Stock cupboards do you stock up?

My DH and I grew up in households were having a store cupboard could not happen everything was earmarked for meals . So both of us have things we have to have a stock of him, butter 8packs in second fridge, tea, good bread, me , soft loo roll dad was school caretaker, and choice in freezer of bached cooked meals, meat or fish that I can choose on the day . Been baking all morning so used up to many of my spoons DH in charge as big oven on jacket potatoes on menu

I certainly do keep a store cupboard topped up and as well as food and drink also candles, oil for our lamps, matches and butane cartridges for our tabletop gas ring.

When I was a young mum I couldnt afford to buy more than we needed on a day to day basis and couldn,t buy special offers buy 2 get 1 free etc. I can afford them now but still think it,s unfair that the better off can pay less as they buy more of the same product.

I stock about a month's load ahead plus extras for the freezer, but it tends to be special offers, eg. Meat is currently reduced in one of the major supermarkets so I've popped6 joints in the freezer.

I enjoy playing food especially with our DGC, we are focusing on WWII meals at the moment and have been using powdered egg (yuck), and lots of dried pulses and veggies. It is fascinating to a) eat far less seasoned foods, and b) bring history to life, but does need a degree of stockpiling.

I've been finding some mainstream foodstuffs hard to find (eg pearl barley), but can't make up my mind if this is Covid related or just no longer in vogue. If I manage to find some I will by several packs

About 10 years ago my ,now deceased , father looked in my cupboard and asked if I was expecting a siege ??? Little did he know and, thankfully, did not experience the pandemic! I have always got enough in the freezer, cupboard etc to see us through at least a week ! I refuse to be cold or hungry and will restock when I use up things ! I think it was instilled in me as a young person that keep yourself healthy by being prepared for all eventualities and I have stuck by this mantra plus passed it on to my daughter !

I have always had a stock cupboard with tinned food, cat food, extra vinegar, mustard, flour, sugar, rice, pasta, dried yeast, cleaning agents, soap, toilet paper and home made jams and marmelade.

Last year we increased the amounts when lockdown started, and again just before the Danish-German border was closed.

I would never contemplate doing without it as in the autumn or winter it is not funny simply having to go shopping in pouring rain when you don't own a car.

I’ve always kept a tinned store cupboard…. my mother did as well. It’s a little fuller than it used to be but not ‘full’. I won’t be made to feel guilty over something I’ve always done.

Living where i lives means you have to make sure you have stocks of everything, from toilet rolls to candles and coal to bread mix.

I have always had well stocked cupboards. No idea why as in my childhood my mother purchased fresh stuff daily and we were well off working class so never lacked good food.
I replace items in my store cupboard constantly. It's just the way I am.

I only stock up on things that I particularly like and can only find in a specific store.

The last time I went out was March 2020 and have relied on on line deliveries.
I have always kept a store cupboard and could last a month without topping up but I would miss fresh veg and salad stuff. Most people have stocks of canned tomatoes but I cannot have them as they are bad for arthritis.
So different to the late 1940s and early 1950s when one went out every day to queue up to see what was available that day. We didn’t call it going shopping but going for the rations.
In the 1960s and 1970s lived many miles from shops so had to keep a store cupboard. Full of jars of home made fruit, jam pickles etc. As well as a full freezer.

Pepper59

You can get a lot of stuff on Prescription, not luxury stuff, but bread and flour etc. Did you know that?

It’s one thing to have a few extra tins in the cupboard but I think people who are stock piling are selfish not leaving anything for others
I’m sure we all remember the picture of a nurse finishing her extra long shift and the shelves in the shop were stripped bare there was nothing left for her to buy

No... I never have reserves of anything. I use whatever is on my fridge or freezer and limited tins and dry foods. I live on a narrow boat...I don't have space but never would panic buy anyway. I am very much against that as it depletes supermarket shelves when people do that

I ignore best before dates on things like rice and pasta. I’ve got an awful lot of flour that I stocked up on last year, though. I did read that you can store it in the freezer but I don’t have room at the moment. I am going to do that in future, though.

No, I am within walking distance to the village shop, supermarkets are open 24hrs, food can be delivered within 20 mins if I really couldn’t get out.

Have always had a cupboard full of tinned food which gets replaced when used plus pasta and rice. My mother did this and I guess I do the same.

MaggsMcG

I stocked up a bit at the beginning (March 2020) in the cupboard and the freezer. When my husband died in February there was a lot of stuff I didn't particularly like and some out of date tins in the back of the cupboard. The old stuff went in the bin and the stuff I didn't like was given to a food bank. I now have about 1 months supply of stuff in cupboard or freezer with the exception of Milk. Which although I have frozen before does not defrost quite as well as most other things.

If you like whole milk, that freezes much better than semi skimmed or skimmed

DH has fitted some shelves in a nook off the utility - we have the spare spares in there - not enough for WW3 but would help if supplies got tricky. We call it the cellar.

I do freeze bread as I find it keeps well, at least the plastic bag type, not the fresh.

I stocked up a bit at the beginning (March 2020) in the cupboard and the freezer. When my husband died in February there was a lot of stuff I didn't particularly like and some out of date tins in the back of the cupboard. The old stuff went in the bin and the stuff I didn't like was given to a food bank. I now have about 1 months supply of stuff in cupboard or freezer with the exception of Milk. Which although I have frozen before does not defrost quite as well as most other things.

Always keep plenty of tinned stuff and UHT milk as well as a full freezer; other than bread we could manage several weeks without going out if needed

I've always tried to keep a stock of essentials in because there are times when you're ill and you don't feel like going out shopping or extreme weather can make travelling dangerous etc .. We live in the country and while we have a couple of small shops in the village if the weather is bad deliveries won't get through to them so it pays to be prepared. Only one supermarket delivers here and it's hard trying to secure a slot so we stock up as much as possible when we do get one,but again if the weather was too bad it would be cancelled anyway.

I always have stocked up but during covid I bought lots of rice,pasta,baking supplies etc. I have never used any of them and they are going out of date. My cooking style has changed.
I also have lots of uncle Ben, Lloyd Grossman sauces which I never eat either. Must visit the food bank.

My dad always said if you got a cupboard full of tins you can always prepare for a bad week. And I’ve stuck to it all my life I’ve always had a cupboard full. Long before covid and if I’m shopping and see a deal on tins I buy if I need or not. My dad always said if you got a sack of spuds you always got a meal.