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So what do you have you have in your kitchen?
If you cook, and I mean really cook, you never buy those little packets of pre-packaged spice mixes for spaghetti bolognese or chicken roast, but you build your own spices and herb mix for each dish.
Now you can buy the little bottles at your supermarket at 2 bucks a pop for 50 grams, or you can go to a farmers' market or Asian shop where you can get 250 gms for 5 bucks which is what I do. Similarly, Soy sauce which I use almost daily is like $3 for 150ml in the supermarket, or $8 for 1000 ml at the Asian shop same brand.
So here is my basic list of staples.
In large jars.
Black peppercorns
Sea Salt
Coriander
Cumin (ground)
Turmeric
Garam Marsala
Chilli powder
Curry powder
Hot Paprika
Oregano
Herbes de Provence
In small jars
Red peppercorns
Green peppercorns
Cumin seeds
Marjoram
Chinese 5 Spice
Garlic salt
White Pepper.
Liquids
Olive oil
Sunflower oil
Pumpkin oil
Walnut Oil
Red wine Vinegar
White wine vinegar
Balsamico
SOY SAUCE (litre bottle)
I wanted to post a photo, but Flickr is giving me a hard time, so I will give you a video instead
Sorry - aopolgies for that.
So what is on your kitchen shelves?