plain jane cooking - recipes for the novice:

cupboard essentials

A good chef or cook is only as good as the quality of ingredients, only as good as their arsenal of ingredients.

There are some things some chefs just cannot do without, we are all different. But listed here are the essentials every good home cook should have in their cupboards so as to throw together good meals with a variety of flavours and seasoning.

seasoning

salt		normal table salt sea salt crystals (e.g. Maldon) garlic onion celery
pepper		ground black ground white black and / or white peppercorns lemon
spice		mixed nutmeg cinnamon allspice curry powder garlic powder cajun minced garlic minced ginger minced chilli
sauces		tabasco thai sweet chilli mint worcester soy sauce light soy sauce dark soy sauce mushroom soy sauce sweet (known as kap manis) teriyaki
miscellaneous		oil - olive oil - extra virgin olive oil - avocado vinegar – malt vinegar – cider vinegar – balsamic stock powder – chicken stock powder – beef stock powder – vegetable stock powder – fish miso paste vanilla essence

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