Spicy

A week or so ago, I was refilling some of my spice containers and the thought struck me that maybe I have too many of them.  Maybe I was a spice freak or an herb-aholic.  So I decided to conduct a not even close to scientific study on just how many spices are the right amount to have in a kitchen cabinet.

Of the 27 of you who played along, here's how things stacked up:

5 or fewer spices - 0
5 to 10 - 1
10 to 25 - 11
25 to 50 - 9
Too many to count - 6

Unless you left a comment, I don't know what your answer was.  I was in the "too many to count" category, although I did count, and came up with 73, even after I subtract a few duplicates.  I had the company of five other readers in that category, so I'm happy to know I'm not freakishly freaky over spices.  Just a little freaky.

Here's how I organize my spices.  Most of them are in those little square plastic freezer containers, with a few Tupperware stacking spice containers and a few still in the store containers.  I like the freezer containers because they fit so snugly on my shelves that there is no room for the spices to become a mess.

And yes, they are all labeled.  But they aren't alphabetized.