Setting Up And Maintaining Your Pantry

So you have successfully set up a pantry in your house to store foods

? You can start categorizing the different foods and then storing them in your new pantry. The pantry should be restocked and maintained on a regular basis. If you dont maintain your pantry regularly then you are not making optimum utilization of space in the pantry. It is necessary to organize your pantry in the best possible manner so that you can find the foods you want easily.

You can start by making a reference sheet of the foods that you have stored in the pantry. You can add details to the reference sheet such as type of food, quantity, expiry date, when the food was stored, etc. You can also make a time table of food spans and tape it in front of each food. Specifications should be noted down for each food, whether it has to be dried, refrigerated or frozen.

Labeling the foods is the important key. You can either make use of a masking tape or use a marker. The black stick on labels are also quite suitable. You should write the month, date and year when you purchased the food from the market.

Lifespan of the food will become shorter if they are not stored under favorable conditions in the past. You should make special note of this. Once in two weeks you need to check the food items in your pantry. You should do stock taking and also other checking whether all foods are fresh or some have become stale.

Pay special attention to highly perishable foods such as eggs, milk, meats, fish and poultry. Remember that different types of foods in the same food group may have different lifespan. For example, white rice has lifespan of 2 years while brown rice has lifespan of one year. Even flour and tortilla are similar foods but flour can last for six to eight months while tortillas can last for two weeks if they are refrigerated. Similarly cottage cheese can last for two weeks while Swiss cheese can last for two months.

The pantry should be cleaned once in a while to keep the rodents and other pests away. You should also apply for regular pest control for your pantry. This is to ensure that your family eats not only good food but also nutritious food.

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