Staples in Your Kitchen

October 14, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized 

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What’s in your kitchen pantry?


Since I’ve started cooking, I’ve discovered that there are some constantly used food items that I need to keep in the kitchen. No, no, I’m not talking about Haagen-Daz ice cream, bags of potato chips or a six-pack cans of coke (although, I don’t see anything wrong with these). I’m talking about basics like:

Rice, pasta, flour (all purpose), corn meal, sugar (white, brown, granulated, superfine, confectioners), beans (black, garbanzo, and cannelli), stock/broth (chicken, beef, vegetable and fish), clam juice, canned tomatoes, tomato paste, anchovies (yes, anchioves), capers, onions, pickled hot pepper….

Bacon or pancetta, eggs, milk, butter, mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup, honey, jelly/jam, olives….

Olive oil, vegetable oil (preferably canola oil), sea salt, kosher salt, vinegar (white, red wine, balsamic and sherry)

Fresh herbs (parsley, basil, rosemary, thyme, cilantro…)

Spices like chili powder, basil, Italian seasonings, ground cinnamon, cinnamon sticks, curry, paprika, cumin, oregano, thyme, pepper (whole peppercorn, white/black pepper), salt (reglar, sea, Kosher), vanilla extract, ground red pepper, garlic powder, nutmeg bay leaves,all-purpose seasoning….

Marsala, White wine, Red wine, Sherry wine…

What regularly used foods do you keep in your kitchen?

Paz

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