What cupboard / fridge ingredients are you never without?

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Like - your world would grind to a halt if you went to get them and they weren't there?

I don't really mean food staples - more like other ingredients to make a meal. Mine would be:

Passata
Tomato purée
English mustard (jar)
English mustard powder
Dijon mustard
Whole grain mustard
Garlic
Balsamic vinegar
Worcester sauce
Soy sauce
Stock cubes / pots
Paprika
Vast array of herb & spice jars
Sea salt grinder
Pepper grinder

Mine would be similar (but with fewer mustard options! and without soy or worcester sauce). I'd add
tinned tomatoes
Tinned beans.
Olive oil.
Onions (and frozen onions are kept in freezer in case).
Lemons (few things can't be pepped up with a squeeze of lemon or pit of lemon zest).
Flour
eggs

Pasta
Cheese (not just with pasta)
Tinned tomatoes (not just with pasta)
Rice

Oh yes, pasta and rice and cheese. How could I forget?!

Yes pasta, cheese, onions too but I meant not food staples - more 'add in to make tastier'. I'm wondering if I need to add anything else

garlic

chillies

lemon juice

array of herbs and spices - at the very least a 'mixed herb' blend and a 'curry' blend

tinned tomatoes

onions

salt and black peppercorns

bay leaves

lea and perrins!!

ketchup

mayo

mustard

dried hard cheese shaker

stock cubes

ooh yeah how could I forget

olive oil

balsamic vinegar

Marmite
Liquid Aminos
Henderson’s Relish

Is Henderson's Relish similar to Worcester sauce? I've seen it in a few recipes.

Rice flour
Gram flour

I'd add freezer staples, e.g. diced courgettes, peppers, onions, carrots, celery - great for casseroles.

Also port (in place of red wine - keeps better), cider, ale.

I have a sweet list too:

Sugar - granulated, caster, icing, dark brown, light brown, molasses, syrup, treacle
Condensed milk
Whole nuts - almonds, cashews, pecans
Ground almonds

Cheese and onion crisp.

@Tlollj - DS would like your style

I know it's not a food cupboard item, but fresh coriander is a must-have for me - curries etc. just aren't right without it. Smoked paprika. Honey, golden syrup and maple syrup. Cocoa powder. Apple cider vinegar, red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar. Sesame oil. Sesame seeds. Everything on your list, too OP :)

I have almost every spice/herb you can think of. I've just moved to a house with a wonderful, well established herb garden and a huge bay bush too. Delighted with it!

Tinned tomatoes
Tinned beans/pulses
Vinegars (various)
Mustard (various)
Gherkins
Capers
Olives
Tahini
Soy
Fish sauce
Sesame oil
Molasses
Chinese sauces (hoisin, plum)
Pasta, rice
Cheese
Dried fruits
Mixed nuts
Oxo
Pepper & good salt
Lemons
Potatoes
Onions
Shallots
Carrots
Celery

Purely for flavour, I'd stick with my comment re lemons and add sherry or red wine vinegar. Also tahini and greek yoghurt - I can always whip up a dressing or dipping sauce with those ingredients to pep something up. Chillis, yes.

None of those are necessarily absolutely essential on a daily basis, but they are the items I turn too along with all the standard herbs and spices etc we were already discussed.

Definitely going to add tahini to the list.

Lemons. Sumac. Aleppo pepper flakes. Smoked paprika. A jar of anchovies. Sweet vermouth and dry sherry, for cooking.

to Lea and perrins and tahini and crisps
to hard cheese shaker and lemon juice, but I’m sure others would hate some of my essentials too!

Spring onions
Garlic
Ginger
Chilies
Soy Sauce
Rice
Pasta
Noodles
Chili sauce
Cheese
Olives
Lemons
Tinned sardines
Coconut milk
Cherry tomatoes
Tinned tomatoes
Chickpeas
Frozen prawns
Rice
Pasta
Noodles
Always some Indian spices: Turmeric, Cumin, Cardamom, cloves, Cinnamon & Bay leaves
Oils - Olive oil & sunflower oil

And Hummus!

I think it depends what sort of meals you make regularly?

I like to have hoisin sauce and miso paste to hand but I often make marinades out of those.

My herb and spice cupboard is a bit out of control but I'd say cumin, coriander and garam masala are essentials for me. Maybe 5 spice powder too.

Garlic and onion go in pretty much every meal I make...

I have an East Asian heritage but grew up in the States, have a French husband, and love to bake. We eat the world in this house so I need a wide variety of ingredients on had.

Larder:
tinned tomato
tomato paste
a variety of tinned beans
a variety of dried pulses (canellini, chick peas, mung bean, red lentils)
a couple cans of tinned coconut milk
a couple tins of Illy coffee
a variety of dried pasta (linguini, spaghetti, a short curly pasta, udon noodles, thin rice noodles, buckwheat noodles)
a variety of rice (white pudding rice, white sushi rice, brown sushi rice, brown basmati)
a variety of grains (polenta, pearled spelt, freekah, quinoa)

Condiments/Sauces:
variety of soy sauces
variety of vinegars (rice, cider, red wine, white wine, sherry, good balsamic, chinese black vinegar)
variety of oils (cooking olive oil, good olive oil, drizzling olive oil, rapeseed oil, sesame oil, walnut oil)
Asian pastes (gochujjang, red miso, white miso, korean miso)
Asian sauces (hoisin, oyster, black bean, tonkatsu)
fish sauce
mirin
sriracha
korean chili powder
variety of dried seaweed
dried fish for soups (dried anchovy, bonito)
good variety of dried herbs and spices
black and white sesame seeds

Sugars/flours/misc baking:
dark brown muscavado
light brown muscavado
brown caster
icing sugar
coconut sugar
pearled sugar
molasses
treacle
malt syrup
00 flour
strong white flour
very strong wholemeal flour
buckwheat flour
rye flour
plain flour
self raising flour
rice flour
chickpea flour
rolled oats
steel cut oats
dark baking chocolate
cacao
cocoa powder
coconut oil
freeze dried fruit
baking powder
baking soda
cornstarch

Perishibles:
onions - regular and spring
ginger
banana shallots
garlic
fresh tomato
good unsalted butter (I always keep at least 2 in the freezer)
carrots
celery
herbs - flatleaf parsley, basil, coriander (I grow woody herbs so always have them to hand)
lemons and limes
chicken stock in the freezer

Booze:
cognac
wine
dry sherry
port

Dal/tinned tomatoes/tinned chickpeas/tahini/ Sauces/dried herbs/rice/pasta/flour/coconut oil/coffee powder/stock cubes/dried noodles

Ginger/chillies/onions/carrots/celery/garlic/apples/Yoghurts

Forgot:
a variety of mustards
salts
peanut butter
ketchup