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12:18 am
January 31, 2011
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bonita
| | IL | | | Mighty Chicken | posts 423 | |
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CindyP, down here Superfine sugar is a mostly summer product. It's 'regular' sugar, just on fine grind so that it melts easier in iced tea and other cold drinks, Sometimes you'll see a flash of it around the holidays, again cold drinks are the impetus. Going from superfine to regular granulated is a bit like going from table sale to coarse Kosher salt. What I can't figure out is castor sugar (Europe) is it granulated or superfine?
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1:00 am
January 31, 2011
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enjay
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Lavenderblue:
We regularly buy the same brand of sugar from Sam's Club and have had no problems with it. I've been canning, cooking and baking with it going on three years now. I usually store it in lidded 5 gallon buckets in the corner of my kitchen. Living in Coastal South Carolina it's humid as all get out and we do sometimes get lumpy sugar but it breaks up or sifts out just fine, I'd give your laundry room a try and see if it bothers you.
My m-i-l in Ohio was having an awful time a couple of years ago with an off-brand of sugar and threw out most of a 10# bag because it was leaving residue in her coffee and tea, and her fudge clumped up when she used it. She looked on the bag and it had something that was an anti-caking additive, calcium silicate I think? Since then she's always checked the ingredients and only buys the ones that don't have anything but sugar listed. I've only seen it added to powdered sugar, don't know why she found it in granulated but maybe that's why it was so cheap.
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8:05 am
January 31, 2011
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justdeborah2002
| | ottawa ON | | | Mighty Chicken | posts 243 | |
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Castor sugar is granulated sugar, but in bigger granules than what we in North America are used to.
Your comparison is dead on…it's like kosher salt compared to table salt…the difference in grain size.
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5:03 pm
June 8, 2011
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TeaCup
| | New England | | | Big Chicken | posts 86 | |
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I use agave syrup, it stores better than most, maple, corn, etc.
Also I use Better Than Bullion, rather than bullion cubes, I've been known to make demiglace myself, but it takes forever!
Anyone use tomato powder? it's something I've been meaning to try and never bought. I do use Real Lime and Real Lemon when I can find the stuff cheaply enough, I love hot lemonade in winter, and don't really like the bottled "juice."
I got a Vittle Vault for my flour last year. I wanted something mouse/ant proof (seasonally dependant). Expensive? Yes, but so is tossing 5-10 lbs of flour because the mouse ate through the old flour container. Also, my going to be pantry has two windows, and it was an experiment to see if it would work as a sun blocking container. So far, I'm very happy with it. Happy enough that I'll buy another….
Judi
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6:38 pm
June 8, 2011
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prayingpup
| | Southeast Illinois | | | Big Chicken | posts 98 | |
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I use tomato bullion cubes and I've dehydrated tomatoes. I put them in the jar in slices, then powder them when I use them. They're great!
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Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or play with it, Just pee on it and walk away
- unknown
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7:37 pm
June 8, 2011
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Ross
| | Bel Air Maryland | | | Superstar | posts 1724 | |
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Sugar is one of the most stable products you can buy. The man for whom I repair and refurbish his houses(yes plural) is in the sugar business. There is forty pounds of sugar on the counter in on kitchen that has a 2000 sell by date on it. that sugar is perfectly fine and completely usable. If I were making jelly this year I would ask him for it.
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11:01 am
June 10, 2011
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TeaCup
| | New England | | | Big Chicken | posts 86 | |
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Sorry, should have been more specific. Agave is one of the most stable syrups. Not trying to compare it with regular sugars!
@Prayingpup…tomato bullion is new to me. Is it something you make or buy? If you buy them, how about a link please?
Thanks!
Judi
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11:17 am
December 12, 2011
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Runningtrails – Sheryl
| | Barrie, Ontario | | | Mighty Chicken | posts 452 | |
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Rice flour is becoming a staple here. We use it for everything. It makes the most tender pastry that just melts in your mouth, light and crispy fried coating and fab sugar cookies! I mostly bake gluten free so we use a lot of it. Xantham gum is a staple now too.
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Sheryl
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10:38 am
December 14, 2011
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mamacarpenter
| | Mesa, AZ | | | Big Chicken | posts 17 | |
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Sheryl,
i would love to see some of your rice flour recipes…especially the pie crust. i am able to get rice flour pretty inexpensively but never knew how to use it!
my favorite pantry items are definitely canned chiles. We love mexican food here in Arizona and i figure that chiles make everything better. right now i have 2 1/2 cases and want more…
we also figure that as long as we can make some kind of bread or biscuits (with gravy of course!) then we can survive almost anything. "Chile" gravy is the best!
mama carpenter
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4:17 pm
January 27, 2012
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nativeheart7
| | Sumner Mi | | | Hatchling | posts 1 | |
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Can someone tell me where I can find the five gallon buckets?
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5:22 pm
January 27, 2012
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Ross
| | Bel Air Maryland | | | Superstar | posts 1724 | |
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Home depot has them in orange with lids, also many food and restrurant people get them with food in them and they don't get returned, builders empty them by the dozen when finishing the drywall in a new house.
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6:05 pm
January 27, 2012
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Erzulie
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My down-the-basement fridge is also a kind of pantry. You'd be amazed at how many quarts of whipping cream, which stays good a long time, I have in there. And butter and cheese…I freeze them and they last a really long time. Oh, and eggs. Eggs stay good for a very long time, especially if they are refrigerated. In Spain, they don't refrigerate them and they stay fine for a month. At any rate, I figure if my husband's hours get cut, we are good for a month on the staples I have in the fridge, alone.
