How to keep spices from hardening in cabinet.
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August 28th, 2009
I keep all my spices in a cabinet in the kitchen and they ALL get rock hard. I used the onion salt for garlic bread 2 days ago and we used a knife to loosen it up, went to use it now and it’s rock hard again. How can I keep this from happening.
dragonfirenova IsMyMainYimTag says:
sounds like you live in a very humid area or your spice cupboard is above/very close to your stove and has a lot of steam coming up into/under it
move the spices to a different cupboard so there isn’t so much humidity if thats the case
move them over a cabinet or two and put measuring cups/mixing bowls etc where the spices are.
August 28th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Murray says:
This question was brought before on Yahoo. Here is the response from FoodieNY.
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Preblended spice mixes often harden due to excess moisture, this occurs when one of the ingredients is salt, you can still use it. I am more particular about herbs and spices. If they are no longer the bright color they should be, or smell fragrant when you take the top off, toss them. If you can’t “see” or smell the freshness, you won’t be able to taste it.
August 28th, 2009 at 9:03 pm