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what are Your basic store cupboard ingredients?
what do you keep in your store cupboard as your basics and why (can include freezer as well)
10 Answers
- PeachesLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
I live with my brother and we both like to cook and bake. He works nights and I work days, so we each cook for ourselves most of the time.
My brother and I both bake a lot of bread. We also make a lot of breakfast breads (muffins, pumpkin bread, zucchini bread, biscuits, pancakes, waffles, etc.) instead of buying them. My brother especially likes to make multi-grain recipes. He also likes Asian foods. He grows mint every year, for his tea. He also likes to experiment, for example, he's currently working on revamping a pumpkin soup recipe.
I prefer to make Italian and Germanic foods. I like coffee as well as tea, and love homemade hot cocoa. I bake treats to take in to the office as well as for us at home, so I experiment a lot with cakes, brownies, quickbreads, cookies, that kind of thing.
These are all the things we always (or almost always) have on hand in the refergerator, cupboard, pantry, and freezer:
Flour--
All Purpose
White Bread
Whole Wheat
Corn Meal
Rye
Sugar--
Granulated
Confectioners
Light Brown
Dark Molasses
Honey
Salt, iodized
Baking Powder
Baking Soda
Yeast
Gluten
Bran--
Wheat
Oat
Seeds--
Sesame, Raw and Toasted
Flax
Poppy
Sunflower
Caraway
Potatoes
Onions
Carrots
Baby Carrots
Tomatoes
Salad Greens, usually Romaine, Spinach, and Iceberg, sometimes Butter Lettuce as well
Mushrooms
Apples
Celery
Walnuts
Peanuts
Almonds
Raisins
Fresh Ginger
Fresh Garlic
Dried Lentils, Split Peas and several types of Beans
Pasta--
Thin Spaghetti or Angel Hair
Lasagna
Penne (sometimes Rotini)
Elbow Macaroni
Long-grain Brown Rice
Wild Rice
Vinegar--
Rice Wine
Red Wine
Apple Cider
Basalmic
Olive Oil--
EVOO
Virgin/Refined Blend
Canola Oil
Sesame Oil
Cocoa Powder
Peanut Butter
Dried Skim Milk
Dried Herbs and Spices--
Black Pepper, whole corns and ground
White Pepper, ground
Mint (home grown and dried)-
Peppermint
Spearmint
Best
Kentucky
Chocolate
Apple
Allspice, whole and ground
Cinnamon, sticks and ground
Ginger
Mace
Nutmeg
Cloves, whole and ground
Sage
Rosemary
Thyme
Basil
Oregano
Dill Weed
Bay Leaves
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Chili Powder
Paprika
Celery Flakes
Onion Flakes
Parsley Flakes
Mustard, ground
Extracts--
Vanilla
Rum
Almond
Tea--
Boston’s Mint-in-Tea
Ceylon English Breakfast
Decaffeinated Pekoe Cut Black
Chai
A type or two of flavored black teas, right now Raspberry, and Black Currant
A type or two of white and/or green teas, now Dragonwell, Jasmine, and Cloud Mist
Oolong
Darjeeling
Ketchup
Mustard, prepared, spicy brown and the regular yellow
Miracle Whip
Salsa, usually bought, sometimes homemade
Barbeque Sauce
A-1 Sauce
Worcestershire Sauce
Soy Sauce
Duck Sauce
Teriyaki Sauce
Corn Starch
Onion Soup/Dip Mix
Milk--
Lactose-free Fat Free
2% Fat
Eggs
Olivio Spread
Pickles, Dill and Sweet
Olives, green, stuffed
Cheese--
Mozzarella
Parmesan
Provolone
Cream Cheese
Usually one other, like Longhorn Colby or Cheddar or Farmers'
Canned Items--
Olives, Black, whole pitted and sliced
Tuna
Tomato Soup Concentrate
Cream of Mushroom Soup Concentrate
Tomatoes, whole and diced
Tomato Paste
Mushrooms
Beef Broth
Chicken Broth
Vienna Sausages
Deviled Ham
Saltine Crackers
Graham Crackers
and between 2-4 gallons of drinking water. Our town's water supply is safe to use, but not very tasty. We cook with town water, but generally drink filtered water and also make coffee, tea, lemonade, etc. with the filtered.
