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Storecupboard Essentials

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  • I didn't mean you can only have one, just wondered what everyone considered their most important one!

    That's the thing though - as a Hard Core Old Styler I bake cakes (need eggs, flour, sugar, butter) and cook all my meals from scratch (need different veg, protein sources, olive oil, seasoning, tinned tomatoes, chilli, pasta, rice).

    How can I decide which is most important :confused::p:D

    Penny. x
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • ravylesley
    ravylesley Posts: 1,105 Forumite
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    If I had to choose just one storecupboard item it would have to be eggs as they are so versatile

    Lesleyxx
  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Ok, this is a hyperthetical question really but........ if we were ever in the situation where there was no electricity so we couldn't use frozen foods or store fresh foods in the fridge, what tinned foods would you choose to live off for a typical week?
  • mymatebob
    mymatebob Posts: 2,199 Forumite
    Beans of various sorts. Could make a nice bean salad.

    Tuna, Salmon.(could be added to the above salad)
  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Forgot to say, you have a camping gas stove or an open fire that you can use so you can choose foodstuffs to heat up.

    ;)
  • D&DD
    D&DD Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    My tin store usually consists of...
    baked beans
    tinned toms
    spaghetti hoops
    ravioli
    tuna
    salmon
    pilchards
    mackerel
    sardines
    borlotti beans
    navy beans
    pinto beans
    chickpeas
    spam
    corned beef
    sweetcorn
    soups
    tomato puree

    pineapple
    cherries
    strawberries
    peaches
    pears
    pie fillings
    rice pudding
    :o:o:o

    I have a little portable stove as we often get powercuts but don't tend to need it so much now as I've got a duel fuel hob.
    We have a bbq too and I have a dutch oven,camping kettle etc so we're set :rotfl: :rotfl:
  • I was wondering about cooking, think I'd just end up at McDonalds for the week if my only other option was eating salads all week!

    I keep a lot of stuff in the fridge that isn't supposed to be kept in it - eggs, lettuce, onions etc. I'd probably resort to just shopping every day for meat to be honest, haha. Or doing something like risottos, omelettes (with the eggs that would be going past it quicker), pasta with sauce over, stir fry... I think the only difference to me would be making up small portions instead of making some to freeze, and using less meat that can't be stored anywhere!
  • piglet6
    piglet6 Posts: 1,532 Forumite
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    Tomatoes
    Baked beans
    Spaghetti hoops
    Cannelini/borlotti beans
    Tuna
    Sweetcorn
    Soup
    Corned beef

    If we had no facilities for fresh food in the fridge, I might be tempted with the tins of ready mixed tuna/mayonnaise/sweetcorn (mixes into pasta or tops a jacket potato, and it would be a waste to buy a whole jar of mayo with no way to store it before it went off) and maybe some macaroni cheese - not as good as a homemade cheese sauce but, again, I wouldn't want to buy a whole block of cheese, etc, etc, as they would go off before I ate them. :o

    Piglet
  • Bronnie
    Bronnie Posts: 4,169 Forumite
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    Tinned chicken in white sauce.
    For some strange snobbish / don't do convenience foods type reason, I can't bring myself to buy it, but its kinda comfort food on buttered toast, with rice, or on jacket spuds. Did buy a tin in Sainsbury's this week, telling myself it was for DD and her boyfriend as an easy tea for them to make at the weekend. Might eat it myself for supper tomorrow now!
  • First of all, we all used to live without freezers and fridges not that long ago so it isn't really a problem. You just shop every couple of days for fresh stuff:rolleyes:

    But in a situation where you can't do that -plague or disaster then I would go for-

    dried beans -an assortment
    lentils
    mung beans -these can be sprouted and will therefore provide fresh veg full of vitamins;)
    dried milk, UHt milk
    oats
    barley
    popcorn
    oil
    tinned fish
    dreid fruit
    tinned fruit
    seeds and nuts
    pasta
    tinned tomatoes
    tea
    coffee
    longlife fruit juice
    hard cheese -does not need to be refrigerated if kept somewhere cool
    alcohol;)
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