen jars for spices on magnets, and realize this idea is especially simple, if the kitchen already has something of stainless steel. If flat magnets (or special magnetic paper) are glued to the bottom or caps of the cans, they will adhere well to the metal plane, for example, on the side surface of the refrigerator. It turns out not only convenient, but also stylish decoration for the kitchen. Jars for spices need to be signed, so as not to mistake the turmeric for curry.

Keep spices - it is, of course, a good thing, but it is not worth creating large reserves. Fresh spices are still better. It makes sense to make jars for spices the size of smaller. If you take a wooden bar, conventional laboratory tubes and plugs, you can make a stand for storing seasonings in small quantities. In the bar you need to make holes of the appropriate diameter and with the help of corners to attach it to the wall. To put on the test tubes rubber sealing rings, insert them into the holes and ... voila - the original stand is ready. Even faster, mini-jars are obtained from the boxes of "Tick-Taka." Spice poured, the cap to sign, put in a suitable box - and in the drawer of the kitchen cabinet. Convenient, and a little space is occupied.

And in conclusion one more tip. Pour the next seasoning in the jar, specify the date, and at the same time ask for a period of storage of each of them, so as not to guess in the future, more spices are suitable or already "died."