I buy from the bulk bins to save money and reduce disposable packaging. But I also buy from the bulk bins because I love to decant. That’s just a fancy way of saying that as soon as I get home I transfer all of my dried goods, from sushi rice to beluga lentils to oats to cumin seeds, into their respective jars.
The tool that has made decanting fun—and frankly, possible—is a humble funnel, which directs all of the small stuff, prone to scattering, directly to its final destination. It’s my traffic controller, and it’s saved me so many minutes that I would have otherwise spent dust-busting (or worrying about the pile of farro that slipped off the counter and behind the stove).
The funnel also lends a hand with liquids. I use it to portion my homemade kombucha, which I pour from a huge jug into much smaller jars after the first ferment, and to transfer the olive oil from its big tin into the more manageable bottle.
Last but not least, as someone who spent the greater part of my formative years deluded enough to think I’d become a researcher, I welcome any kitchen tool that seems like it would be at home in a chem lab—tweezers, basters, test tubes (JK, no test tubes—yet!).
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