What are the 5 ingredients that you ALWAYS have in your pantry/kitchen?

Philippines
September 24, 2009 10:51pm CST
I love to cook and I have many cooking ingredients in my pantry. I always make sure that they are always available whenever I cook. Aside from salt, pepper, oil & herbs, what other ingredients that are always available in your pantry?
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
25 Sep 09
flour, sugar, baking powder, yeast... cheese, pasta, eggs, milk. More than that, really, but I keep a well stocked pantry and don't want to list my entire inventory.
• Philippines
26 Sep 09
from what you've written above, i can see that you love to bake? right? same here!!! can't bake w/o them! thanks for your reply! happy mylotting!
• United States
25 Sep 09
I always try to keep tomato sauce or paste, mustard, sugar, flour and vanilla extract in my pantry. I'm not even sure why, but let me run out of those things, and I'm off to the store to get them. It's almost like my kitchen is naked without them. I do from time to time use all of those ingredients in various dishes. I can't uncover why I have to keep them on hand though. Weird huh!
@Archie0 (5636)
25 Sep 09
[i]Hello there, well those 5 things which are always stacked up in my kitchen other than the normal things are mustard oil, fengrueek seeds, asfeitieda, cummin seeds, bay leaf.I always keep these things in my handy shelf. I cant do without these things.And i always have them stacked in my kitchen always.[/i]
• Philippines
26 Sep 09
i can see that you put this herbs to season your food, right? you must be a great cook!
@dknkyle (446)
• Singapore
25 Sep 09
For me, I'll always have eggs, salt, pepper, oil and soya sauce. The reason as to why these are the five most important ingredients to me is because I normally have eggs as one of the ingredients of those dishes I cook and also whenever I'm hungry and want to just have something light or some snacks, I can just cook fried eggs, hard boiled eggs or omeletes to either just eat it as it is or make sandwiches with them.
• Philippines
26 Sep 09
just like my husband! we also have eggs stacked in our kitchen, mainly because he love to eat & cook them & i use them for baking goodies! just watch out for the cholesterol! **gulp**gulp**(taking a sip...from her second cup of coffee)**
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
25 Sep 09
Hello friend, I can figure out from your profile name that you really love to cook. I also love cooking and have some stuff of ingredients in my pantry. I always have tomatoe sauce and pasta noodles,olive oil and some seasoning like oysters sauce,black sauce and the likes. My kids loves paste very much my friend so,i always have pasta noodles readily available
• Philippines
26 Sep 09
friend....thanks for your reply! yup...my kids love pasta also! i usually make my own tomato sauce & pasta sauce that i put/stock in my fridge..so anytime they like to eat pasta i can cook it for them! saves a lot of time & energy..right? happy mylotting!
@andygirl (53)
• Philippines
25 Sep 09
At home we always have rice, beans and rice noodles. Aside from these we also have bottles of fish sauce and paste, soy sauce and sesame oil since almost all of our food are seasoned with these. happy mylotting:)
• Philippines
26 Sep 09
hello Kababayan! Any typical filipino house, will always have rice & different sauces, di ba? Sarap na sawsawan! hhmmmmm...delicious!!! **(grabbing tiny bits of brownie crumbs on the plate)**
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
26 Sep 09
I always have a variety of beans (red white pinto)flour, sugar, rice and pasta. I also keep a variety of herbs and spices, eggs. With these basics I can make almost any thing.
@vivasuzi (4127)
• United States
25 Sep 09
We always have some kind of pasta noodles and some jars of sauce - this is the perfect meal when we are lazy! We also stay stocked up on cereal all the time - the perfect "healthy" snack, better than ice cream at least! And it even becomes dinner sometimes too :) I always have to have soup too. I get sick on the drop of the hat and I need my soup to feel better! Finally, Peanut Butter and Jelly are always in our house. It takes us a long time to go through these things but I actually had a sandwich for dinner tonight!
• Philippines
26 Sep 09
don't you just love pasta? heat it w/ some olive oil & garlic..alas aglio olio! yummy! my kids just so love cereal too! oh i'm getting hungry already! **(just had a glass of hot coffee & 2 fudgy brownies!!)**
@caver1 (1762)
• United States
27 Sep 09
I always keep rice, eggs, cheese, flour and sugar.
@Gemstar6 (71)
• New Zealand
28 Sep 09
Whole seed mustard, eggs from Mum's hens (the best), chili paste, good pasta and a good home-made relish.
@wlee9696 (595)
• United States
26 Sep 09
sugar, canned vegetables, rice, canned fruits and grits.