Store cupboard must-haves?

[honeybee]

Every single week that OH and I are at Tescos he rolls his eyes when I reach for the tinned tomatoes and pasta but knows it best not to comment 

If fact goodness knows why I ever go to Tesco cos when I get home I can never fit any of the new stuff in the cupboards as they are rammed with allsorts and we end up ramming more stuff in only for it to fall onto our heads with him glaring at me even more 

My Mum had a thing about jiffy lemons and when she died, we found about 28 of them, some were about five years past their sell by 

[Old bird]

 Sinbad

I am not intending to go for another 150 years but you know how it goes - sods law - I will win the lottery and BANG! 

I am far too busy to die anyway - luckily my family seems to be long lived my mum is 83 and still going strong and my dad is 89 so it looks hopeful!

But I am feeling a bit/a lot ashamed of my house - so will - if it rains at all this weekend! have a go at getting rid of some of the junk!.

Hoarding stuff runs in the family - my mother - bless her - has a barn in our old village which is stuffed with what can only be described as "JUNK"  She hasn't been near the place since she sold her cottage which was over the road nearly 2 years ago now - and I bet she will die and leave me to sort it out!  A can of petrol would be a good idea - but it is a large old stone building with a couple of houses over the road - so probably best not!!

It was all stuff that she "needed" or would come in "handy"!!!!

Old Bird

 

[katynewbie]

 

It must be hard-wired into the cook's mentality. I cannot cook unless there are tinned toms, garlic and onions in the kitchen. Keith Floyd called them the Holy Trinity.

God Bless Keith!

 

[valmarg]

It was all stuff that she "needed" or would come in "handy"!!!!

Old Bird

It's nice to know that OH and I are not alone in the 'could come in handy' mentality.  Unfortunately we are both hoarders, aka find it difficult to throw anything away.

Having read this thread, shall have to make a concerted effort to get rid of some of the 'junk'.

valmarg

[Ishard]

If ever ww3 breaks out head to my house guys I have 5 cupboards full of packeted food, the tins and bottles go in the garage next to 3, yes 3, very large freezers. ( I buy meat in bulk such as a whole lamb, half a pig and quarter of a cow etc)
A lot of last years crops are still in the garage, onions garlic etc.

I cannot do without onions, coffee and sugar cos with those I can make hundreds of dishes using my store cupboard stuff.

Hubby jokes that if a batallion of soldiers arrived unexpectedly I could feed them a 3 course meal no problem. lol

[littlebabybird]

i grew up in a house where there was never enough in to feed us and consequently i have something of a siege mentality with regard to food. I'm quite confident that if i needed to i could feed my family (8 of us) for at least 4 or 5months if i had to without shopping. How sad am i
lol
lbb

[GrannieAnnie]

With all the reminders about a possible bird flu pandemic food storage is a good idea.
But I'd like to break the habit of squirreling away bits and pieces of stuff for building quirky birdhouses and art projects and clothes I'll never fit into again.