What Pantry Item Are You Never Out Of?

[Suzanne F]

A mention by a member that she was out of white rice caught me -- how can you be out of rice, for goodness sake?!

Is there anything (beyond milk for the kids, and such-like) that you simply can not be out of? That you would brave a blizzard to replenish? Potable, comestible, staple, condiment -- whatever. (Newbies are especially welcome to answer.)

[hjshorter]

Rice. We buy 25 pound bags, and never run out. And canned tomatoes.

[Squeat Mungry]

Scotch.

[fifi]

Salt.

I was actually doing a cooking thing one time with my sister and nephew over and discovered that I was out of... salt. Nephew actually had to go to the store. WTF??? You don't ever run out of salt.

[fresco]

Wine.

[mamster]

Parmigiano-Reggiano. Tillamook cheddar. Fish sauce.

[Dave the Cook]

Canned tomatoes

Either onions or garlic (I'm OK without one, as long as I have some of the other)

Stock or canned broth

If Squeat can list Scotch, I can list coffee and red wine, I suppose.

At this very moment, I am out of rice, having used the last on Thursday's jambalaya. Well, long-grain, anyway. I've got two or three pounds of medium-grain, and about one-and-a-half of arborio.

[SobaAddict70]

(no particular order)

Furikake (thanks to Kristin for my newest addiction ), Mrs. Dash, EVOO, fresh garlic and unsalted butter.

Soba

[torakris]

must have include

rice

onions/garlic (like someone else said I must have at leaast one of these)

eggs

canned tomatoes

canned/ dried beans

some kind of oil (preferably EVOO)

If I have least those items I could get by for a couple days with out anything else

[cjs]

absolutely must have garlic!

[KatieLoeb]

Canned Tomatoes

Olive Oil

Canned Soup

Mustard

Hot Sauce

[Mabelline]

Rice,beans of every taste& type, root vegetables, cabbage, onions, tomato paste,sauce,Ro-Tel,oil,butter,all-pur.flour at least,cous-cous(I've got a dependency on it of late, and my treasury of vinegars(my motto is if it'll make vinegar,you are supposed to use it.) Oh. And lemons. Lots of lemons.

[cjs]

lemons, definately

[Toliver]

Butter & Garlic.

[Mayhaw Man]

Rice

Canned Tomatoes of various types

Butter

Garlic

Yellow Onions

Celery

Bell Pepper

Worchestershire

Sea Salt

Whole black pepper and a very efficient grinder

Bacon

Oh yeah, Okra. Can't ever have enough okra.

[Schielke]

Bourbon and Vodka (I dont buy it too often, but it piles up anyway)

Dried Pasta

Onions

EVOO

[Dave the Cook]

Rice

Canned Tomatoes of various types

Butter

Garlic

Yellow Onions

Celery

Bell Pepper

Worchestershire

Sea Salt

Whole black pepper and a very efficient grinder

Bacon

Oh yeah, Okra. Can't ever have enough okra.

Geez. You'd know where this guy was from even if he wasn't Host of a particular state forum!

But no cayenne?

[maggiethecat]

About the only thing I'm never without is Cream of Tartar, but I just realized that I'm out! Time to get a can for the next fifteen years.

[fifi]

Oh yeah, Okra. Can't ever have enough okra. 

Oh dear... Bless his heart.

[Big Bunny]

Pasta - all kinds, East and West.

I occasionally run out of rice, never pasta.

BB

[KelMH]

Chocolate, unfortunately.

[Varmint]

Marshmallow Fluff

Peanut Butter

Hot pepper flakes

EVOO

Wine

Beer

Thai curry paste

Coconut milk

Dried pasta

Grits

Flour (AP, Bread, Self Rising)

Frosted Mini-Wheats

Pop Tarts (brown sugar cinnamon -- frosted and unfrosted)

Maple View Dairy Heavy Cream

Coffee!!

[prasantrin]

Rice, butter, black pepper, eggs, and Chinese sausage.

[annexk8]

pasta

canned tomatoes

sriracha (always have at least one extra bottle)

veggie burgers

stoli

sun-dried tomatoes

oatmeal

baking chocolate

soy milk

[GG Mora]

We can run out of just about anything else and survive, but if there's no beer or no garlic, we're fucked.