Who doesn't have a stock cupboard

Own_My_Own

Happy New Year Everyone :j

Not that happy here, Mr T basic grapes have gone up from 99p (Oct) to £1.20 (Nov) to £1.75 (Today) :mad:
Just something else we can't have every week.
Trying to make sure the kids eat a healthy diet is getting harder everyday :mad:

primaryteacher

Well, it's taken about a week, but I have finally made it through all 53 pages on this thread! Interesting stuff! I have a store cupboard (shelving in the utility) and like most people - add a few bits and pieces each week. All the usuals which have been mentioned. I find I eat a wider variety of foods having a store - adding ingredients to meals which I wouldn't necessarily think to buy in a generl weekly or monthly shop. And having read about Approved Foods on this thread, I now have my first order in!

Elmiee_2

No way, I thought it was only Americans that did this! (Anyone seen the extream coupon tv program?) I moved into my own flat 2 years ago with my boyfriend at the time (now fiancee), cupboards were never fully stocked when I lived at home and now in our own flat we wouldn't even have the room if we even wanted to stockpile! Though we do have 3 industrial sized toilet rolls taking up half of the space under the bed....

Popperwell

If I have to downsize ever I will still take my food with me and I don't care if it is on show in rooms that I live as there is only me. If I need to hide it I'll put shelves up(perhaps)and draw a curtain across. Use a table that is open underneath and shove food there and again drape a cover and hide it from show...nobody visits so I don't care...If I ever get a new bed with drawers or is raised above the floor I'll store food there too...

[Deleted User]

A very belated new year to everyone. I have YEARS of food storage. I have a massive pantry, its really a meter room, but i have loads of shelving in there and also shelving on the wall and its rammed to the rafters. I buy things like cous cous when its 99p for 12 packs, bulgar wheat packs x 6 99p etc, tins, jars of sauces and i find that i only really need to shop for meat, salad and fruit, which is really cheap where i live. I really try to run it down, but some bargain or another comes along to stock it back up.

rosieben

Elmiee wrote: »

No way, I thought it was only Americans that did this! (Anyone seen the extream coupon tv program?) ....

Having a store cupboard is far different from food hoarding. I keep a store cupboard just like my mother and my gran used to. Its good to have a spare bag sugar/flour or a tin of tomatoes etc when needed, or to be able to bake a cake without running to the shop for something. My ex mil kept nothing at all in the house and if visitors called on a sunday afternoon, she had to run to the local shop to buy bread, butter and sandwich fillings

redfragglebiker

I don't know if what I have counts as a store cupboard or not. I always have bits for baking in (including sr and plain flour, sugar, instant yeast etc) and my food cupboard always has around a dozen mixed cans of stuff - usually tinned tomatoes, various tinned beans, sweetcord and a few other bits. I always have a good amount of rice and pasta etc in and usually a few tins or packets of soup for those can't be bothered days. I also invariably have a big bag of oats!

Popperwell

Sounds good to me redfragglebiker. Anything like that(more or less)is great.

rosieben

redfragglebiker wrote: »

I don't know if what I have counts as a store cupboard or not. I always have bits for baking in (including sr and plain flour, sugar, instant yeast etc) and my food cupboard always has around a dozen mixed cans of stuff - usually tinned tomatoes, various tinned beans, sweetcord and a few other bits. I always have a good amount of rice and pasta etc in and usually a few tins or packets of soup for those can't be bothered days. I also invariably have a big bag of oats!

sounds like a decent store cupboard to me

wik

I have always tried to keep a nice storecupboard...
Pasta
Rice
Passata
Tomato Puree
Various Herbs/spices
Stock cubes
Tinned Peas
Tinned Sweetcorn
Kidney Beans
Chickpeas
Tinned Spaghetti
Noodles
Couscous
Instant Mash (dont ask!!!)
Coconut Milk
Naan Bread (with long dates)
Tortilla Wraps (with long dates)
Ciabatta (part cooked from Aldi - with long dates)
Tinned Tuna / Mackerel / Sardines
Super Noddles (for the teens)
Tins of Hotdogs

then out in the laundry room
Washing up Liquid - usually 2 in stock
Bleach
Loo Rolls
Sanitary products (on special in MrT at moment!!! so with 2 teen girls very much needed to stock up!!)
Shower gels (again on better than half price MrT)

I used to live on a small Scottish Island so got used to doing a big 'mainland shop' and never running out of things!!
wik x