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Spice Rack Wars

 The things you forget when you live alone! And then someone moves in and life seems lovely, but then you start to remember. Little things pop up. Things you didn't have to deal with for a while.

Okay, apparently I have a type and that type happens to be obsessive compulsive disorder.

Don rearranged my spices!!!



This of course started a huge discussion. Should spices be stored in alphabetical order (as God clearly intended) or should they be stored with like containers side by side?

Relationships are all about compromise, aren't they? So I am going to put the like containers into alphabetical order.


Comments

  1. MaebemeApril 30, 2022 at 10:38 AM

    LOL! Having never lived with another adult (or at least until my children reached that stage of life) I've never been faced with that challenge. You wouldn't want to see my spice cabinet...no rhyme nor reason except the ones I use the most are at the forefront.

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  2. RianApril 30, 2022 at 11:14 AM

    I guess I'm definitely not obsessive compulsive as I like eclectic and even though I like things fairly orderly, couldn't care less if they don't match as long as they're easily accessible. Compromise! I read somewhere that some people actually alphabetize their canned foods (I can't imagine).

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  3. gigi-hawaiiApril 30, 2022 at 11:57 AM

    How cool is that? Compromise is the key to all long lasting relationships.

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  4. Arkansas PattiApril 30, 2022 at 12:59 PM

    Careful with like containers. That is how I once ended up with garlic in my coffee instead of cinnamon:)

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  5. Linda ReederApril 30, 2022 at 2:00 PM

    You got a laugh out of me with that one!

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  6. Miss MerryApril 30, 2022 at 3:47 PM

    Oh man, I can never switch roommates! The kitchen is my way or the highway, LOL. Good thing you have the compromise gene!

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  7. JoaredMay 1, 2022 at 12:19 AM

    It's the little things that complicate life.

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  8. DrumMajorMay 1, 2022 at 12:57 AM

    I've put my spices in alpha order for a jillion years. Those spinning lazy susan plastic trays are great for them, and I can set one in a back corner cabinet and still spin the tray for the spice to come up front. Yep, I even hang my tools on the garage wall in alpha order. Linda in Kansas

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  9. Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)May 1, 2022 at 4:40 AM

    Oh I understand this. Sadly I'm Don, without alphabetical order. But I have my own quirks. No cinnamon with paprika, baking spices together and cooking spices together. 🙃

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  10. OlgaMay 2, 2022 at 12:44 PM

    Rian, Alas, Don and I are both compulsive but about different things.

    Patti, And see that wouldn't happen because cinnamon and garlic are not that close in the alphabet!

    Drum Major, It's the sensible way to do it!

    Margaret, I am the alphabet one while Don goes for the neatness of all the same brands being together. But yes, savory in one location, sweet in another.

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  11. susie @ persimmon moon cottageMay 4, 2022 at 12:10 AM

    My spices are all just sort of gathered together with the ones I use most, nearest to the edge of the counter. Somehow the cumin always ends up near the edge of the counter by the sink, where it likes to pop open, and fall off into my white porcelain sink. But yesterday I scrubbed my old porcelain sink good and white. The problem is a thick patch of paint I had painted onto the porcelain where it had gotten chipped by the last glass jar of peanut butter they ever made years and years ago, to disguise the iron under the porcelain that the pbutter jar chipped, had become a hole in the sink instead of a chip. I need to patch it some way again for a while. It just goes to show it's always something, isn't it.

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