Kitchen Kanister Kuriousity

[Jesla]

Personally.....I stay out of the kitchen......... ;)

[HomeRacingWorld]

None except the one in the cabinet for sugar.

But I like the tire idea. You could make some for slot car guys.

[Cheater]

COOKIES! :dance:

[2FER SLOTS]

Gummi Bears......since I threw away the ciggy's :angry-extinguishflame:

[FootScoot]

We have a very small house with not much counter space in the kitchen, so no canisters at all for us. :cry: But then again small means not much to clean either. :)

[nhdungeonracer]

We have one that we keep loose change in. Once in a while we turn the change in and spoil ourselves for a day :D

The others have the usual utensils and stuff. Once in a while when I bring home flowers, she'll dig out one for them.
Hmmm... I might have to do that again soon. The results are usually worth it :romance-kisscheek:

[waaytoomuchintothis]

This could be embarrassing... I may edit this after I get it all written. I am a little obsessive about cooking-- maybe that's why I look like a Sumo wrestler.

Sealed canisters: flour, corn meal, sour cream powder, buttermilk powder, Kosher Sea Salt, bread yeast, biscuit yeast.

Screw top canisters: rib rub, chicken rub, brisket rub, baking powder, baking soda, Mexican blend, New Orleans blend, chicken breading and flour mix, veal and pork breading and flour mix, fish breading, seasoned cracker meal, Greek blend, ground dried serrano, jalapeno, bell sweet, and poblano peppers from our garden (one jar each), I think that's all of them.

That doesn't count the things I keep in zip lock bags, like various sugars, etc.

I make so many of my own dry seasoning blends and sauces, its just not practical to make small amounts, especially with so many people in the family wanting me to mail them some of this or that. It all started with that BBQ sauce. The rest has sort of grown over the years.

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Aw shucks, M'am... One of these days, I'm coming through Medina on the way to Dixon and back through Louisville and Cincy. After Medina I have to drop my wife off at Paducah (massive quilt making maniac you see, shows quilts all over the world). Wish there was money in it. I'd like to be a boy toy.

Besides, everybody tells me to bring food when I show up. I always thought it was that they thought that clothing me was cheaper than feeding me... Maybe so?

[goosenapper]

We've got an old set of ceramic canisters with rubber seals on our kitchen counter. Here is how they are labeled and what's actually in them:

Sugar: sugar
Flour: flour
Coffee: nothing but a coffee scoop, the seal went bad on this one so it pretty much just sits empty
Tea: miscellaneous tea bags
Tools: this canister has no top, so we just stuff large spoons, spatulas, a ladle, and other implements that we often use in it

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Here's some I don't use, but they are fun this time of year.

[dreinecke]

How some of you in the mid-west and south eat the things you do... :)

[Cjent]

We got rid of cannisters years ago. However, I thought they were cool. My mom had them and we inherited them.

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Well, originally, it was because there was no refrigeration and really hot down here year 'round. Anything you couldn't smoke cure or dry was pretty much shared with neighbors, fed to livestock, or wasted.

Grits are corn, ya know.

Or it could be the natural superiority of southern cooks to make stuff this good from poor folk's food! I draw the line at bat's wings, of course. But I have enjoyed rabbit rump many times. I ran out of ideas while the clay was wet and came up with the turkey tongues thing at the last minute after having forgotten the third thing I was going to put on the label. Kiln time was expensive in those days.