I thought it would be of interest to the Cool Kids to know what I have in the way of stuff in my pantry. This is by no means a definitive listing of all my pantry stuff, but most of it. Why a list like this you ask? Well, it’s because somebody was rooting through my pantry looking for some strawberry jelly. Somebody made a comment about how I probably didn’t even know what was in there. Nonsense! Why, it’s even sorta semi organized. My pantry is not huge. I keep canned and bottled stuff in there. Spices, and food stuff in boxes and other types of packaging live in a cabinet over my coffee maker. Plus there’s some stuff in a cabinet over the refrigedaireator in the kitchen.
Without further ado, here’s the list of stuff in my pantry I made especially to share with you:
Pantry
12 cans of green beans
1 opened and 2 unopened jars of peanut butter, smooth thankyouverymuch
8 cans of cream of chicken soup
6 cans of cream of celery soup
6 cans of cream of mushroom soup
2 bottles of bleu cheese dressing
2 bottles of ranch dressing
7 cans of white acre peas
3 bottles of soy sauce, one opened
3 bottles of Worcestershire (whassishere) sauce, one opened
2 bottles of Dell’s steak sauce
3 bottles of Ketchup, one opened
3 bottles of mustard – I like the squeeze kind
4 cans of turnip greens (seasoned up right they’re almost as good as fresh)
6 cans of chicken noodle soup
6 cans of chicken broth
6 cans of beef broth
8 cans of creamed corn
4 cans of whole kernel corn (I need to go shopping!)
5 cans of tomato sauce
7 cans of whole tomatoes
6 cans of crushed tomatoes
2 cans of salmon
Miscellaneous jars of pickled stuff
Miscellaneous jars of jellies and preserves
Bottles of some other kinds of sauces
A well stocked pantry is very important. Maybe one day I’ll share the contents of the place where I keep paper products, the place where I keep miscellaneous appliances, the cabinet in the garage where I keep other canned stuff and my freezers. Yes I have more than one freezer. Three actually. So, what’s in y’alls pantries?
In all seriousness, though, it is a good idea to have a stock of food supplies like that and you are in the southeastern US where the possibility of a hurricane might take out electricity for days (even weeks!) at a time. I trust that you have them arranged by expiration date, and are tossing things when they reach them. 
In the aftermath of hurricane Isabel back in 2003, many people in my area were without power for a week and more (my power was out for 3 days; my cousin down in Tidewater VA was without power for over two weeks!).
Today will probably feature a cook-out.
