Old Style Book - Store Cupboard Essentials

BWZN93

If I had to pick 5 things that I would be devastated to live without they would be:

Potatoes
Flour
Eggs
Milk
Cheese

And the cupboards must contain a multitude of flavourings, like stock cubes, salt & pepper, soy sauce, cocoa powder, yeast, jam, sugar, herbs and garlic. I can knock up a lot using just those things!

Jo xx

Wirenth

Rice, salt, pepper, tinned tomatoes, eggs

Wirenth

Curry_Queen wrote:

Hmmmmm now how on earth do I cut it down to just five items :eek: ... so how about five categories :grinheart

Dried staples - beans, lentils, rice, pasta, bulgar wheat etc
Tinned food - tomatoes, beans, meat & fish
Oils
Herbs, Spices & Seasonings
Baking stuff - flour, bicarb, sugar etc

Wow that was hard to do considering I could probably stock a small shop with my storecupboard items

You know, if I was starving, I know whose house I'd take my begging bowl to.... :drool:

Chipps

Flour
tinned tuna
pasta
eggs
tinned tomatoes

...... oh, and I wouldn't be without dried skimmed milk powder - great for making white sauces, custard etc (and even for drinking in an emergency - but I do mean emergency!)

tallulah_beaulah

Five top store cupboard things (not things I keep in the fridge):

Wholemeal flour
dried milk powder (very handy for cooking & when you run out)
stock powder
oats (porridge, biscuits, in bread)
herbs/spices (I know that's not one item!)

Edit: can't believe i forgot rice and pasta!

lucym

Sea Salt
Coarse ground black pepper
Worcester sauce
Tabasco sauce
Mustard

aycor

nobodies mentioned a LEMON would be not be without one in my kitchen for cooking and cleaning

Lillibet_2

Teabags
Coffee
Sugar
Chocolate biscuits
Honey (for choccy-bikkie sandwiches:blushing:)

OK, seriously......

Storecupboard :
Tuna
Rice
Kidney beans
Lentils
Dried garlic


Fridge :
Milk
Eggs
Cheese
Potatoes
Orange juice

Freezer :
Mixed veg
HM White sauce
Garlic bread (HM or ready made)
Chicken
Haagen Daz (for when the world comes crashing down around your ears, and yes I am very serious this time:happylove)

filigree_2

I'm assuming this means long-life goods not the fresh basics like bread or veg.

Tinned tomatoes
Rice (with pasta as runner up)
Mixed herbs (a selection is even better)
Curry paste (a selection of spices would be better)
Savoury Noodles - I know they're not very healthy but they are quick, easy and cheap. All you need is some leftover scraps of meat and some veggies and you have chow mein for dinner.

A friend of mine once said "you'll never go hungry with a bag of pasta and a tin of tomatoes in the cupboard". If you're feeling rich you can add an onion to that.

My mental shopping list goes "bread, milk, fizzy water, dinner pud and breakfast" so hopefully when I go shopping we will at least have food for the next 24 hours

SpanielsGalore

Strong white flour (for bread)
Yeast
Baked Beans
Noodles
Oil