Keeping in a Store cupboard

Lynplatinum

Hiya All

Having just moved house I have used up my previous store cupboard and am creating a new one and I am aiming NOT to have loads of stuff lurking and not getting used but to have stuff in which is not freezer reliant in case I cannot get out for some reason.

Today I have found that ASDA do UHT milk in pints!!! Yea!! been looking for that for ages. Yes, its 52p but I think it is better than dried IMO.

But also on my list/in my cupboard is:

Cans:
Kidney beans
canellni beans
chick peas
butter beans
tuna
mackrel
tomatoes
passata
canned fruit

Dried goods
Flours
sugars
green lentils
red lentils
pearl barley
walnuts
hazelnuts
pastas (including dried torellini)
rice

drinks
tea
green tea
real coffee
drinking chocolate
UHT milk

too many herbs and spices to mention!!!
What would anyone had to this??

PS why not relying on frezzer ??? In case the electric stops working as is being promised/scare mongered - depending whom you believe but I do remember the 70s!!
Lets see what we come up with!!

Caterina

Oil. I prefer olive oil and buy mine by the 5 lt can, but there are inexpensive oils that can be bought by the lt bottle, with long use by dates. Also fried fruit of sorts, and porridge oats.

milasavesmoney

Vinegars
Wine
A few boxed cake mixes
Couscous
Quinoa
Oils
Peanut butter
Jam
Normal baking ingredients
Canned tomatoes, sauce and paste (we don't have passata)
Dried onion flakes (love to throw these in if I don't want to chop a fresh one)
Black beans
Pinto and refried beans
Lots of different dried beans
Black eyed peas
Cornmeal
Dried red chile peppers

Cappella

Tinned
Sweet corn
Mushy peas
Sardines
Pink salmon
Pilchards

Then as long as you have potatoes, rice and onions (hadn't thought of dried, thanks Mila there are lots of fishy dishes you can make.

Slowly57

Ummm ... if the leccky goes off never mind the freezer - what will we cook on lol?
(Clutches slow cooker in horror)

As a total food hoarder who is trying to get out of the habit of having a zombie apocalypse stash .....

Flours - don't keep this too long - particularly bread mixes (yeast dies back) - decant into something airtight *.
green lentils - old pulses take ages to cook/not as tasty - rotate and decant into something airtight*
red lentils - rotate and decant into something airtight*
pearl barley - old pulses take ages to cook/not as tasty - rotate and decant into something airtight*
walnuts - can go rancid - store carefully*
hazelnuts - can go rancid - store carefully*
rice - don't keep this too long/decant into something airtight*

my additions:
canned fruit
canned rice pud
bottled meat/fish pastes
jelly (good for fruit/ fridge clearouts)
stock cubes (in a tin)
tubes of tomato paste/garlic

* pantry moth/flour moth/Indian mealmoth is a thing - Google it and store your stuff well

kathrynha

Would have most of the things mentioned above, but also:


Baked beans,
tinned veg (other than corn it's not as nice, but it's fine to add to mince and stuff),
corned beef,
pudding rice,
flour (sr, plain and bread),
sugar (white, brown and granulated sweetner),
baking powder,
bicarb,
powdered milk (I use it in milky puddings and porridge, so taste not as important)
brandy (only use it in my Christmas baking)
Lemon juice


Sure I'll think of others later

[Deleted User]

Salt not just for seasoning but for strewing outside in icy conditions, salt scrubbing wooden tables and utensils, salt for wound cleansing and mouthwash and also to season your food.

I also have

Baked Beans
Mushy Peas
Corned Beef
Dried Milk Powder
Egg Noodles
Potato Gnocchi
Ready to use and dry Polenta
sugar
Vinegar in 5 litre containers
Water (from the tap and changed every 3 months )
Soap
Toothpaste
Shampoo
Medications as in Paracetamol, Dettol, Cough Medicines etc.
Herbs, spices and seasoning
Flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda
Cocoa
Tea Bags
Cuppasoups
cappuccino sachets
tinned veg and fruit
Instant Potato
Sauces and ketchups
Stock cubes (particularly Oxo as they give a better flavour)
Marmite
Gravy Granules

Many more things like jams and chutneys, peanut butter, crackers, crispbreads too BUT nothing I don't use in the general run of things. I wouldn't stock freeze dried or specialist survival foods as they'd probably not be used and that would waste too much money.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

I have portions of home made soup in the freezer, but also plenty of tinned soup. I'm pretty certain you could last out any sort of apocalypse with enough soup.

maman

I have most of the things on the lists (except for things we don't like obviously).


I think it begs the question what's a storecupboard?


Most of the things listed are things you might not use up making one meal but need for cooking. Herbs, spices, oil, vinegars, condiments etc. are obvious examples. I think I might just call them kitchen staples.


As well as that I have a different sort of storecupboard that's got duplicates of things that I've bought on offer or in multipacks. So at the moment it has loads of Lazy Garlic which was on offer in Aldi.:D

LameWolf

I would have one very, very unhappy husband if my store cupboard didn't contain Marmite. Also honey (which I get from the local farmers market).
I always have one in use and one spare - as soon as the spare is opened, I add it onto the shopping list to get another one, and always make sure everything is used in rotation - no 10-year-old tins of toms lurking at the back of the cupboard!.:D

maryb

Did I miss it or has anyone mentioned ... chocolate!!
:EasterBun

eggs keep for quite a long time. If you are only looking at a timescale of a few days then having plenty of eggs in store means you can rustle up a meal, as long as you have a cooking source.

Come the autumn, I also buy a sack of potatoes, which form the basis of lots of dishes with eggs.

I'd also have some fairly long-dated chorizo in stock. A little goes a long way and adds falvour to storecupboard dishes