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9:18 pm
January 27, 2012
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mamajhk
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I have seen them and Wal Mart back in the paint dept. area.
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10:01 pm
January 27, 2012
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goatgal
| | Joplin, Texas | | | Big Chicken | posts 47 | |
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Make sure your 5 gal buckets are food grade or you may be eating plastic, depending on what you're storing in the buckets. Also, heat can cause a chemical reaction releasing toxic chemical.
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10:22 pm
January 27, 2012
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brookdale
| | Maine | | | Mighty Chicken | posts 273 | |
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Good point, goatgal. I can get buckets that frosting comes in, from a friend that works in a bakery. I would think anything that food originally came in, would be ok for food storage. Drywall mud, not so sure!
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Remember, if it rains on your picnic it also rains on your garden!
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11:23 pm
January 27, 2012
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whaledancer
| | Southern California | | | Mighty Chicken | posts 106 | |
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Whew! That’s a tall order. I do like to keep a well-stocked larder. I like to have some items on hand at all times, so that I don’t have to remember to shop for them each time I make a recipe using them. I guess that’s my definition of a staple. And I like to have the fixings on hand for several days’ meals, in case of anything unforeseen.
Now that I’ve read through the whole thread, I see that my list is similar to the others, but since I’ve written it out already, I’m going to post it anyway!
flour
salt
baking soda
baking powder
cornstarch
sweet rice flour, aka moshiko (for thickening)
Wondra flour (for thickening)
sugar: white, brown, and powdered
honey
molasses
maple syrup
coffee
tea
wine
cocoa
Bisquick (or equivalent)
cornmeal
Jiffy cornbread mix (I know, I know)
oatmeal & steel cut oats
brown rice & parboiled brown rice (for homemade rice-a-roni)
various whole grains, like quinoa, barley, spelt & bulgur
pastas of all shapes & sizes (I use 100% whole wheat)
canned tuna, clams, and kippers
canned beans: red, white, black, pinto, garbanzo, kidney, refried, baked
canola oil, olive oil, sunflower oil
various vinegars (cider, white, red wine, malt, rice)
mirin (rice cooking wine)
sherry
extracts: vanilla, almond, orange, lemon
beef and chicken bouillon
ranch dressing mix
onion soup mix
Italian dressing mix
soy sauce
Worcestershire sauce & A-1
ketchup
barbeque sauce
olives, pickles & pickle relish (sweet and dill)
chutney
hot sauce
salsa, red and green
horseradish
various mustards
mayonnaise
big variety of herbs & spices
bread crumbs
cream of mushroom soup or homemade dry mix
tomato sauce
tomato paste
canned green chilies
a few canned fruits & veggies
dried fruits: raisins, prunes, apricots, figs, crystalized ginger
nuts: walnuts, almonds, pecans, coconut
seeds: sunflower, sesame, ground flax
dried beans & legumes (peas, lentils, pinto, lima, white, etc)
onions
garlic
celery
carrots
potatoes
bell peppers
mushrooms
milk
yogurt
sour cream
orange juice
various frozen veggies
cheese
eggs
butter
yeast
lemons & limes
ginger snaps (my DH considers these a staple)
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11:29 pm
January 27, 2012
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whaledancer
| | Southern California | | | Mighty Chicken | posts 106 | |
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TeaCup, I'm not sure what kind of tomato powder you mean, but I sometimes use Knorr tomato bouillon powder to add extra flavor to soups and stews.
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3:18 am
January 28, 2012
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dee58m
| | ohio | | | Big Chicken | posts 100 | |
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The usual items for baking of course, but this last year I have added quinoa, quinoa flour, brown rice flour, teff flour, amaranth flour, gluten free all purpose flour, garbanzo/fava flour, coconut flour, dulce, dry adzuki beans, dry black beans, dry pinto beans to make our own refried beans, chia seeds, raw cashews, millet, couscous, Braggs raw apple cider vinegar, nutritional yeast, extra virgin coconut oil, organic coconut sugar, raw sugar, amber agave syrup, raw buckwheat honey, raw milk cheese, goat milk cheese, organic goat milk yogurt, almond meal, miso, red lentils, french lentils and mung beans, dried stevia leaves and sprouting seeds.
My other staples are my canned mustards, jellies fruit/pepper, stuffed hot peppers, pickles, dilled beans, sauces, stewed tomatoes, kraut, etc.. these are my everyday go to's.
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" life is not about waiting for the storm to pass…it's about dancing in the rain"
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3:21 am
January 28, 2012
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dee58m
| | ohio | | | Big Chicken | posts 100 | |
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oooooooooops got carried away in my list for this last few months..scratch the baaaaaaaaah goat cheese, yogurt..those are refrig newbies.. :/
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" life is not about waiting for the storm to pass…it's about dancing in the rain"
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12:19 pm
January 28, 2012
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aprilejoi
| | Michigan | | | Mighty Chicken | posts 318 | |
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My husband finished drywall for many years. His pole barn is full of 5 gal. buckets used to hold mud. I would never use them for food, only animal feed or garden stuff. My husband is laughing now and saying "Psh, rinse it out and use it. " I am thinking if it held Kerosene he wouldn't say that. Use common sense, I guess!
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