On the plus side, I'm definitely waking up and interested in cooking again

[conuly]

On the down side, this is making me see the deficiencies in my spice cabinet, not to mention my beans-and-grains section of the pantry. (As I say this, my sister is rolling her eyes in disbelief, but I'm nearly out of pink peppercorns, folks, I have no asafetida, and I only have one type of lentils. The situation is dire.)


...also, I urgently need an ice cream maker.

Comments

[gatheringrivers]

Canning jar with a 2-piece lid should do it - I don't how well the one-piece lids work for this - you might still get a trace of smell, but it shouldn't be as large an impact.

[loligo]

Thank you both for a very sensible solution!

[conuly]

Everything in this house is neatly decanted into jars ASAP. (Sometimes it's shoved into the freezer first because pantry moths omg.)

[loligo]

pantry moths omg

OMG indeed. I don't know if this house came pre-infested (we've only lived here a couple years) or if it was that bad bag of basmati shortly after we moved in, but we've been battling pantry moths here ever since. We'll get them under control for a few months then suddenly we'll have a new explosion. But we only ever see the adult moths...so where are they hatching from??? My next project will be to empty the laundry room cupboards to see if maybe there's a bag of bird seed shoved back in there somewhere...

[conuly]

Their eggs are tiny. If you want to get rid of it, you're going to have to ditch or freeze everything in the pantry, and wash down all the shelves top and bottom. I'd suggest finishing up with a monthly spray of an IGR for a year.