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Opposite: The Basic Store Cupboard
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By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington
Published 1998
The following is a check-list of items we always like to keep in stock to prepare us for most eventualities, some of which are illustrated opposite:
- extra-virgin olive oil
- olive oil
- neutral frying oil (corn, groundnut or sunflower)
- sesame oil
- strong white breadflour
- cake flour
- self-raising flour
- potato flour
- baking powder
- cornflour
- âeasy-blendâyeast
- corn meal (polenta)
- dried pasta, esp. spaghetti, ready-to-cook lasagne and cannelloni, and favourite shapes
- basmati rice
- risotto rice
- jasmine (glutinous) rice
- couscous
- bulghur
- different varieties of dried beans, especially red kidney beans, cannellini and flageolets
- dried chickpeas
- muscovado sugar
- caster sugar
- icing sugar
- sultanas
- seedless raisins
- Californian no-soak prunes and apricots
- sherry vinegar
- balsamic vinegar
- white wine vinegar
- red wine vinegar
- dry sherry
- brandy
- Kikkoman soya sauce
- Pearl River soy sauce
- Colmanâs mustard powder
- Dijon mustard
- tinned flageolets
- anchovy fillets in olive oil
- dolphin-friendly tuna in oil
- sardines in olive oil
- tinned Italian plum tomatoes
- Lea & Perrinâs Worcestershire sauce,
- good-quality tomato ketchup
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