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I am never without............. ....??

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DanniRae Sun 17-Mar-19 13:23:46

I grew up in a household that was never without a jar of Branston Pickle and for all of my 49 years of marriage we have also always had a jar of this delicious pickle in the kitchen. (Although my husband can't stand it!)
What food items have you always got in your cupboard or fridge?

SueDoku Wed 20-Mar-19 20:12:51

- Bovril - essential for spreading on buttered toast, adding to casseroles, stews and shepherd's pie; or just drinking dissolved in a mug of hot water...
- Salted butter
- A variety of cheese (ALWAYS mature cheddar, a blue cheese and at least one more)
- Boxes of cappuccino coffee drinks
- Evaporated milk
- Gin grin
- Tonic

Auntieflo Tue 19-Mar-19 09:24:11

okimherenow, have you tried the little tubes of condensed milk? That is if you can still get them. I bought one once, and sucked it down straight away. ?
My must have is Golden Syrup.

okimherenow Mon 18-Mar-19 22:30:45

After nearly 60 years I think I got married young just so I could eat spoons full of condensed milk ....
When I first got married I actually bought a tin of condensed milk and ate it ... All myself ...
but somehow it wasn't that delicious as when I'd sneaked a spoon from mums pantry ...

I always have a full tin of condensed milk in my cupboards until way past its sell by dates .... Then I get another !!!

harrigran Mon 18-Mar-19 22:21:03

Tomato ketchup
Brown sauce
Stock cubes
Worcestershire sauce
Capers
Freeze dried herbs
German mustard
Maple syrup
Marmalade

Happysexagenarian Mon 18-Mar-19 20:48:28

Apart from the everyday staples such as tea, sugar, milk, bread, and butter etc my other 'essentials' would be:
Biscuits - Malted Milk and Bourbons
Chunky cut Marmalade
Free range Eggs
Gravy granules (all flavours)
Lee & Perrins Worcester Sauce
Marzipan (I eat it like sweets!)
Chocolate

B9exchange Mon 18-Mar-19 18:48:16

All varieties of stock cubes
All cake making ingredients
Tomato passata and puree
Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
Cheese, sliced ham
Soups

SparklyGrandma Mon 18-Mar-19 18:42:30

Coffee, dried pasta, lentils, uht skimmed milk, flour, tea bags, raspberry jam. Spices.

mrswoo Mon 18-Mar-19 18:39:08

I can’t live without:
Marmite and Babybel for breakfast with toast and fresh tomatoes.
Worcestershire sauce, must be Lea & Perrins
Geetas Mango Chutney
Tinned tomatoes, tinned sardines
Beetroot
Dill pickled cucumber slices

TerriBull Mon 18-Mar-19 17:53:36

and demerara sugar, ordinary plain and self raising flour and gluten free plain and self raising, sunflower oil, olive oil and chilli oil, black peppercorns

TerriBull Mon 18-Mar-19 17:48:54

I pretty much always have the following:

Marmalade not for me, my husband, I prefer Marmite and peanut butter for the gc.
Eggs
Bananas
Coffee pods
Milk
Cheeses of some sort, but always cheddar
Tea Bags
Jacksons brown bread
Mango chutney
Basmati rice
Pasta
Heinz beans
Scots Porridge Oats

lemongrove Mon 18-Mar-19 17:08:14

Marmalade....I go into panic mode when running low.grin
Tea, of course, marmite, piccalilli, cheese, ginger biscuits.

By ‘eck Gabriella that’s quite a list you have there.?

anxiousgran Mon 18-Mar-19 16:57:07

Harissa paste. Last tube’s end date was 20 years hence.

Purplepoppies Mon 18-Mar-19 16:44:12

I try not to be with Morrison's dark chocolate spread... love it on buttered toast ?
I like to have the gubbings for cake making in the cupboard and fridge, just incase I fancy it or have visitors.
Brastop is actually a brilliant website for ladies with bigger breasts..

trendygran Mon 18-Mar-19 16:17:12

Marmalade. Marmite. Branson Pickle. Salad cream. Most importantly -coffee.

sharon103 Mon 18-Mar-19 16:05:58

Hellmans mayonnaise and never without cakes. grin I'm also addicted to Magnum lollies.

Sheilasue Mon 18-Mar-19 15:44:34

Whole earth peanut butter. Since I read you can eat it on a sensible diet.

cupcake1 Mon 18-Mar-19 15:17:08

Daddies brown sauce for me - had it since a child and couldn’t be without it in my cupboard. DH is a Branson pickle warrior but only the original thick cut not the small chunk ‘rubbish’ ! confused

GreenGran78 Mon 18-Mar-19 14:55:57

Yorkshire tea (though I live in Lancashire) Milk. Shredded Wheat and Cornflakes. Butter from small UK farms, when possible. Branston, Colman's mustard and Hellman's Mayo for my son (I hate all of them!) A fresh crusty loaf (my weakness) Gale's Lemon Curd. Cadbury's Drinking Chocolate, for the rare occasions when I can't sleep. Definitely lots of oranges and satsumas, plus tins of Sainsbury's Grapefruit Salad (delicious!) I have a big bowl of them for breakfast every morning.

GabriellaG54 Mon 18-Mar-19 14:39:18

.....Clarence Court Burford Brown eggs. blushgrin

GabriellaG54 Mon 18-Mar-19 14:38:17

Branston fruity sauce (not widely available sad)
Baxters sliced beetroot (jar)
Oxo cubes (I like to to drink it)
Various packs of coffee beans (I grind them at home)
Jersey butter.
Tesco evap milk (I like it in coffee)
Bread mixes.
Lizi's treacle and coconut/seeds granolas
Bon Maman conserves
Tiptree no peel marmalade
Dairylea triangles
Weetabix
Farleys Rusks (original)
Vegetable stock cubes/pots
Waitrose baked beans
Cheeses especially Montgomery Cheddar, Red Leicester, Parmesan and Feta.
Tomato paste
Garlic paste
Chilli flakes
Yorkshire tea bags
Waitrose cheese and onion crisps.
Lyles Treacle
Lyles Golden Syrup
Billington's demerara sugar
M&S almonds (skin on)
Tesco walnut halves
Cacao nibs.........

Floradora9 Mon 18-Mar-19 14:29:12

Peanut butter I am diabetic and it is my treat .

Juicylucy Mon 18-Mar-19 14:27:59

Mayonnaise and English mustard.

Greciangirl Mon 18-Mar-19 14:14:49

Branston pickle. Baked beans, tomato ketchup, salad cream.
Vinegar, olive oil.

Kim19 Mon 18-Mar-19 13:27:00

Sliced beetroot in sweetened vinegar is the one I try not to be without.

BBbevan Mon 18-Mar-19 13:26:21

Horlicks , love it and so does DH. Remember Horlick tablets.? Loved them to.