I have several places in the house, between the pantry cabinet, kitchen cabinets, a counter in the basement and pantry shelving unit in the basement. As a result, I sometimes don't know what I have when looking at a recipe and often end up buying duplicates, or even triplicates of things I already have, but didn't know I have. Sometimes I even think I have something but then don't find it when looking for it, go buy it, then sometime later finding that I, in fact, DID have it already. So to remedy this I decided to take an inventory of my spices and the location, or locations, where each could be found in the house. I made a spreadsheet on QuattroPro and sorted it by spice alphabetically. It turns out I currently have 139 different spices, spice blends and/or rubs. I am counting the same spice in different forms as different "spices," e.g. cumin seed and ground cumin. Here's my list. I think I have a problem. What say you all?
A.P. RUB (S.P.G.)
ACHAAR
ADOBO GOYA
AJWAIN
ALLSPICE, GROUND
ALLSPICE, WHOLE
AMCHUR POWDER
ANCHO POWDER
ANISE SEED
ANISE, STAR
ANNATTO SEEDS
APL BEEF RUB
ASAFOETIDA
BASIL LEAVES
BAY LEAVES
BAY LEAVES, INDIAN
BLACKENED REDFISH MAGIC
BLACKENED STEAK MAGIC
CAJUN SEASONING
CARDAMOM - GROUND
CARDAMOM PODS, BLACK
CARDAMOM PODS, GREEN
CARDAMOM SEEDS
CARRAWAY SEED
CAYENNE PEPPER
CELERY SEED
CHAAT MASALA
CHERVIL
CHILE POWDER - COMMERCIAL
CHILE POWDER - HOMEMADE
CHILE POWDER - MEXICAN HOT
CHINESE DRIED MUSHROOM
CHIPOTLE POWDER
CHIVES
CILANTRO LEAVES
CINNAMON - GROUND
CINNAMON STICK
CINNAMON SUGAR
CINNAMON, CEYLON
CLOUD EARS
CLOVES - GROUND
CLOVES - WHOLE
CORIANDER - GROUND
CORIANDER SEED
CREAM OF TARTAR
CRUSHED ROSEMARY
CUMIN - GROUND
CUMIN SEED
CURRY POWDER - HOT MADRAS
CURRY POWDER - INDIAN
CURRY POWDER - JAMAICAN HOT
CURRY POWDER - JAMAICAN HOT - HOMEMADE
CURRY POWDER - JAMAICAN MILD
CURRY POWDER - RED
CURRY POWDER - YELLOW
DILL SEED
DILL WEED
FAJITA SPICE
FENNEL SEED
FENUGREEK LEAVES (KASOORI METHI)
FENUGREEK SEEDS (METHI)
FIVE SPICE POWDER
GARAM MASALA
GARLIC POWDER (GRANULATED)
GARLIC SALT
GARLIC, FLAKES
GARLIC, MINCED
GINGER, GROUND
HABANERO PEPPER - CRUSHED
HERBES DE PROVENCE
HOLY BASIL
JAMAICAN ALL PURPOSE SEASONING
JAMAICAN CHICKEN SEASONING
JERK SEASONING
JUNIPER BERRIES
KALA JEERA
KASHMIRI CHILLI POWDER
LEMON PEEL
LEMON PEPPER - SEVERAL
LEMON PEPPER (SALT FREE)
LILY BUDS
MACE - GROUND
MACE - WHOLE
MARJORAM LEAVES
MARJORAM, GROUND
MUSTARD POWDER
MUSTARD POWDER - COLEMAN'S
MUSTARD SEED - BLACK
MUSTARD SEED - YELLOW
NIGELA/KALONJI/ONION SEED
NUTMEG - GROUND
NUTMEG - WHOLE
NUTMEG - WHOLE
ONION POWDER (GRANULATED)
OREGANO, ITALIAN
OREGANO, MEXICAN
PAPRIKA
PAPRIKA - HUNGARIN HOT
PAPRIKA - HUNGARIAN SWEET
PAPRIKA - SMOKED
PARSLEY LEAVES
PEPPER - BLACK, COURSE GROUND
PEPPER - WHITE, GROUND
PEPPER, GOCHUGARU
PEPPERCORNS - BLACK
PEPPERCORNS - SZECHUAN
POMEGRANATE SEEDS
POPPY SEED - BLACK
POPPY SEED - WHITE
POULTRY SEASONING
PRAGUE POWDER #1
PUMPKIN PIE SPICE
RANCH SEASONING - COMMERCIAL
RANCH SEASONING - HOMEMADE
RED CHILI POWDER - EXTRA HOT
RED PEPPER FLAKES
ROSEMARY LEAVES
SAGE, GROUND
SAGE, GROUND
SAGE, RUBBED
SALT - BLACK (KALA NAMAK)
SALT - FLEUR DE SEL
SALT - HIMALAYAN PINK - COARSE
SALT - KOSHER (DIAMOND CRYSTAL)
SALT - SEA - COARSE
SALT - TABLE
SAZON BADIA
SAZON GOYA
SEASONED SALT
SESAME SEED - BLACK & WHITE
SESAME SEED - RAW
SESAME SEED - TOASTED
SIMON & GARFUNKEL RUB
TANDOORI MASALA
TARRAGON
THYME LEAVES
TOMATO POWDER
TURMERIC
A.P. RUB (S.P.G.)
