What spices should we be storing?

[preservefreak]

we have quite a lot but not kilograms worth. not much in the way of powders, mostly whole spices in vacuum bags (most of those are in an ice cream tub at the bottom of the freezer - that gives 2 years of great flavour).

One possibly odd thing we also have are packs of Japanese curry blocks. these are little squares of spiced roux which you mix with water to give you a japanese curry sauce. they're really nice and easy.

on top of all that lots of salt and pepper, several kilos of each. these go on nearly everything cooked in my kitchen.