We have tried many ways of doing this but a spreadsheet document on the computer, printed out, works best for us.
We have one for items stored in the pantry and one for the freezers, split into indoor and outdoor. It’s not perfect as occasionally, we both forget to cross things off the list when items are used.
The pantry one needed redoing today. DB stood in the pantry and yelled out what we had. Everything is dated in black pen so we rotate to use older items first.
Wasn’t too far out, maybe 10 or so items, some on the list but none in the pantry:( They have now gone on the shopping list.
I am a bit of a prepper regarding food, toiletries and other items. We definitely work on the principle of two is one and one is none. Some items we use regularly, and have quite a few extra ones put away! I have just started to use the frozen bags of our own tomatoes grown last year.
I had never run a pantry this way until I noticed my mother in laws pantry worked like this. She used to say, if only they had known war was coming, a few extra items would have been squirrelled away:) Everyone thought it would be over by Christmas and had no idea just how short they would be of certain items, or the impact years of rationing would have. This made them think about food storage differently after the war.
Since covid we have more of everything at home, when I open anything I do like to still have another spare, we cook from scratch so most of our cupboard items have multi uses.
ReplyDeleteSame here. I also try to get complete meals such as meat, vegetables and potatoes for emergency use.
DeleteI like to have one item in use and two in store. Some things such as tinned tomatoes I keep more. I've always tried to do this but since Covid when it was hard to get flour and porridge oats, I've been extra careful. Like you I have to adjust the inventory from time to time.
ReplyDeleteWe keep extra flour and yeast too. Brown flour sealed in bags in the freezer to keep it fresher.
DeleteI do that since covid. Make sure I have at least a couple of extras I want. My daughter is the same.
ReplyDeletePays to keep on top of things today methinks.
DeleteI was refilling my big pasta jar the other day and somehow it turned into a dried goods stocktake. I have over 8.5kg of both pasta and rice!! Now how and when did that happen? I think I need to do a full stock check and see what else I am overstocked on.
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