What are the Essential Staples in your cupboard?

[Mum2Romone]

We have recently moved house and I seem to have lost alot of my staples as I didnt replace them so I had less to move with

So now Id like to do a shop of basics.

i need flour already. Do you have both types of flour (S/Raising and plain?)
I want all the basics for cooking cakes, bread, and all that other stuff

I have salt , white sugar, .... also what spices/marinades do you have?

Help me make a list please

[emc2]

Rice
Pasta
Mixed Herbs
Cinnamon
Paprika
Garlic Salt
Ginger powder
Salt
Peppercorns
Tomato sauce
HP sauce
White vinegar
Malt vinegar
Tinned tomatoes
Soy sauce
Worcestershire sauce

[PumpkinZulu]

Rice
Pasta
Mixed Herbs
Cinnamon
Paprika
Garlic Salt
Ginger powder
Salt
Peppercorns
Tomato sauce
HP sauce
White vinegar
Malt vinegar
Tinned tomatoes
Soy sauce
Worcestershire sauce

On top of that:

Couscous
Stock (cubes and liquid)
Yeast
Oyster sauce
Sesame oil
Cumin
Turmeric
Nutmeg
Coriander powder
(depending on whether you like/use it) Powedered potato
Long life milk
Tea
Coffee
Plain biscuits
Food colouring
Icing sugar
A few masterfood type seasonings

I'll add more if I think of them.

[toomanyshoes]

Long grain rice
A risotto rice
A short pasta
A long pasta
Sesame oil
Olive oil
Veg oil
Balsamic vinegar
White vinegar
Malt vinegar
SR flour
Plain flour
"00" flour
Corn flour
Tomato sauce
BBQ sauce
Worcestershire
Soy sauce
White sugar
Brown sugar
Caster sugar
Salt flakes
Ground white pepper
Ground black pepper
Table salt
Whole black pepper corns

Spices? How much time have you go?
Dried chillies
Star anise
Bay leaves
Cinnamon quills
Chinese 5 spice
Ground ginger
Oregano leaves
Ground oregano
Onion powder
Garlic powder
Whole cloves
Ground cloves
Greek seasoning
Portuguese chicken seasoning
Cayenne pepper
Ground chillies
Ground nutmeg
Whole nutmeg
Lemon pepper
Ground cinnamon
Ground paprika
Smoked ground paprika
Cumin seeds
Coriander seeds
Italian herbs
Mixed herbs
Saffron

Vanilla paste
Vanilla beans
Rosewater
Orange flower water

Baking powder
Bi-carb
Yeast

lol umm yeah a lot of things, but those "always" seem to be in my cupboard.

Gee if you added fridge/freezer we would be here all night

Also I have stock paste in chicken, beef and veg. Better than cubes but not as bulky as the liquid.

[feeb]

Oxo cubes
chicken stock powder
Tomatoe sauce
sweet chilli sauce
bbq sauce
soy sauce
Wostershire sauce
salt
pepper
oregano
rosemary
garlic salt
crushed garlic (fridge)
crushed chilli (fridge)
pasta
rice
Dried chilli
vegmite
peanut butter
pepper
corn flour
sugar
chocloate!!!!

Tinned crushed tomatoes
tomato paste
other herbs and spices
Aroboro rice

[Pandora]

Hmm. Its interesting imagining what people eat based on their kitchen staples, as theyre so different to each other

Flour - plain, SR
Cornflour
Raw Sugar
Coffee
Basmati rice
Arborio rice
couscous
pasta spirals
spaghetti
canned diced tomatoes
tomato paste
low fat coconut milk
kidney beans
chickpeas
wholegrain mustard
american mustard
tomato sauce
brown sauce
mustard seeds
coriander seeds
cumin seeds
turmeric
garam masala
cinnamon
nutmeg
cayenne pepper
bay leaves
curry leaves
sambal oelek
worcestershire sauce
vegemite
mushroom soy

Fridge
Garlic
Ginger

[sloane]

pretty similar to others:

SR flour
plain flour
cornflour
w/m SR flour
w/m plain flour
basmati rice
risotto rice
tomato paste
canned tomatoes
sesame oil
olive oil
vegetable oil
caster sugar
icing sugar
brown sugar
ground cinnamon
salt
pepper
cumin
tumeric
ground ginger
nutmeg
tomato sauce
bbq sauce
soy sauce
2 types of pasta
bicarb soda
baking powder
mixed herbs
cooking chocolate
vegemite
peanut butter
vanilla extract
coffee
green tea
chai tea bags
cocoa
liquid stock
and usually one of honey or golden syrup
we usually have some tinned spag & baked beans as well - for emergency meals!

[peanutter]

.... what hasn't been covered ...

mint vinegar
beans
tinned corn
couscous
cream of tartar
kaffir lime leaves
fennel seeks
baking powder
slivered almonds
glace cherries

I think everything else is covered?

[Gigi]

i think it also depends on what style of cuisine you like to eat/cook.

e.g for me, asian fish sauce, sesame oil, coconut cream in tins, kaffir lime leaves ARE staples. but if you weren't into asian food, they wouldn't be.

i think of staples more as

flour
sugar
salt
milk
baked beans

as in, the minimum you HAVE to have when you go camping, so that in the barest situation, you can make SOMETHING edible.

i would first make a list of what you like to cook, and then think about what you need to make those dishes, i think that will give you a good list of what to go and stock up on for next supermarket trip.

and some staples are perishable e.g fruit and vegies, meat.

[Cherished]

Aw man there is so much food in my pantry! I like to have different things though and maybe now is a great time for you to buy stuff that you don't normally eat. That is why I love it when dh shops as he buys new things that I just don't think of so this is a great thread! How about

Chick Peas, Tapioca/Sago, Quinoa, Arrowroot & Spelt flour, Millet, Amaranth, Seeds (sunflower, flax, pumpkin), nuts, coconut milk, maple syrup, mixed beans, Rice/corn pasta, barley, red lentils

[emc2]

My cupboard's not very big lol

[briggsy's girl]

it really does depend on what sort of food you like to eat as to what you have in the pantry. we don't eat a lot of asian food, so the staples mentioned that mostly relate to asian don't make it into our cupboard

we have a "baking box" for cakes and things - has peppermint essence, orange essence, food coloring (not the ones from the supermarket though) ummmmm gelatine, chocolate chips, marshmallows and icing sugar (to make marshmallow icing if we want it), sprinkles, patty pans etc

our sauce rack scares even me to look at - i couldn't list them all - but DH likes variety, so there are always there. i think there are about a dozen different sauces for different meals. i can't keep up! if it isn't something you have with tomato sauce or gravy, i don't need sauce on it lol

fresh garlic, onion and spuds - always in the bottom of the pantry

tinned fruit (usually pineapple - either for adding to meals like pizza or for using in cakes make them more interesting)
baked beans
condensed milk

four different types of cereal (we buy different each fortnight just so we have variety) - rice bubbles (or generic version - which we use in making slices and stuff as well), cornflakes (again, dual use) special k and porridge/oats. special k is about the only one that doesn't have dual purposes now that i think about it!

bread crumbs
golden syrup
honey

damn, listing all the "must have in the cupboard" items is near impossible!