Sugar and Spice- May Not Be That Nice
We organize a lot of people's kitchens, so when I saw this magazine ad from McCormick it made me laugh really hard. How many times have we seen these little rectangular tins of spices in our clients' kitchens? They are at least 15 years old! Ewww.
This photo is from the McCormick website, where they have a lot of "secrets" about how to tell how old your spices are, if you are curious. www.mccormick.com/freshflavor
Basically, the freshness range is 1-3 years depending on whether it is ground or whole, etc.
1) Do tins 20 years and older have any value?
2) Can Whole Black Pepper dated 1986 be used effectively now? It has a strong pepper scent.
This is a grate site. Found the address in a magazine in beauty shop. So glad to have found it.
Have a cupboard full of McCormick products. Some very old.
Thank You for great products.
Posted by:Ruth Orend | January 24, 2007 at 10:52 AM
OH MY GOSH!!! My daughter and I are going through the spices - 1977, 1986 and earlier!!!! What have I been thinking?
Posted by:Brenda | May 27, 2007 at 04:28 PM