Freezing spices deleteriously affects their essential oils (which, similarly, is why unground coffee beans should not be frozen). As to the financial issue, shouldn't we applaud every effort to keep currency moving in this alleged period of recovery? If the obviously witless consumers of McCormick's bland and dessicated twigs don't spend their money on this nonsense, alternate purchases would likely be far less innocuous, i.e., crystal meth and child pornography. Is that the kind of world you want to live in, Aem? Is it?! Finally, as the ecohostile packaging ... as I am about to posit to Mr. Blaque, there may be some good in our proliferation of so many carcinogens. Our species has pretty much stopped evolving since the last major ice age, and without the introduction of a vast and exotic array of possible mutagens, we will soon become stultified in our own mediocrity.

Buy more pre-packaged, pre-portioned seasonings!!!