A question for more experienced travellers, How do you store pantry Items? eg. flour, rolled oats, sugar.
I have thought about plastic containers or snap lock bags or original packaging.
But then got to thinking about weight and ease of use.
What do others use?
Cruising Cruze said
11:17 AM Jul 23, 2015
Hi Jennifer
We've got 2 big plastic boxes that stays under the bed on wheels
Also some stuf ( tins ) in the pantry and what wont fit in there go's into a box as well
Cheers John
Yuglamron said
11:19 AM Jul 23, 2015
Personally I use plastic containers for things like flour, oats ,sugar where the packaging is flimsy. The heavier the item the nearer the floor. The oven is always a good place to put consumables but I only put MT plastic containers in the Microwave which is head high. The lower the weight the better for stability.
There are all sorts and shapes of containers that will fill the nooks and crannies of your Van/Motorhome.
I did go overboard once visiting SPS/Ardmona at Shepparton and bought three trolley loads of tins of beans, fruit, jars of jam etc. Saved heaps but was climbing around stacks of food till I offloaded some stuff to the Inlaws
Dougwe said
11:32 AM Jul 23, 2015
I use plastic containers where possible or zip lock bags. Plastic containers are not heavy and being Solo and not a baker I don't need or keep a lot of stock so all works well for me.
Keep Safe out there.
Cupie said
03:14 PM Jul 23, 2015
I made a set of three slide out drawers that fit into a very narrow 'pantry' next to the fridge.
I'm always on the lookout for neatly fitting square sided screw top plastic containers for staples like flour (P&SR), rice, desicated coconut, Panko crumbs & cereal et al.
There's one jar for spices & herbs too. Each spice/herb item in its own double zip lock bag. I buy the herbs & spices that I use only occasionally that come in little plastic bags. Cheap & in small quantities that are replaced regularly if unused.
All the heavy stuff goes to the bottom with 'like' items together.
Then there are smaller plastic screw top containers for little used stuff like cornflower, rock salt, back up powdered milk, gravox & sugar .. I use plastic peanut paste jars or jars that fit neatly side by side in the drawer if possible for these things.
Things like dried noodles, curries, flavoring sauce sachets & soup just stay in their usual packaging in the top drawer. Usually held together with rubber bands.
Regularly used condiments & herbs/spices are stored in a slide out rack by the door. I usually have a couple of bottles of a good red, protected with stubby coolers stored in the bottom shelf of this rack, for stability & visitors of course. All other bottles are plastic, except the olive oil, including a couple of those small 100ml? travel bottles for small amounts of special stuff like red wine vinegar, peanut oil etc. This enclosure is used to store silicon kitchen utensils hanging off individual hooks too.
I tape a bay leaf to the inside of each screw top to keep out weevils. Put a bay tree twig in all drawers & linen & clothes cupboards too as an anti bug measure.
I could perhaps, be criticized for overdoing it, but that's the way I am.
-- Edited by Cupie on Thursday 23rd of July 2015 03:18:12 PM
-- Edited by Cupie on Thursday 23rd of July 2015 06:47:17 PM
Dougwe said
03:50 PM Jul 23, 2015
Cupie, you have me beat mate. For the life of me I can't seem to screw the top on or off a "Square'" container
exa41 said
04:34 PM Jul 23, 2015
Doug you missed the point it's a square thread.
dogbox said
05:10 PM Jul 23, 2015
im puzzled about the used herb & spices who used them first
Dougwe said
05:35 PM Jul 23, 2015
Firstly, sorry Jen for going slightly off topic but Cupie started it really
Now, sorry also to Cupie BUT
Dogbox, maybe it's the sock monster wanting to put some spice in his/her life.
I sat here after reading that comment DB and couldn't hold back. Maybe I better join PhilC in the naughty room.
