Essential ingredients...

[Glaucus]

Originally Posted by Olibubble

cake.


Thats an essential ingredient isnt it?

don't say that word. I hardly ever make dessert.

You made me want strawberry shortcake. I have the best recipe in the world for that ...

[Jonny69]

Acid, not sure what fat you're freezing but duck fat keeps for up to 6 months in the fridge, no need to freeze it.

Edit: damnit you idiot, you've made ME want strawberry shortcake now!!!

[Glaucus]

Originally Posted by Jonny69

Edit: damnit you idiot, you've made ME want strawberry shortcake now!!!

I still want strawberry shortcake..

Don't freeze anything at the minute as I only have 2 shelfs. silly shared house. Just have room for my frozen meals..

[Will]

Acid's list is pretty much on par with what I'd want.

I have an extensive number of spices/herbs.
Stuff that can be kept in the larder, as Acid said, rice, pastas, noodles, couscous,pestos, soy sauce, oils (olives, nut, various), vinegars, chopped tomatoes, sugar, flour (for sauces), butter, salt, pepper, cream (in the fridge ofc).

Perishables you have to buy more regularly, like meats, milk, cream, veggies, etc...

[Glaucus]

Originally Posted by Will

Acid's list is pretty much on par with what I'd want.

I have an extensive number of spices/herbs.
Stuff that can be kept in the larder, as Acid said, rice, pastas, noodles, couscous,pestos, soy sauce, oils (olives, nut, various), vinegars, chopped tomatoes, sugar, flour (for sauces), butter, salt, pepper, cream (in the fridge ofc).

Perishables you have to buy more regularly, like meats, milk, cream, veggies, etc...

Darn I forgot about the vinegars and oils.
Normall vinegar + balsamic vinegar is essential
Veg oil + olive oil + extra vigin olive oil + a few flavoured ones for stir frys etc.

[LeperousDust]

I've got virgin, extra, and a "chinese oil" (mixed nuts) i already make quite good use of those (well not so much the extra actually).

Also i completely for got vinegar, realised when i got home... That and pastry, apart from i think i've covered everything else. Cost me an absolute fortune though. Although i love having it all, gonna organise the kitchen all nice now too Can't wait to cook tonight with good ingredients! Woot.

As i normally shop at sainsburys since its closer (i thought asda would be cheaper turns out its basically the same price i'd say). Asda have some strange things, like they have there own version of dark soy, but not light soy, they dont do packets of rice over 2kg but pasta up to 5kg? I usually buy in bulk at sainsburys but asda seemed to be lacking ...

Oh well in total i hit £75, but that included frozen stuff and meats, which i have nada of at present too. £75 is a LOT for me, i usually hit £20 max a week, usually £30 for two. Hope its worth it...

[Glaucus]

I have to say I prefer asda. They have the best selection of fresh fruit and veg, the best selection of ethnic food. But it's hard to find as it's spread over 6 isles for some bizarre reason.
And there pre packed deli meat is £4 and will make lunches for 7 days and tastes great.

However they don't have a few ingredients like chorizo, but my work van is based next door to sainsburys. So I just pop in there for the few extra bits.

£70 is very good for a stock buy like that. But most of it will last months and they wont run out at the same time.

Let us know what you cook latter.

[LeperousDust]

Yeah i picked up a lot more than that list as i went round and realised what else i was missing too. I was literally milling round asda for 2 hours because as you say their shop layout was designed by monkeys.

I also found the deli meat, and WOW its so cheap! I picked up the .5kg for £4 beats the pre wrapped cooked meats any day! Salisbury's don't have that, but their cooked meats from some farm supplier work out cheaper than asda's. The asda i went to is a bit of a dive personally, some nice food, but too big and wallmarty, think i'll stick to the closer Salisbury's in future, there isn't much difference