We also almost always have ice, butter, coffee (ground and whole bean), green beans, peas, and mixed fruit as well as fish (usually pollock, whiting, and/or cod) and chicken in the freezer. Other things vary over time.
Source(s): 40+ years of cooking and baking. My brother has been cooking and baking for almost as long. - Anonymous1 decade ago
spuds / onions / tomatoes / several bulk tins of dried soup /
pasta, rice, lentils, beans and pulses, around 50 or so herbs and spices. and whatever is fresh and in season. carrots courgettes, celery, parsnips, broccoli, cabbage, aubergines and we also buy 5k of mushrooms at a time, and theres always 5 star lockjaw cheese in the fridge...
oh, were vegetarians... and we cook everything. we buy ingredients, not snack food.
and with that lot we can cook pretty much whatever we want, chilli, curry, stews and pasta bakes, cheese n potato pie... mmmm pizza, real pasta, loads of different fried rice and noodle dishes... it costs us around 50 quid a week, for 4... and believe me, we eat well. in fact the only thing we buy is ready made is bread, and dairy products
- 1 decade ago
I keep dried herbs as my staples this includes, thyme, rosemary, parsley, basil and oregano... i also make sure i have plenty of roast chickens to cook up and have for dinner and left overs for sandwiches and i also use the carcasses for soups stock.. I make sure i have hot dogs my kids favorite and mac and cheese they love this also... eggs is a big thing in our house for cornbread and scrambled eggs... that is about it i buy canned veggies, forzen veggies and meats and cook what i know and eat what we enjoy... crock pot is our big staple in the house good to put stuff in a forget about it all day and work on it when dinner is on...
- 1 decade ago
My top 10 always haves:
1) Stock - usually chicken and fish - in the freezer
2) Pasta - spaghetti, lasagne plus one other
3) Rice - always have basmati, brown basmati, arborio for risotto and Valencia for paella
4) Seasonings and spices: Maldon Salt and good quality black peppercorns, fennel seeds, chilli flakes, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cardomom pods, juniper berries, cinnamon, cloves, nutmegs, smoked paprika and countless others
5) My own home-dried oregano
6) Booze - dry sherry and Noilly Prat vermouth - both excellent in almost any dish
7) Cheese - always have cheddar, parmesan plus at least one other in the fridge
8) Lentils - red for dhal and puy for almost anything else
9) Chocolate - 70% cocoa solids chocolate for cooking (or eating straight...)
10) Oils and vinegars - vegetable oil, olive oil, extra virgin olive oil, groundnut oil, red and white wine vinegars, sherry vinegar, balsamic vinegar and cider vinegar. Sometimes one or two others...
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- SerbY GLv 51 decade ago
Noodles, Rice, bread, Quick oats, canned stewed tomatoes.
Milk, eggs, fresh veggies/fruit, ground meats, cheese, bagged salads.
Garlic Salt, oilve oil, abodo, sazon, pepper, cayanne pepper, basil, parsley.
Oh and try grating onion into ground meats.... OMG it makes them sooo juicy... Same with a clove of garlic.
- BoudiccaLv 41 decade ago
Tinned tomatoes, tinned tuna, pulses, tinned pineapple, tinned anchovies. Butter, eggs, cheese (strong cheddar). Potatoes, onions (there's always Spanish omelette...). That's basically it.
- 1 decade ago
Lentils, they're so quick to cook. Tomatoes and garlic, spaghetti, oatcakes, bread, oats, milk.
Cheap and healthy!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
baked beans, more beans and another can of beans! i havent been shopping yet.