-- Edited by Dougwe on Thursday 23rd of July 2015 07:38:45 PM
NeilandRaine said
05:40 PM Jul 23, 2015
We used to buy Fruit Salad in the plastic tubs. Make great storage containers and don't look out of place on the shelf
wanderers said
06:02 PM Jul 23, 2015
We use sistema plastic containers as the ants can get into the screw to jars. We are on the road full time.
Love the off topics Doug.
We also use GFresh herbs as they are in plastic containers,we have about 50 of them...we use a lot of herbs/spices
-- Edited by wanderers on Thursday 23rd of July 2015 08:50:43 PM
Cupie said
06:49 PM Jul 23, 2015
To satisfy the comments about square screw tops & used herbs & spices, I have edited my post in red.
So there !!!!!!!
leestevo said
06:59 PM Jul 23, 2015
I use tupperware containers to store dry ingredients.
Dunmowin said
07:18 PM Jul 23, 2015
all our dry storage (eg, flours, sugars, any baking product) are stored in multi sized square/rectangular décor boxes in my pantry box. My herbs and spices are stored in a larger rectangular décor box in zip lock snack bags with labels of spice/herb AND best by date. eg, Thyme BB 3/5/16. We are on the road permanently, so everything gets used, eventually, then replaced.
-- Edited by Dunmowin on Thursday 23rd of July 2015 07:19:29 PM
Dougwe said
07:37 PM Jul 23, 2015
Cupie wrote:
To satisfy the comments about square screw tops & used herbs & spices, I have edited my post in red.
So there !!!!!!!
Thanks for that Cupie, all makes sense now
Back on topic now Jen.
Bruce and Bev said
07:39 PM Jul 23, 2015
depends how often you will use and empty particular products. For example we keep sugar in its shop packaging and its jammed in with other items. The tighter the items are to each other, the less they will rub together or break/burst. Flour is about the only thing we store in a plastic container. Unless you are disappearing into the wilds for months, you will buy too much and like most of us, finally tumble that most towns can supply you what you want. We sometimes go off road and where we are at the moment drove 23km of winding, slightly bumpy metal road, then 2 km of "primitive private track" to the house we are sitting on the river at Batemans Bay. No breakages. We use the plastic type net packing you can buy at the supermarkets and Bunnings and cut those into largish squares that we stuff between (or wrap around) drinking glasses and crockery cups etc. We try to avoid glass bottles of highly smelling liquids like mint sauce (you can get it in plastic - or decant it into a plastic bottle).
Glass bottles of alcohol go stuffed tight into a 6pack wine bottle carton which we change at every booze seller.
The biggest thing to remember is when you arrive at your destination, open your cupboards very slowly. Open about an inch and you will feel if anything is going to fall out (and hit you on the head or break somewhere). You can then slip your hand in and by touch, find and hold steady the unsteady - open the door and stand it up (or go through an adjoining cupboard if you can)
Jenzarl said
08:18 PM Jul 23, 2015
Wow. Thanks for all the interesting replies. I love some of your ingenuity. Especially the bay leave - would never have thought of them for pest control. Jen
Sheba said
09:20 PM Jul 23, 2015
The Bay Leaves are a very old trick Jenzarl. I used to do that with the lids of Drums of Flour when I lived on Cape York over 30 years ago. It really does work.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Wilburys1234 said
06:41 AM Jul 24, 2015
I am impressed about bay leaves as well going to buy some fresh ones today and and start taping thanks for the tip
Cupie said
09:10 AM Jul 24, 2015
Sheba wrote:
The Bay Leaves are a very old trick Jenzarl. I used to do that with the lids of Drums of Flour when I lived on Cape York over 30 years ago. It really does work.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Are you calling me old? 74 is not old!
We have a giant Bay tree in the backyard .. trying to outgrow next door's lemon myrtles (I use the lemon myrtles too for anything requiring a citrus flavor. Makes great tea too). I had the bay tree in a pot at our previous house some 19 years ago but put it in the ground when we moved & off it went.
If any one wants a branch of bay leaves .. just PM me & I'll be happy to oblige next time you are in Brisvegas. Even throw in a branch or two of lemon myrtle.
