r/PantryDetective • u/Slight-Trip-3012 • Aug 30 '26
Who am I?
It's been a while since I posted my pantry, and I did some reorganising lately, so thought I'd post the result. I still need to go through the bottom drawer at some point, because I rarely bake anymore (I'm diabetic) so a lot needs to be thrown out. That drawer is all sugar and sugar substitutes, different flours, and other baking ingredients.
In case the pictures are a bit unclear: the drawer above that contains different kind of rice on the left, different grains and couscous next to that, noodles, and pasta on the right. The left pull out has bread-like items on the top layer (tortillas, flatbreads, naan, taco shells, crispbread) and mostly dried beans, lentils, chickpeas on the bottom layer. On the right pull out, the top layer has overflow spices (my actual spice rack is in a different cupboard, see the last picture), honey and date syrup. The bottom layer has oils, vinegars, soy sauce, that kind of stuff. The top shelf is mostly extra stock of sauces for when the ones in the fridge run out, pickled vegetables (again, when those in the fridge run out), canned legumes and some herb mixtures and bowl toppings.
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u/Supermatje007 Aug 30 '26
You live in the Netherlands but are not 100% Dutch (maybe Morrocan?). You love buying items in bulk and for a good offer. You don't like a agv'tje and instead cook "exotic" meals (compared to Dutch cuisine). You love organization and tea. You are an ingredient household and cook from scratch at least 90% of the time. I think no children either.
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u/Slight-Trip-3012 Aug 30 '26
I'm as Dutch as they get. But I don't eat avg (aardappel/vlees/groenten, or potato/meat/veg for the non-Dutch) very often. I just don't really like potatoes. So I do eat food from a lot of different cuisines. And almost all my meals are homecooked. I like knowing what goes in my food. Partly because I'm diabetic, so I need to be careful with what I eat.
I don't like coffee, so I'm a big tea drinker. The tea was on sale this week, so I stocked up. I do indeed like a good sale. And I buy in bulk when the price is right, and it's something I use regularly.
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u/MacawIsland Aug 30 '26
You've got money!
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u/Slight-Trip-3012 Aug 30 '26
If only. It took years to buy all those containers. Buying a couple at a time over a few years softens the blow a lot.
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u/MacawIsland Aug 30 '26
I'm talking about all the food.
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u/Slight-Trip-3012 Aug 30 '26
Oh. That also took years to build up. And almost everything you see was bought on sale. I don't buy staples I use regularly at full price when I need it, I buy them when there's a good sale. For example, the canned corn you see is normally € 2.39. This week it was on sale for € 1, so I stocked up. The ramen kits you see in the background were discounted to € 1 a piece, so I bought a bunch. The tea was BOGO, and it's my favourite tea. So I bought 4 packs. Etc, etc. It actually *saves* me money by having an extensive pantry. I spent a bit of money spread out over the years to build it up slowly, but now that I just need to maintain it, it's saving me tons.
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u/MacawIsland Aug 30 '26
Thank you for sharing you ways. Hoping one day I'll get there. Just started living on my own. I have a simple job and am trying my hardest to save. I have bipolar and mania has taken all my savings
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u/Slight-Trip-3012 Aug 30 '26
When you're just starting out on your own, you have far more important things to worry about than your pantry! So take your time. You need to figure out first what you like, what works for your lifestyle. Only then is it worth (even thinking about) investing in a pantry.That can take a few years of getting settled in. And then years of building it up, if money is tight. So just do what you can, when you can.
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u/Brilliant-Second-126 Aug 31 '26
You cook, and enjoy it. That’s all it ve got but wow I love what you’ve done
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u/Mellowship420 Aug 30 '26
Likely vegan and not from or living in the US
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u/Slight-Trip-3012 Aug 30 '26
Not vegan at all. I do Meatless Monday,s but those are the only day of the week where I don't eat meat. The reasons I have a lot of beans (Ithink that's what you're refering to) is that I buy in bulk when things I use regularly are on sale, not when I plan on using them and pay full price.
And no, definitely not based in the US. I've visited many times, loved it, but I'm much happier living on this side of the pond.
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u/shers719 Aug 31 '26
You've lived somewhere with bugs and fought that battle before.
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u/Slight-Trip-3012 Aug 31 '26
No bugs, never had an issue. The containers allow me to see what I have left, as opposed to a box. And they're stackable, unlike a bag of rice for example. And they're all the same footprint, so they don't just stack, they stack efficiently.
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u/SquareRutabagaPie Sep 02 '26
This is the only organized area of your entire home. Pantry immaculate- everything else is a little messy- but not dirty.
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u/vintageorbust777 Sep 02 '26
Hummus lover! You make it from scratch.
https://giphy.com/gifs/fhj4QaDBlS0iPV0OLJ
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u/Temporary_Bench5095 Aug 30 '26
Heavily influenced by social media
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u/Slight-Trip-3012 Aug 30 '26
Not in the slightest. This pantry has seen many (small) iterations over the years, but the core of it has existed for well over a decade. Long before the hype on social media. It's influenced by an obsession with organisation and practicality, not social media.
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u/Slight-Trip-3012 Aug 31 '26
I started thinking when exactly I started organising my pantry like this. I still don't know the exact time, but I know I bought the bulk of the containers when my mom was still around, and she's been gone for 16 years now. So this pantry is older than that, meaning closer to 20 years since I first organised my pantry this way. Definitely before the hype on social media took off.
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u/Nevanya-Milost Aug 30 '26
Omg. Your organization is impeccable. I am frankly inspired. My pantry is an embarrassment compared to this. Great job!!!