Staples

There was the mention of having a pantry in another thread. The thread reminded me of certain items I always keep on hand. For lack of a better word I'll call them staples. Currently in the pantry (among other things- the list is too long) I have 12 cans of tomatoes (several different kinds), dried pastas (several different kinds), flour, sugar, canned soup and broth, box cereal, Asian noodles and canned Asian foods, tomato paste, several types of box cake mixes, canned frosting, canned baked beans, Manwich, 8 cans of albacore, canned vegetables (several kinds), extra containers of cracked, regular and whole black pepper, 1 box of Kosher salt and 1 of sea salt, paper napkins and plates, bottled salad dressings,bottled BBQ sauce, 1 extra jar Hellman's mayo, several varieties of mustard, buttorted hot sauces, dehydrated items such as mushrooms and chiles and lots of other odds and ends.

I will not even go into the list of what I always have on hand in the deep freeze. What does everyone else keep on hand all of the time? I watch the sales and if one of my 'regular' items is on sale at a good price, I'll buy it. I watch the dates on the items such as mayo and salad dressings.

Michael

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