ACHAAR
ADOBO GOYA
AJWAIN
ALLSPICE, GROUND
ALLSPICE, WHOLE
AMCHUR POWDER
ANCHO POWDER
ANISE SEED
ANISE, STAR
ANNATTO SEEDS
APL BEEF RUB
ASAFOETIDA
BASIL LEAVES
BAY LEAVES
BAY LEAVES, INDIAN
BLACKENED REDFISH MAGIC
BLACKENED STEAK MAGIC
CAJUN SEASONING
CARDAMOM - GROUND
CARDAMOM PODS, BLACK
CARDAMOM PODS, GREEN
CARDAMOM SEEDS
CARRAWAY SEED
CAYENNE PEPPER
CELERY SEED
CHAAT MASALA
CHERVIL
CHILE POWDER - COMMERCIAL
CHILE POWDER - HOMEMADE
CHILE POWDER - MEXICAN HOT
CHINESE DRIED MUSHROOM
CHIPOTLE POWDER
CHIVES
CILANTRO LEAVES
CINNAMON - GROUND
CINNAMON STICK
CINNAMON SUGAR
CINNAMON, CEYLON
CLOUD EARS
CLOVES - GROUND
CLOVES - WHOLE
CORIANDER - GROUND
CORIANDER SEED
CREAM OF TARTAR
CRUSHED ROSEMARY
CUMIN - GROUND
CUMIN SEED
CURRY POWDER - HOT MADRAS
CURRY POWDER - INDIAN
CURRY POWDER - JAMAICAN HOT
CURRY POWDER - JAMAICAN HOT - HOMEMADE
CURRY POWDER - JAMAICAN MILD
CURRY POWDER - RED
CURRY POWDER - YELLOW
DILL SEED
DILL WEED
FAJITA SPICE
FENNEL SEED
FENUGREEK LEAVES (KASOORI METHI)
FENUGREEK SEEDS (METHI)
FIVE SPICE POWDER
GARAM MASALA
GARLIC POWDER (GRANULATED)
GARLIC SALT
GARLIC, FLAKES
GARLIC, MINCED
GINGER, GROUND
HABANERO PEPPER - CRUSHED
HERBES DE PROVENCE
HOLY BASIL
JAMAICAN ALL PURPOSE SEASONING
JAMAICAN CHICKEN SEASONING
JERK SEASONING
JUNIPER BERRIES
KALA JEERA
KASHMIRI CHILLI POWDER
LEMON PEEL
LEMON PEPPER - SEVERAL
LEMON PEPPER (SALT FREE)
LILY BUDS
MACE - GROUND
MACE - WHOLE
MARJORAM LEAVES
MARJORAM, GROUND
MUSTARD POWDER
MUSTARD POWDER - COLEMAN'S
MUSTARD SEED - BLACK
MUSTARD SEED - YELLOW
NIGELA/KALONJI/ONION SEED
NUTMEG - GROUND
NUTMEG - WHOLE
NUTMEG - WHOLE
ONION POWDER (GRANULATED)
OREGANO, ITALIAN
OREGANO, MEXICAN
PAPRIKA
PAPRIKA - HUNGARIN HOT
PAPRIKA - HUNGARIAN SWEET
PAPRIKA - SMOKED
PARSLEY LEAVES
PEPPER - BLACK, COURSE GROUND
PEPPER - WHITE, GROUND
PEPPER, GOCHUGARU
PEPPERCORNS - BLACK
PEPPERCORNS - SZECHUAN
POMEGRANATE SEEDS
POPPY SEED - BLACK
POPPY SEED - WHITE
POULTRY SEASONING
PRAGUE POWDER #1
PUMPKIN PIE SPICE
RANCH SEASONING - COMMERCIAL
RANCH SEASONING - HOMEMADE
RED CHILI POWDER - EXTRA HOT
RED PEPPER FLAKES
ROSEMARY LEAVES
SAGE, GROUND
SAGE, GROUND
SAGE, RUBBED
SALT - BLACK (KALA NAMAK)
SALT - FLEUR DE SEL
SALT - HIMALAYAN PINK - COARSE
SALT - KOSHER (DIAMOND CRYSTAL)
SALT - SEA - COARSE
SALT - TABLE
SAZON BADIA
SAZON GOYA
SEASONED SALT
SESAME SEED - BLACK & WHITE
SESAME SEED - RAW
SESAME SEED - TOASTED
SIMON & GARFUNKEL RUB
TANDOORI MASALA
TARRAGON
THYME LEAVES
TOMATO POWDER
TURMERIC
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