I started with a clean spice grinder, then measured things out by weight, ground up each spice, then mixed. I've put them into what glass bottles I have for them, but I need to get at least a case for the additional spice mixes that wouldn't fit. I also need to figure out a viable method for labeling. I'm thinking clear lables with some form of calligraphy.
Here is what they look like:
LXXIII. Specie fine a tute cosse / LXXIII Fine spices for all dishes (things)
1 oz. pepper, 1 oz. cinnamon, 1 oz. ginger, 1/8 oz. cloves, and 1/4 oz. saffron
LXXIV. Specie dolce per assay cosse bone e fine / LXXIV Sweet spices, enough for many good and fine things
1/4 oz. cloves,1 oz. "good" ginger, 1 oz. "soft or sweet"cinnamon, 1 oz. Indian bay leaves
LXXV. Specie negre e forte per assay savore/ LXXV Black and strong spices for many sauces
1/8 oz. cloves, 2 oz. pepper, 2 oz. long pepper, 2 oz. nutmeg
Here are all three together in the order listed above. My only concern with giving them as a set of three is that the fine and sweet spice mixes look almost identical, even though the first one has a decent amount of saffron, and the second has bay leaf.
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