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Lynn from Fargo Lynn from Fargo is offline
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Default storing herbs and spices in glass vs. plastic

On Mar 29, 3:29*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "Kalmia" > wrote in message
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> > Someone gave me a set of cute plastic jars which WOULD be easier to
> > label and find in my spice drawers. *But, is plastic a wise material
> > for this use?

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> Some brands of spices use plastic jars from the start. *I'd say glass is
> better, but for a few months, plastic should be OK.


The only problem with spices in plastic vs glass is that you can never
get the odor of the original spice out of the plastic jar - tough if
you want to change spices!
Lynn in Fargo
store my spices in the containers they come in and the bulk spices in
glass jars various little (mostly glass) jars