Essential House Supplies For Your Pantry
Your pantry needs to be filled with supplies that are practical, easy to store, and universally applicable to most situations. Having a well-stocked pantry is an easy way to save money (by buying in bulk). It’s a good place to store any number of things: food, synthetic chemicals, emergency supplies, etc. Essential pantry supplies are all the rage in the epoch of our dear “stable genius,” Potion No. 45…made with ambergris, orange cheese puffs, and swamp juice.
Flour
Flour is the key ingredient for many, many baking recipes. It’s a thickening agent for lots of dishes. It’s also a very useful device for antiquing people.
If you eat as many pancakes as I do, this is absolutely essential. Make sure to store gluten-free flour in your pantry, in case you have a guest over who has celiac.
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Sugar
As much as sugar is damaging society and the longevity of its citizens, it just tastes so much like addiction. Big Sugar is definitely behind the positive body-image campaign. This is used to make confections of an unhealthy caliber. This unscheduled substance should be stored in the event that you need extra.
Sugar can be used as a preservative, so it becomes useful in situations. This can include other items like artificial sweeteners, as you need less of them to get the same amount of sweetness.
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Oats
You’ll find that oats are useful. They are most commonly used for breakfast and baking. They go well with yogurt, too.
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Peanut Butter
This tastes great and can replace a missed meal in a pinch. There are few people who downright hate peanut butter. People-with-allergies’ archnemeses include peanuts. It can be useful to keep other types of butter around, but the catch here is that peanut butter doesn’t have to be stored in the fridge, whereas sunflower butter does.
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Olive Oil
This is a good item to have on hand. You always need some oil to cook with, and you don’t want to start making a meal, only to find that you’d forgotten to buy it.
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Rice
This stuff is a godsend for those of us who live in poverty. It’s cheap, will fill you up, and can be healthy if you buy the stuff that hasn’t been bleached out. Rice can be bought in bulk and then stored in airtight containers.
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Canned Tomatoes
Canned tomatoes are a good addition to many dishes. Tomatoes tend to ripen quickly. While canned anything isn’t the most healthy item, it’s still better than not having tomatoes at all.
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Balsamic Vinegar
Vinegar, in general, is a great preservative and cooking additive. Balsamic vinegar is made from grape must.
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Dried Beans
These are cheap and—as long as they’re stored properly—can stay good for years. The only caveat is that you have to soak them overnight. Convenience comes at a cost.
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Salt
Salt is necessary. Iodized salt was introduced in the early 1900s to the U.S.
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Broth
Broth is a big one. Chicken and vegetable broth are often added as the base to a lot of recipes.
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Coconut Milk Powder
This is an amazing thickener for dishes and essential for making eastern dishes.
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Soy Sauce
Soy sauce goes well with plain rice and Sriracha. It is a delicious condiment. It can also be used when cooking western dishes.
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Canned Marinara Sauce
If you cook noodles and they become soft, you have a limited amount of time before they go bad. If you forgot to get the marinara sauce, then you might have to eat something that’s less than stellar.
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Dried Creamer
Creamer is necessary for the coffee enthusiast who can’t handle the bitter truth of a black cup of joe. There are a couple types of pantry-safe creamers, including the little, single-serve ones.
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Toilet Paper
This is the most essential item on this list, next to water and rice. There’s no reason why you shouldn’t buy them in bulk and throw them in your pantry.
How many times have you had a close call with not having enough toilet paper? If you like to procrastinate, then you obviously wait until the last minute to go out shopping for toilet paper. That’s a dangerous game you’re playing.
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Glass Cleaner Fluid
This is good to keep around in case your car windows get too dirty. It’s not a disinfectant, but it is still necessary.
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Dish Soap
This is another one of those, can’t-normally-live-without-it items. This substance is responsible for trillions of daily deaths.
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Sponges
It’s always good to have spare sponges on hand, because the bacteria that build up on there can cause foodborne illnesses. This is a serious issue where people think that regular dish soap can slay all of those food germs. Even bleaching a sponge isn’t the best idea, as you could miss something. The one that survives is now stronger and you have to compete with germs that totally lift bro.
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Jugged Water
Water is the most essential item on this list. It’s within the Survival Rule of Threes:
- You can survive three minutes without air
- Three hours in severe weather extremes
- Three days without drinkable water
- Three weeks without food
- Three seconds without saying like
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Final Thoughts
A pantry can be used for food, supplies, or equipment. The easiest way to shop for items, that you’re out of, is to take a picture of the pantry after you’ve filled it. When you go to refill a depleted pantry, take a picture of the after. Compare the two. Voila.