-- Edited by Cupie on Friday 24th of July 2015 09:15:13 AM
NeilandRaine said
03:44 PM Jul 24, 2015
Dougwe wrote:
Cupie, you have me beat mate. For the life of me I can't seem to screw the top on or off a "Square'" container
Square containers with screw tops
-- Edited by NeilandRaine on Friday 24th of July 2015 03:44:30 PM
Shut the front gate! The old square jar with a scew top trick hey.
I did know about those jars, in fact I get fruit for my Cereal in them every so often so I can keep them moving on out. Not for one momment did I think that is what Cupie was talking about though. It's Uncle Al ya know.
Leo1 said
04:19 PM Jul 24, 2015
NeilandRaine wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
Cupie, you have me beat mate. For the life of me I can't seem to screw the top on or off a "Square'" container
Square containers with screw tops
-- Edited by NeilandRaine on Friday 24th of July 2015 03:44:30 PM
Ha ha ha ha ha, just love the reply, just brilliant!
Leo1 said
04:40 PM Jul 24, 2015
NeilandRaine wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
Cupie, you have me beat mate. For the life of me I can't seem to screw the top on or off a "Square'" container
Square containers with screw tops
-- Edited by NeilandRaine on Friday 24th of July 2015 03:44:30 PM
Ha ha ha ha ha, just love the reply, just brilliant!
Sheba said
08:40 PM Jul 24, 2015
Cupie wrote:
Are you calling me old? 74 is not old!
Not calling you old at all Cupie. Just saying the use of Bay Leaves that way is very old. Sounds like you were born the same year.
Cheers,
Sheba.
gandk said
07:19 AM Jul 25, 2015
Just want to ask, do dried bay leaves work as well????
Kim
Cupie said
10:58 PM Jul 25, 2015
Sheba wrote:
Cupie wrote:
Are you calling me old? 74 is not old!
Not calling you old at all Cupie. Just saying the use of Bay Leaves that way is very old. Sounds like you were born the same year.
Cheers,
Sheba.
I was just joking.
Actually I am much older than you. (Almost 6 months older.)
A question for more experienced travellers, How do you store pantry Items? eg. flour, rolled oats, sugar.
I have thought about plastic containers or snap lock bags or original packaging.
But then got to thinking about weight and ease of use.
What do others use?
We've got 2 big plastic boxes that stays under the bed on wheels
Also some stuf ( tins ) in the pantry and what wont fit in there go's into a box as well
Cheers John
Personally I use plastic containers for things like flour, oats ,sugar where the packaging is flimsy. The heavier the item the nearer the floor. The oven is always a good place to put consumables but I only put MT plastic containers in the Microwave which is head high. The lower the weight the better for stability.
There are all sorts and shapes of containers that will fill the nooks and crannies of your Van/Motorhome.
I did go overboard once visiting SPS/Ardmona at Shepparton and bought three trolley loads of tins of beans, fruit, jars of jam etc. Saved heaps but was climbing around stacks of food till I offloaded some stuff to the Inlaws
Keep Safe out there.
I made a set of three slide out drawers that fit into a very narrow 'pantry' next to the fridge.
I'm always on the lookout for neatly fitting square sided screw top plastic containers for staples like flour (P&SR), rice, desicated coconut, Panko crumbs & cereal et al.
There's one jar for spices & herbs too. Each spice/herb item in its own double zip lock bag. I buy the herbs & spices that I use only occasionally that come in little plastic bags. Cheap & in small quantities that are replaced regularly if unused.
All the heavy stuff goes to the bottom with 'like' items together.
Then there are smaller plastic screw top containers for little used stuff like cornflower, rock salt, back up powdered milk, gravox & sugar .. I use plastic peanut paste jars or jars that fit neatly side by side in the drawer if possible for these things.
Things like dried noodles, curries, flavoring sauce sachets & soup just stay in their usual packaging in the top drawer. Usually held together with rubber bands.
