Who doesn't have a stock cupboard

*raises hand then leaves quickly*

I have always had a store cupboard which I rotate for use by dates.(sometimes things do get shoved to the back ) but they still get used when i find them.My store cupboard would probably with my freezer contents keep my fed for about a couple of months at least.Apart from fresh veg and milk I could survive fairly well.When I was going through cancer treatment a few years ago I was glad of my cupboard as there were times when i just wasn't up to going shopping and when on Chemo my immunity was very low so crowded places were not a good idea.in the bad weather I have always been glad of my stores as if it snows or is icy I cannot venture out as I am mobility impaired and cannot walk very well with my bad joints and stick and its far safer for me to stay indoors in the warm than take a chance on a broken hip (although it might move me up the replacement list a bit :))
having been brought up during the 1940s and 50s a store cupboard was normal for any sensible thinking housewife and my Mum certainly had one herself (albeit rather small) Maybe today families find it harder to keep much in store owing to finacial reasons .My DD hasn't got a great amount of stuff in store for long as she has four permanantly hungry boys to feed and they can do serious damage to any food store that they find (especially the biscuit tin )Plus she only has a limited amout of space in her tiny modern kitchen .Even though its four bedroomed house, the kitchen isn't much bigger than my bathroom

JackieO wrote: »

she only has a limited amout of space in her tiny modern kitchen .Even though its four bedroomed the kitchen isn't much bigger than my bathroom

A four bedroomed kitchen?;)

I have a store cupboard largely because I like to buy things on offer and know that I have a stock of them until they come on offer again. I rarely buy pasta, tomatoes, baked beans at full price. I keep some long life milk in case of emergencies (tho thankfully I havent' had to use it but it means a couple of cartons are going to be chucked).

And then I have washing powder which i always buy on offer and toiletries as I get them from £land or B&M and can't get there easily so i buy a lot when I do.

The danger is that sometimes i assume I have a lot of these things but then run out

I have a store cupboard. We shelved the 'glory hole' under the stairs and I have all my 'stash' in there. I am disabled and although DH is my fulltime carer I like to do as much as I can myself. I have always had large kitchens with proper larders before moving here and I like making jams, chutneys, marmalade, wine and need space to keep them. I also stock up essentials when they are on 'special' or bogof and I always have supplies of tinned tomato's, beans, uht milk (also use for making yogurt), the cake tins, tinned fish, corned beef etc

I think we could probably live out of the 'glory hole' and freezer for a good few weeks. I grew up on a farm and when the work load was heavy we relied on the store cupboard and as for when the weather was bad it was invaluable.

I think people could save a lot more money on housekeeping if they had a store cupboard and shopped wisely. New house builders take note!

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Members of my own family don't have a stock-cupboard, or even some pretty ordinary staples which don't need to be used every day. It's because they don't ever cook from scratch. Who needs flour or a tin of tomatoes if you only serve ready-meals with frozen oven-chips? And if you do decide to change your ways and start cooking completely from scratch just getting in the absolute basics can begin to look like a whole load of money as an initial investment. I'm sure for some on a low income that can be the main disincentive.

Do you think some families have never bought a single raw potato? It wouldn't surprise me at all.

BaT my DH when he moved in here aged 47, asked if there was anything he could do to help, I asked him to peel some potato's for tea. The reply was "Ive never done it before, but I'll have a go" I was appalled. No wonder he's a diabetic now all the rubbish he lived on before.