Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Exploring the Small World, A Spice Drawer to Clean

Good Evening,

I want to welcome new followers at Simple Living, Leigh at 5 Acres and a Dream, and Lorraine B. I hope you enjoy your visits.

Today I've been looking through a drawer of older spice containers that were my mom's, and my grandmother Thompson's when she lived here,  and even a few from my grandfather Holum's cottage on Gull Lake years ago. There were several old tumeric cans, including a Red Owl brand from the 60's or 70's. There is a much older Flavorite can, which would have been from the Super Valu Store in Brainerd during the 40's or 50's. Note it is priced at 12 cents. The last one is a Nash's brand by the Nash-Finch Company, which was a grocery distributor in the middle of the 20th century. They might be around yet. I would estimate this one as a late 1940's can, but I'm not sure.


The next two are older cans of McCormick's whole nutmeg priced at 15 cents and a Durkee's curry powder. I like the metal pull-off tops.Both of these cans are probably 40's era, because Durkee's started the slide top in the later 50's I believe. Not sure of that.



Both of these are Standby brand Poultry Seasoning and Pumpkin Pie Spice marked 16 cents. They have an older style slide top.

I'm not sure when Durkee started using cardboard for some of their spices. I think they used it mostly for whole spices. The blue-ink stamper would put them in the 60's or early 70's. The Watkin's flavoring was ordered by my grandma when the Watkin's man would make his rounds around the farms here. She would also order salve and maybe "nectar" concentrate for a summer drink at "dinner" which nowadays would be "lunch." 

I remember this blue food coloring bottle as a very small kid in the late 50's, early 60's. There were 3 others in red, green and yellow.


I did get the drawer cleaned and hope to display these old spice containers in the kitchen. I think I'll have to plan a little cabinet, maybe with a glass door. Will see. 

While I was busy, the kitties were trying to keep warm. Annie and Josey in the stairway.


Byron up high.

Have a good night.





18 comments:

  1. How fortunate that no one threw away those old spice containers. Displaying them in a glass fronted cabinet or some other way would be a great idea. They're so decorative, too nice to put behind a solid door.

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    1. I have to get busy on some of these ideas! Thanks for visiting.

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  2. What a nice bunch of spice tins! Eagle Bend is not too far from me! Thank you for leaving a comment on my blog, I appreciate it and I am happy to have found you here. I will put you in my reader:) I will follow that way.

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    1. From some of the places you mention, I thought you might be north of here. I really enjoy your blog. And I also stopped by your photo blog. Sad to know so many families have no interest in their heritage and just get rid of them.

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  3. Thankyou so much for the welcome.
    Lovely to see the old tins, would be lovely if you could display them, I love anything like that.

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    1. Thanks. I really like these old things that were just a part of everyday life.

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  4. What a joy to see the old tins, they certainly would make a lovely display.

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    1. Thanks! Keep posting those beautiful island pictures.

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  5. Oh my, you have a real treasure there in those old cans and tins! I have a couple but probably not as old as yours.

    Do you remember when potato chips came in a big cylindrical tin can? I think the brand was Jay's. Might be before your time, but I think I remember them still coming that way in the 50s. How I wish I still had some of those for storage!

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  6. Yes, I remember those large potato chip cans. Our neighbors bought those and we sort of envied them, because our frugal mom only got the "Dot" brand in the cardboard box!

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  7. My daughter loves to collect old spice tins and other kinds. She displays them in her pie safe, seems like each time I visit, she has a new one 😀
    Your kitties are beautiful, and content looking.
    Jo

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    1. Good hearing from you. I enjoy your photography. Very beautiful.

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  8. Love those old containers and I really like your idea of a cabinet or something for display. Maybe one of those shadow boxes? Also love to see your kitties!

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    1. Thanks for visiting! I found an old window in the barn that I may try to use for a door on a little cabinet.

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