Last night I started cooking dinner and discovered that "someone" had helpfully rearranged the spices in the spice rack so they are sorted alphabetically. I couldn't find ANYTHING! At my house most spices are stored in jars in a space rack mounted on the inside cabinet door near the stove.
Most commonly used spices are at eye level and and the rest are higher up on the door. Random-ish but fast and practical.
After I learned of the "new improved" order I spent waaaay to much time trying to locate red pepper flakes. Under R for red, P for pepper, F for flakes? NOOoooooo they were under H for hot pepper flakes. Grrrrr.
So - how do you do it at your house? Alpha sort, sort by type, sort by color sort by recent/common use or something else?
Most commonly used spices are at eye level and and the rest are higher up on the door. Random-ish but fast and practical.
After I learned of the "new improved" order I spent waaaay to much time trying to locate red pepper flakes. Under R for red, P for pepper, F for flakes? NOOoooooo they were under H for hot pepper flakes. Grrrrr.
So - how do you do it at your house? Alpha sort, sort by type, sort by color sort by recent/common use or something else?