Store cupboard must-haves?

[Hyacinth]

I was out of onions and eggs and getting twitchy...I've red onions bulking up in the garden + walking onions, but I need to see a kilo of the things ready to hand before my anxiety levels decrease. And a bowl with at least 10 eggs in it. My garlic harvest never fails but if this year's planting of Apache chillies comes to nought (possible), then I've only got a sandwich bag of praps 60-80 chillies in the freezer.....hmmm.....feel a Major Twitch coming on

Given that you've staples already there, what are your must-haves?

[cambourne7]

pasta/rice if i dont have half a dozen bags i get worried.
And TEA if i dont have at least a spare 160 tea bags and about 2 boxes of loose tea i go into full panic mode 

[Hyacinth]

LOL @ Cama......I'd forgotten about tea!

[lorna]

Brandy? Only kidding.

[cambourne7]

LOL @ Cama......I'd forgotten about tea!

 

[posie]

Hmmm, definitely pasta, Heinz tomato soup for when I'm ill (my mum always gave it to me whenever I had tonsilitus) and teabags (pyramids nothing else) and coffee.     Oh and vodka lol!

[lolabelle]

tea, expresso coffee, and cat food for the babies of the feline variety

[Lindsay]

Tea, coffee - and cheese!  If there isn't a single piece of cheese in the fridge (proper cheese, not processed in any way) I think I'm going to starve!   

[valmarg]

I'm down to the last four eggs in the fridge, and it won't be until Saturday I can buy any more from the Farmers' Market.  No bacon for breakfast either. Beginning to panic

valmarg

[PurpleHeather]

Toilet rolls

[GrannieAnnie]

Milk. Eggs. Flour.  but before these: Coffee and some form of chocolate.

[cambourne7]

Toilet rolls

ah yes missed that as well

[gonz]

I get worried if i get under 4 tins of baked beans.  Must have  fresh lemon/limes as well (even though I hardly use them!!!)

[Old bird]

I have enough store cupboard goodies to last at least 5 - 6 weeks!!

What is it with people like me - I really don't understand myself but I have pastas in all shapes and sizes, tinned tomatoes like you wouldn't believe, tinned sweetcorn, loads of packet soups, more tins baked beans, spagetti, - onions - unless I have some of my own stringed - I haven't at the moment - I need at least a kilo! Apples, mangos, bananas.  Dried fruit, brazil nuts, walnuts all sorts of nuts!  Then we have oats again in quantity.

In the garage I have enough wine to sink a battleship, 3 boxes of cider, beer - now some out of date!  Washing powders, calgon by about 10 packets (I don't use the stuff though!!  WHY did I buy it?  I have about 10 stain removers - you know shout and that sort of thing - I very rarely use anything like that - all unopened - but they were going cheap!!!!!

I then have a freezer full of meat - which I no longer eat as I am now 90% vegetarian - most has been there for at least 2 years!

I buy toilet rolls by the huge packed and not one but normally 3 or 4 x 18 rolls.

And how many people do you think I cater for - little old me and the occasional visitor!!  Aren't I so silly!

I will make that my next "thing to do" live out of my "supplies" until I have nearly cleared them out and then I can start building them up again!!"

[gonz]

I will make that my next "thing to do" live out of my "supplies" until I have nearly cleared them out and then I can start building them up again!!"

Old Bird:  I do that at least once a month, it lasts until I see the next bargain

[Sinbad7]

I have a thing about washing up liquid, not that I wash up much, but have at least 60 of them hidden around the place in the kitchen, also toilet rolls.  I cleared our spare room up at the weekend and found 6 packs of 12

Old Bird I could give you a good run for your money over tinned tomatoes   Goodness knows what got into me when I bought them all, I must have thought there was going to be a shortage.

But my must have's are tea bags I buy the Red Label from Sainbury's, always 3 x 540 bags and that's all I go into Sainsbury's for.  Also I have an odd thing about potatoes, I seem to have bags of them everywhere in the kitchen.

Sinbad

[Old bird]

Sinbad that is a funny one - I am not into washing up liquid - at least not yet!

It's funny though isn't it - our little foibles! 

Imagine for a minute that we died overnight and strangers had to come and sort our stuff out!  HOW EMBARRASSING!!!!  They would probably have me down as a complete alcoholic, grubby little person with a "thing" for washing powders and stain removers -  and with a grubby house!

I remember when my maiden aunt died and the solicitor was an Executor and he had to go through her stuff (with myself and my mother) she had a sock "thing" and there must have been 50 pairs of socks!  But worse still there inside the rolled up socks and without any warning - she had hidden some kruger rands (£1,000) each and some of her more expenisve jewellery!!

I really must have a clear out as otherwise I would be so embarrassed I would turn in my grave if anyone saw my motley collection of must haves! 

This weekend sounds good!  I will do it!

Old Bird

 

[rosebud]

I have what my children call a war cupboard,  , but my must haves are plain & SR flour & dried fruit get very must go to Tesco`s if i get down to 1 bag of either 

[Sinbad7]

Old Bird, that story of your maiden aunt reminded me of my Nan, she had the biggest collection of net curtains you ever did see ( her thing was cleaning the windows and changing the nets) and she used to hide her money amongst them, my aunt must have found a bomb as she was the first one into the house when she died, we all knew what she was doing there

Most people know I am odd so not too worried about them finding my washing up liquid, but saying that, I think maybe that's why I have split the bottles up and dotted stacks round the kitchen hidden LOL  Mind I was embarrassed when a friend saw them all together, hence the splitting up

Old Bird lets make a pact and not die for the next 20 years or so, will save all that time of sorting stuff out:)

Sinbad

[GrannieAnnie]

Reminds me of my cousin, a recluse and more than strange. When he died and relatives cleaned out his apartment there were literally case loads of  books and art supples he'd bought and never opened (he wasn't an artist)- more than a person could use- likes hundreds of replacement blades for exacto knives, tablets, you name it all mixed in with his take out food containers.
Old Bird, At least storing food is practical. You could be worse like one social work case I knew- a woman who stored all her dead cats- in her freezer. Er, wait a sec- you never said what type of meat you were storing...