I moved from the US to Mexico in 2022. My friend visits once a year and brings me goodies I can’t get here. This dry chili crisp seasoning from Trader Joe’s is good on eggs, toast, salad and, tonight - on a grilled steak. With crispy smashed potatoes. Delicious!!

It certainly doesn’t taste like Mexico!

So I have 2 ounce jars (opaque and clear) for powders and wholes, but then for overflow, I’m stuck! I don’t really want to use plastic bags and finding the right size jar is tricky, because I rarely have a ton of overflow, but if I’m getting whole spices, I often get some extra. What do y’all do?

Found a bag the says packed in 2001. Any reason not to use them?

(don’t worry, there’s an overflow cabinet for all the blends and less frequently used spices)

I just got the new McCormick finishing sugar!!! I can’t wait to try them.

Ot's certainly not as vast as many of the wonderful collections here but it allows me make plenty of tasty meals. I lean more towards Indian (Irish version of) cooking. There is likely a better way to store them but for now this suits. Usually only 2 of us in the house these days so it doesn't pay to shop in larger batches as they would loose flavour before I get to use them.

First time I ever had a dedicated spot for spices. I never had the room in my previous apartments. Been in my house few years now and my collecting has grown quickly!

I can’t seem to help myself and I always go into grocery stores and see what spices that have.

The not pretty jars are my spices overflow. When I run low, I refill my jar. I found it annoying all spice jars are not the same shape and size.

How many spices do you guys have on hand?

For anyone interested where I bought the spice jars. Amazon.

AOZITA 24 Pcs Glass Spice Jars /... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072N4Y9XY?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Today was purge day, thought it would be funny to group them all together lol. Last clean was probably 2021. Not including the 1 lbers and other spice brands I got!

I do a lot of weird flavor combinations and I made this today. First a cooked whole cloves orange peel, and long pepper with garlic and ginger, i then added tomato paste, water yogurt, amchoor and sumac and added boiled silken tofu and pasta. It was pretty good but I should have used stock instead of water.

I am making Char Sui and one of the essential ingredients is “Chinese five-spice powder”. I went to my local Asian market and this is the closest thing to some Google images of 5 spice powder. Any ideas if this is correct?

Thank you so much!

This is just my drawer of spices. Got another 25-30 in my pantry.

(note the containers in the back are chock full of baggies with spices in bags.)
My collection of flavoured sugars is on the kitchen counter, along with the cocoa mixes.

I just made some dried orange peel and it’s so fragrant. The first thing I made was orange chicken sauce and put it in the oil and darken before adding everything else. The second thing was a tomato tostada soup with bay leaves and star anise, nutmeg and sumac. Any other ideas?

Looking for storage/organization ideas for my spice containers. This isn’t even everything 🤣

I have a few on some acrylic turn tables currently but looking any suggestions or ideas to do better.

A friend's partner worked at a McCormick warehouse and they always had containers of spices laying around their house to give away to friends. I grabbed a container of this and fell in love with it. It's similar to Myron Mixon's beef rub, which I always use on steaks or anything with ground beef, and now I didn't have to make it from scratch anymore. I can't seem to find it for sale anywhere now though, and my jar is almost empty. Anyone ever use this? Ever find anything similar?

First purchased in 2017 in Hawaii and have been faithfully ordering ever since! I love it on all fish. A while back we were unable to find it anywhere and I have been savoring the last of what I had. I am almost entirely out and wanted to ask reddit to help me find a supplier! Does anyone know if it can still be bought locally? Maybe they still make it and just don’t offer online orders anymore? Any leads would be appreciated!

Expired in 2004

Ignore the stuff on pots it's the old sticker residue (I've scrubbed with rubbing alcohol I promise they're clean😓)

Am I the only person that thinks coriander (ground, at least) is a total zero on flavor? Does it maybe bloom in oil or something? Is it one of those things that you don’t really know what they taste like, but if you skip them the recipe will be missing “something?”

I cook a couple of Indian dishes that both have coriander in the spice blend, and I faithfully include it, but to me it has zero flavor, right out of the bottle.

Would I do better to buy whole seed and crush it myself?

EDIT: PROGRESS. I bought whole seed at my Asian market today, popped a few to try them and, indeed, I can taste that. (And it's yummy.) Apparently the spices at my daily grocery store are just junk across the board. [shrug emoji]

I used to LOVE cumin it was insane. Until one day I cooked brown lentil soup and added a BUNCH of cumin to it.

Thing is, that soup was SO GOOD so I had it for a whole week, SPOONFULS. Then a month later I decide to make it again, I nearly almost break down in tears from how awful the cumin smells. It's safe to say I did NOT add cumin to THAT soup.

Now I simply CANNOT tolerate the taste let alone the SMELL. I physically want to throw up and even if I leave the place, once I've smelled it, the memory of having smelled it follows me around for the rest of the day..dear god.