# What foods/ingredients do you just blow through at your homestead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754 "2011-06-24T20:28:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/1 "2011-06-24T20:28:11Z")
These are often fun - it’s a hot Friday afternoon, so let’s do a new one again! Prompted because I was at a friend’s house the other day and idly commented on the onion sprouting merrily in his produce basket. His fiancee laughed sheepishly and said, “Oh, yeah. We don’t use onions much. I can never go through one before it goes bad.” :dubious: What kind of heathen barbarians are these people? The Other Shoe and I friggin’ _blow_ through **onions**. I mean, they go in practically _everything_ we cook. So, for us, it’s that, and **chicken broth**. If I could afford to, I’d probably even boil pasta in it, but I at least use it for everything where the cooking moisture is absorbed: rice, quinoa, amaranth, coucous, instant mashed potatoes. Then again, some people eat pasta like it’ll be gone tomorrow but we usually just keep some around in the pantry for emergencies. Your turn! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/2 "2011-06-24T20:31:11Z")
Any kind of fruit, the kids will hoover up practically before I even have it out of the grocery bags. I bought two pounds of plums the other day - two pounds! - and they were gone in a day. We are also perpetually running out of garlic, onions, and coffee. (AND TOOTHPASTE. Save the jokes.) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/3 "2011-06-24T20:31:26Z")
Onions, potatoes, red bell peppers. A package of bacon tends not to make it past a day or two. Beer if it counts. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/4 "2011-06-24T20:33:06Z")
Cheese. I could buy a square foot brick of cheese, and it would be gone by the end of the week. Also, curry, onions, jalapenos, and black beans. And whiskey. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/5 "2011-06-24T20:36:05Z")
Beer, fruit, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and fish. Also frozen vegetables because I’ve been on a big stir-fry kick lately. ---
**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/6 "2011-06-24T20:36:06Z")
Bread, bananas, lettuce/salad fixings, avocados and apples are readily consumed in our house and purchased quite often. I think we go through other items at a similar rate, but they tend to be items we can stock up on and don’t go bad. I can buy two weeks worth of crackers, but I can’t buy two weeks worth of bananas on a trip to the store. ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/7 "2011-06-24T20:39:24Z")
I blow through Kraft Light Asian Toasted Sesame dressing, as I eat a huge salad for lunch every day. My wife thinks I drink it from the bottle. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/8 "2011-06-24T20:45:37Z")
Peanut butter and wine. ---
**Author:** ![Vihaga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Vihaga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vihaga)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/9 "2011-06-24T21:12:28Z")
For me: milk, cereal, tomatoes, and peanut butter to the point that I won’t even buy it in order to avoid the calories. For my husband: salsa, bananas, and yogurt. For both of us: onions and tortillas. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/10 "2011-06-24T21:22:20Z")
My kid would happily eat simple lunchmeat-cheese-bread sandwiches 5 or 10 times a day if we let him. We’re forever running out of one of those things because if I buy more at a time he’ll just eat more at a time. Fruit, juice and vegetables, but I think that’s because everything else keeps. I can buy tons of bacon and freeze it, for instance, but not so much cherries, peaches and salad stuff. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/11 "2011-06-24T22:11:57Z")
Mature cheddar cheese, bananas, berries (any that are available), milk, smoothie, porrage, tomatoes, carrots. TBH, the workers at my supermarket could probably, if they were so inclined, do my shopping for me without even having to ask what to get. We get through more than honey in a month than most people probably do in a year. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/12 "2011-06-24T22:36:59Z")
What I go through a lot faster than I wish I did is _honey_…just because the stuff is so bloody expensive these days. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/13 "2011-06-24T22:39:51Z")
Peanut butter Eggs Milk Ground beef Onions Fruit of any description Romaine lettuce ---
**Author:** ![Tubbs\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Tubbs\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tubbs_McGee)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/14 "2011-06-24T22:40:15Z")
Flour (sometimes whole wheat) and butter. I’ve just recently gotten over my fear of baking, and I’m right now in the middle of a pie crust obsession. In the last 6-ish months I’ve also gone through chocolate chip cookie and shortbread manias. I use the [no-knead recipe](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2006%2F11%2F08%2Fdining%2F081mrex.html&rct=j&q=no-knead%20bread&ei=WxAFTsjXE5GasAOV2MSsDQ&usg=AFQjCNHxsAfkJZupd4di3eMR-fRWrLickw&sig2=WjBS8ZPpM_Sfa1lDJGmH4w&cad=rja) to make bread every couple of days. Pounds and pounds of butter and flour have been consumed, and it’s hard to believe that almost all of it has been consumed by only two people :o That may sound gross, but I promise the rest of our eating is varied and mostly healthy! ETA: coffee and milk. I have a cafe con leche every morning, two if it’s a day off. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/15 "2011-06-24T22:43:38Z")
Onions, cucumbers, bell peppers and cheese. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/16 "2011-06-24T22:46:09Z")
Bourbon, rum, hot sauces, garlic, soy sauce, tomatoes, olive oil, chicken broth. These are in almost every shopping cart. The only reason I don’t list red chili flakes is because I’ve started buying them in bulk from the local Mexican grocery. Saves a bundle. It isn’t a food or an ingredient, so cat litter misses the list. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/17 "2011-06-24T23:01:16Z")
Bacon. Beer. Cheese. Berries of any kind, fresh or frozen. Hot Dogs. Cream Cheese. Butter. And we wonder why we are all a bit pudgy. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/18 "2011-06-24T23:03:21Z")
Heavy cream, frozen blueberries, potatoes, onions, and garlic. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/19 "2011-06-25T00:08:13Z")
Does dog food count? With 5 dogs I go thru a shit-ton of dog food. For my consumption, tea. I make tea all the time. Ground beef, it goes in so many things. Onions. Yoplait. Berries when they are in season. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/20 "2011-06-25T00:19:13Z")
I’ve said often that I need to just get a cow for the back yard. My family of 5 goes through about 6-8 gallons of milk per week. Cereal too. And cheese, bread, frozen veggies, salad stuff, and bananas. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754.md?page=2)