Sunday 29 December 2013

Random Recipes - 'Dare to Bare'

Well there went chrimble - I've been so disorganised (and also quite busy) that I totally failed to get a post
up before the day.  Hey ho, hope we all had fun anyway.  :-)
I've also been super slack at getting any blog challenge posts done but thankfully lovely Dom at Belleau Kitchen, instead of the normal Random Recipe gave us the task of 'Daring to Bare' and photographing our larder / pantry / food cupboards.  I'm still a day late with this but I'm sure he's used to it by now!
My 'pantry-in-potentia' has yet to be built into the space under the stairs so at the moment I have two very disorganised and messy cupboards.  Don't say I didn't warn you...
This is the kitchen cupboard, note most of a whole shelf devoted to herbs / spices / vinegars etc!
Two things I always have - soy sauce and mushroom ketchup.  The latter gives the depth you miss when not using meat.  I generally have quite a few oriental options in stock.  Different noodles, pickled turnip (nicer than it sounds), random tins of braised eel - because I loved the packaging.  ;-)
This is the other cupboard.  For overflow / multibuys.
Multiple packs of pasta, stuffing, jars of curry pastes.  The left side is full of cds which is why I haven't pictured it.  Not a lot of free space though as you can see and the best bit of this is - I have an Approved Food order arriving on Tuesday.  Now where am I going to put that lot...

10 comments:

  1. time for a skim through to see what you can chuck out... there's always something... love you interiors... thanks so much for the entry and have a wonderfully happy new year x

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    1. It's all used though! This has given me the impetus to re-organise the kitchen cupboards though - thank you! Have a fab new year too. :-) x

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  2. I don't think they're messy - I'd describe them as vibrant and lively. I'm glad someone else uses mushroom ketchup. I was beginning to think it was just me.

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    1. Aha - I'm not a messy person, I'm vibrant! I shall remember that one. :-)
      I love mushroom ketchup, a good splosh can really change a dish I think.

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  3. They may be messy, but I'll bet you know just where everything is! I have cupboards that are packed and I am pretty good about grabbing things or unloading shelves to get at the one item at the back that's needed for a recipe ... good luck rearranging when the order comes in!

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    1. The order's here, and I truly don't know where it's going to go. I think the cd's might need to be re-homed...

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  4. What a fantastic larder, you have so much choice.

    Sft x

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    1. Thank you! I feel that as long as you've got a good choice of herbs / spices / sauces then anything can be made great tasting. :-) x

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  5. what is mushroom ketchup and do you know where I can get it, I live in Pennsylvania??? how do I follow you, I don't see a follow space. thank you, sharri soboro63@msn.com

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    1. Hi Sharri, thanks for visiting. Mushroom ketchup is nothing like tomato, it's more reminiscent of worcestershire sauce, if that helps! You seem to be able to get it in the US from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Geo-Watkins-Mushroom-Ketchup-170ml/dp/B0051C0KGQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394305322&sr=8-1&keywords=mushroom+ketchup
      There's a follow option on the side bar to the right, just above the labels section. Thanks! :-)

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