Beans, confit, pearl barley, packet noodles, vermicelli, sauerkraut, pickled mustard greens, balti paste, brinjal pickle, mango pickle, dried cepes, tins squid octopus anchovies, rice, lentils, orzo, penne, spaghetti, couscous, herbs, spices.
Just one kitchen cupboard which represents some of the things I like to eat. Nothing too exotic or expensive, probably not dissimilar to most people's cupboards.
Foie gras, pickled onions. pork pie, gherkins, fray bentos steak-n-kidney pudding (not pie), pesto, branston, yogs, milk, preserved lemons, curry paste, lady m's plum jam, hoi sin, horseradish, butter, bacon, cheddar, st agur, more cheddar, prunes, tub of coleslaw, peppered mackerel, more prunes, eggs, champagne, strudel and sausage rolls (both made by my daughter in law).
Again, I suspect not unlike most people's fridges.
So what does this tell me about myself? Probably that I like Indian, Italian, and Moroccan foods, and that I like variety.
Oats, muesli, chick stock cubes, garam masala, dried mint, gunpowder spice blend, ground cumin, dried parsley, five spice powder, aleppo chilli flakes, and others that I can't see.
An average selection of herbs and spices.
I'm exhausted.
You must have another cupboard with the Lea and Perrins, the Heinz tomato ketchup, the mustard and the salad cream.
ReplyDeleteNo salad cream, but all the others yes.
DeleteI have a cupboard just for herbs and spices. My kids used to open the door to smell the inside. (They used to like to sniff the ironing as well. Weird.)
ReplyDeleteThe bottom picture is of my spice cupboard, but there's a lot more in there than you can see.
DeleteVastly different from my supplies, though I do have the penne, rice and pearl barley and at least two of the spices; eggs in my fridge and gherkins too. A couple of jars of store bought jams. and milk. One must have milk for one's morning porridge.
ReplyDeleteI don't like Porridge, but I mix lots of Oats with shop bought Muesli, and buy the milk for that.
DeleteYou want to get rid of all that posh stuff and fill your cupboards and fridge with proper grub - pot noodles, pizza, baked beans, "Mother's Pride white sliced, pasta ready meals from "Aldi" and Fray Bentos tinned pies. After all, you're not friggin' Heston Blumenthal!
ReplyDeleteI've got the beans and Fray Bentos Pud'. What is an 'Aldi'? Did you mean 'Audi'?
DeleteNothing like my cupboards at all! No pasta, oats or anything even vaguely Indian, one jar of jam (unused and probably past it's sell-by date). My fridge has very similar contents to yours, possibly with more cheese and a few additions. I have a whole double width cupboard shelf of dried herbs. My mint is growing just outside the kitchen door - keeping the flies away!
ReplyDeleteWe have Mint growing almost wild here too, but this is dried 'Spearmint' from my garden in France.
DeleteWhen our kitchen was remodelled, I had a pull out, triple shelved cupboard put in for my herbs and spices, it's full and has overflowed on to two wall cupboard shelves now!
ReplyDeleteMy fridge looks a little like yours, but multiply most things by three and you'll be getting close to the amount in mine. I don't have any fizz in the fridge at present though.
I blame my mother, who, having been 13 in 1939 and living with rationing during her teenage years and later, kept food cupboards as full as possible.
I'm just the same, my stores are at ridiculous levels, but we never waste food, all stock is rotated, wasting food when so many people around the world don't have enough of it is criminal!
I also send a Sainsbury's order directly to the nearest food bank every week, fully appreciating how lucky we are to have full cupboards of good food.
On that note, if anyone is wondering what to donate to food banks at the moment, please, please send baby formula. Imagine being in the position of not being able to feed your tiny baby.
I fully expect some folk to suggest that women can breast feed without spending, but not everyone is physically able to do that! X
When I was small we lived in some lovely homes, but the kitchens were dreadful. My poor mother had to make do with tiny cooking areas and a small larder. People these days all want a kitchen the size of a Tennis court. I'm afraid I don't donate to food banks; perhaps I should start.
DeleteYou are well stocked and show no sign of any shortages. I like your choices!
ReplyDeleteThe freezer is well stocked too. We've been back for just over a month, and I think we're back to normal.
DeleteI read this before any comments were made and couldn't think what to say. Having read so many differing comments I'm still at a loss. I obviously suffer from a fear of running out of anything just when I might fancy/need it.
ReplyDeleteThe reason why I wrote it the way I did was because I couldn't really think of anything to say about it either.
DeleteYour last line made me laugh hysterically. Love your wit and wisdom.
ReplyDeleteI had to have a lie down.
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