Just wondering what others think should be on your pantry shelves. I don't mean the usual "flour, sugar, bread, etc." I'm thinking in much larger terms. I try to keep processed foods out of our diet (dd is on a modified Feingold diet), although there *are* a few items that we feel comfortable with. I have to be very diligent about reading labels. Right now we have, for example, about 50 cans of different varieties of tomatoes, dozens of canned vegetables and fruit, 20lbs. flour, 40lbs. rice, 20lbs. pasta, many pounds of dry beans, lentils, peas, etc. Dry cereal, sauces (like bbq sauce), baking goods, salt, coffee. There's more that I can't think of now. Most, well about 90%, of our foodstuff is fresh (except for some junk for my mother) and I'm having a hard time thinking of what needs to be put up for long term storage.
What do you think needs to be in a well-stocked (long-term) pantry? Indiana used to get some really nasty winters and I'm preparing for that. Next year, I hope to have the garden producing enough to can.
What do you think needs to be in a well-stocked (long-term) pantry? Indiana used to get some really nasty winters and I'm preparing for that. Next year, I hope to have the garden producing enough to can.