Who doesn't have a stock cupboard

heavenleigh

PipneyJane wrote: »

Thanks Heavenleigh. I was gobsmacked!

Off the top of my head, I can come up with a dozen recipes that start "fry onion with garlic". None of them come out of a packet and none of them taste alike:

Malaysian "Chicken Livers with Curry"
Onion quiche
Beef madras
Pad Thai
Keema curry
Chicken vindaloo
Chole paneer
Coq-au-vin
Tuna lasagne
Chilli-con-carne
Corn Pone
Beef stew

The one thing all those dishes have in common, beside onions and garlic, is that they rely on store cupboard ingredients: spices, pulses, rice, noodle, etc.

There are a million things that start that way I just found it rude and crass! (add a bad mood....and so my response lol)

By the way i'm not calling anyone stupid but it isn't a well known word (it is my favorite though)
crass   [kras] Show IPA
adjective, crass·er, crass·est.
1.
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid: crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation of the facts.
2.
Archaic . thick; coarse.

Rummer

There seems to be a lot of mention of crops not doing well this year and I know from my small garden that loads of things failed due to the weather this year. As a result it is likely that prices will go up again and I feel that my store cupboard gives me a buffer against this, at least for a while.

Butterfly_Brain

Rummer if you are a tea drinker the price is set to rise by 25% plus because of a failed crop in Kenya due to drought. Russia looks likely to stop exports of wheat, so that will mean flour, and all related products will get dearer, things such as pasta, meat and eggs (Because of grain in feed), bread, biscuits, cereals et.
My store cupboard not only buffers me from hard times, it buffers me from increasingly rising prices.

recoverydust

Delighted to announce that due to this board we have we well packed store cupboard, as advised on the lists I was kindly offered.

Feel meal planning and all sorts of further frugality going on..

Thank you all
Xxx
Dusty

Sequeena

I usually have a well stocked store cupboard and my freezers are always bursting. It's handy having a chest freezer though I do worry it will conk out (fingers crossed it doesn't). My store cupboard is in dire need of tins of choppeds toms, mushy peas and the like. Off the top of my head though I have pasta, tomato pur!e, herbs, biscuits, cous cous etc along with frozen veg, chicken (40) sausages an assortment of other meats and fish, rice etc. my fridge is the only thing lacking but then I buy milk (whole for toddler, semi skimmed for us), yoghurts etc as and when I need it. I'm planning to start freezing cheese and butter.

It's been invaluable to us as we have lived hand to mouth in the last. Worrying about our next meal is not something I wan to do again.

Confuzzled

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Rummer if you are a tea drinker the price is set to rise by 25% plus because of a failed crop in Kenya due to drought. Russia looks likely to stop exports of wheat, so that will mean flour, and all related products will get dearer, things such as pasta, meat and eggs (Because of grain in feed), bread, biscuits, cereals et.
My store cupboard not only buffers me from hard times, it buffers me from increasingly rising prices.

a massive proportion of the US corn crops failed this year, about half from what farmers are saying, many farmers are already selling off their cattle, goats, sheep, some even chickens to the abbatoirs because they can't afford to feed them

whilst this will cause an initial decline in any meat that is imported from there it will eventually greatly increase the cost of that same meat as well as the cost of dairy (though i suspect we personally don't get milk from the states) i feel terribly sorry for the american people that will feel the brunt of this because corn is probably THE most important crop in the US

but it has knockon effects all over the world, including a LOT of third world countries that rely on cheap corn from the states, and eventually it'll effect europe too just like the wheat issues with russia etc etc

i've been dehydrating a lot of the frozen veg i have now to make more room in my freezer for more before prices go up again. i've already dried my home grown herbs so i'm making mixes of veg, beans, herbs etc ready to throw a few scoops in some water in the slow cooker for a healthy and tasty meal. and yes i've tried them, left to soak long enough they retain most of their original structure and all of their taste

we're already teetering on financial crisis world wide trying to restablise after a worldwide recession, countries nearly going under and now we have worldwide crop failures. just with that information alone having a little backup is a good idea, worst thing that can happen? prices don't rise and you can be well stocked, live off your stores, use the money you aren't using on groceries since your'e living off those extra stores you bought to buy things on sale to save MORE money and maybe use the extra money to dig yourself out of a financial hole or even have a small treat ... win win in my book

Popperwell

A while back on the storecupboard we were talking about how to cook food if the electric or gas went off and we've invested in a camping stove but we all talked about how to light a room if it's dark and the usual things were talked about...candles, tealights, wind up torches and lanterns, possibly prafain lamps but I've just seen these...

Wonder if they'd be bright enough and they only use tealights...

The price is not bad...and they are only needed for emergencies though could be handy if saving the cost of an electric light...


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coghlans-can...d_sim_sbs_sg_3

Popperwell

More possible items for a storeroom(possibly for when you need items to cook on or use to cook in)

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/offers_week33Sunday12.htm?WT.z_src=main

totallybored

emweaver wrote: »

The types of foods people say they have stocked on we don't eat very often and we dont like to eat the same meals every week. If we bought what we needed and stocked up on basics that would possibly never be used it would be a waste of money to us.

What on earth do you eat then? The types of food that people say they have in stock are pasta, rice, couscous, pulses, tinned tomatoes, jars of things, herbs, spices, flour, sugar. Bases for most meals. Surely you don't live on ready meals?

Popperwell

Well, look at tonight, the lemon sole is new but the frozen veg and some mash potato comes from having a store room and using either what is in the crates or fridge feezer...and I can have some fruit and ice cream...

And earlier in the day, I will have fruit and cereal, toast and jam and a yogurt. Some days I eat more, sometimes less. Lots of water, some coffee. But over the week I probably spend as little as £1 for most of my daily meals and at most £1.50 so over the week it works out between £7-£10.50. Sometimes this means cutting down on meat or making it go further...and getting used to having one or two meals and smaller portions...