Say this isn’t so. I like my nutmeg and save it like it was iconic, using it so sparingly that it gets oooolllldddd.
And here I dropped an old 1/4 piece of actual nutmeg into my yogurt today. It was rather nasty, to be frank, chomping into it. I like nutmeg, but this was a 2-year old fragment, and I didn’t want to waste it.
Some of my spices hiding in the back of the cupboard are probably done for. Every once in a while, I spy the powdered mustard and wonder just how old it is, but I like the can, so I keep it.
The only spice that is really, really cool is whole star anise. I’m not a fan of black licorice, but that is just a cool looking little nugget of taste.
That's how I was brought up - not to waste anything, but I do because if it isn't used in a couple of years, chances are, it's never going to be used again.
That's funny. I have some spices from the '60s that my mother let me have from her cabinet in the '70s. One is a can of mustard powder. The cans are neat especially with their price stickers of 25 cents or 35 cents on the bottoms. Some of the spices actually still smell like they should.
So, what is powdered mustard for? LOL