Regularly used condiments & herbs/spices are stored in a slide out rack by the door. I usually have a couple of bottles of a good red, protected with stubby coolers stored in the bottom shelf of this rack, for stability & visitors of course. All other bottles are plastic, except the olive oil, including a couple of those small 100ml? travel bottles for small amounts of special stuff like red wine vinegar, peanut oil etc. This enclosure is used to store silicon kitchen utensils hanging off individual hooks too.
I tape a bay leaf to the inside of each screw top to keep out weevils. Put a bay tree twig in all drawers & linen & clothes cupboards too as an anti bug measure.
I could perhaps, be criticized for overdoing it, but that's the way I am.
-- Edited by Cupie on Thursday 23rd of July 2015 03:18:12 PM
-- Edited by Cupie on Thursday 23rd of July 2015 06:47:17 PM
Cupie, you have me beat mate. For the life of me I can't seem to screw the top on or off a "Square'" container
Firstly, sorry Jen for going slightly off topic but Cupie started it really
Now, sorry also to Cupie BUT
Dogbox, maybe it's the sock monster wanting to put some spice in his/her life.
I sat here after reading that comment DB and couldn't hold back. Maybe I better join PhilC in the naughty room.
-- Edited by Dougwe on Thursday 23rd of July 2015 07:38:45 PM
We use sistema plastic containers as the ants can get into the screw to jars. We are on the road full time.
Love the off topics Doug.
We also use GFresh herbs as they are in plastic containers,we have about 50 of them...we use a lot of herbs/spices
-- Edited by wanderers on Thursday 23rd of July 2015 08:50:43 PM
To satisfy the comments about square screw tops & used herbs & spices, I have edited my post in red.
So there !!!!!!!
all our dry storage (eg, flours, sugars, any baking product) are stored in multi sized square/rectangular décor boxes in my pantry box. My herbs and spices are stored in a larger rectangular décor box in zip lock snack bags with labels of spice/herb AND best by date. eg, Thyme BB 3/5/16. We are on the road permanently, so everything gets used, eventually, then replaced.
-- Edited by Dunmowin on Thursday 23rd of July 2015 07:19:29 PM
Thanks for that Cupie, all makes sense now
Back on topic now Jen.
Glass bottles of alcohol go stuffed tight into a 6pack wine bottle carton which we change at every booze seller.
The biggest thing to remember is when you arrive at your destination, open your cupboards very slowly. Open about an inch and you will feel if anything is going to fall out (and hit you on the head or break somewhere). You can then slip your hand in and by touch, find and hold steady the unsteady - open the door and stand it up (or go through an adjoining cupboard if you can)
Wow. Thanks for all the interesting replies. I love some of your ingenuity. Especially the bay leave - would never have thought of them for pest control. Jen
The Bay Leaves are a very old trick Jenzarl. I used to do that with the lids of Drums of Flour when I lived on Cape York over 30 years ago. It really does work.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Are you calling me old? 74 is not old!
We have a giant Bay tree in the backyard .. trying to outgrow next door's lemon myrtles (I use the lemon myrtles too for anything requiring a citrus flavor. Makes great tea too). I had the bay tree in a pot at our previous house some 19 years ago but put it in the ground when we moved & off it went.
If any one wants a branch of bay leaves .. just PM me & I'll be happy to oblige next time you are in Brisvegas. Even throw in a branch or two of lemon myrtle.
-- Edited by Cupie on Friday 24th of July 2015 09:15:13 AM
Square containers with screw tops
-- Edited by NeilandRaine on Friday 24th of July 2015 03:44:30 PM
I did know about those jars, in fact I get fruit for my Cereal in them every so often so I can keep them moving on out. Not for one momment did I think that is what Cupie was talking about though. It's Uncle Al ya know.
Ha ha ha ha ha, just love the reply, just brilliant!
Ha ha ha ha ha, just love the reply, just brilliant!
Kim
I was just joking.
Actually I am much older than you. (Almost 6 months older.)