Any port so long as it's a container port
Aug. 3rd, 2012 12:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceLittle by little, I am containerising this kitchen. It'll be tolerably annoying once it's done, because there will be a lot of taking-this-stack-of-containers-out-to-get-at-the-one-behind; but "tolerably" is the mot juste there. I can tolerate that: and stuff won't get spilled from open bags and packets, and I should be able to find everything. More or less.
In the meantime, we have the fun of buying containers and filling them and labelling them, with a side-order of "will this fit into that, or do I need the larger size?" (I am an appalling judge of relative volume, but I might be getting better.)
The containers-of-choice aren't ideal - two little ones don't fit quite snugly onto one larger one, the way you would expect - but they are cheap and conveniently available at Lucky's around the corner, so.
And the process throws up unexpectednesses. Labelling choices, eg: apparently coriander seed is coriander seed and fennel seed is fennel seed, but mustard seeds (be they black or yellow) are mustard seeds. Despite Shakespeare and everything. Who knew? Also, cumin is just cumin. Unless it's jeera, but that's mostly in my head. I have most of the Indian spices in Hindi in my head, and that's where I try to keep them.
In the meantime, we have the fun of buying containers and filling them and labelling them, with a side-order of "will this fit into that, or do I need the larger size?" (I am an appalling judge of relative volume, but I might be getting better.)
The containers-of-choice aren't ideal - two little ones don't fit quite snugly onto one larger one, the way you would expect - but they are cheap and conveniently available at Lucky's around the corner, so.
And the process throws up unexpectednesses. Labelling choices, eg: apparently coriander seed is coriander seed and fennel seed is fennel seed, but mustard seeds (be they black or yellow) are mustard seeds. Despite Shakespeare and everything. Who knew? Also, cumin is just cumin. Unless it's jeera, but that's mostly in my head. I have most of the Indian spices in Hindi in my head, and that's where I try to keep them.
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Date: 2012-08-03 08:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-08-03 09:24 pm (UTC)(Also, I actually do say "Hing!" instead of asafoetida, in the interests of being understood in Indian grocery stores...)