Soliciting thoughts on Pantry/cupboard/freezer/fridge management

[tarasis]

Hi guys a quick question if I may, if you happen to record / note what you have in your cupboards, pantry, fridge, freezer and so on, do you just list the items in total or do you tend to break it down by shelf?

For example you know you have some Cream of Tartar in your baking cupboard, on the second shelf. Do you simply write

Baking Cupboard:

Cream of Tartar
Sugar

Or

Baking Cupboard:

Shelf 1:

Cream of Tartar
Baking Soda

Shelf 2:

Flour

The reason I ask is I'm thinking about writing a pantry management app for the iPad/iPhone and I know people have different ways of doing things. Having shelves is useful though it requires you to put things back where you take them from (or rather others).

[fundj&e]

Only a few items make it back to the original spot, Pasta, Oil, Flour, Sugar, Salt, Drink, Herb and spices



 

[mcmich]

I don't actually write down what I have although it is organised shelf wise.
Top shelf of pantry is flours, rice, pasta, sugars, cocoa, coconut etc.
2nd shelf tins. I have narrow plastic covered wire storage on the door for spice jars.

It does require putting things back where you got it from though.
A while back a few of us where using up pantry items and there were some photos of the inside of our pantries.

[obbie]

great idea a app.

I have a cupboard for baking stuff.
another for pasta,
another for snack stuff, lollies for the kids
another for milo, quick, for drinks
then my big pantry, where its all organized, and I have loads of tupperware modular mates.

so everything goes back to where it should be.

I keep double of everything, so when i run out, I write it on the shopping list.

[chrissa]

That's a great idea for an app.  There is one already called prep and pantry. I had the lite version but it was very time consuming to use and I lost interest

I store things like Obbie but often can't find stuff like my box of sea salt flakes,and I know I bought last month and can't find ( so I went out a bought another box ). It will turn up somewhere I guess, one day !

[Halex]

I have mine aranged in shelves, baking one shelf, tins another etc.
The problem is my boys just tend to put things back wherever they see a space.

[Yvette]

I have a drawer for baking stuff and everything else is arranged how I like it in the pantry

[Halex]

Doesnt anyone else have people that just put things where theres a sace

[Amy :-)]

Doesnt anyone else have people that just put things where theres a sace

My brother and SD do Hally
But our "pantry" is very disorganised at the moment anyway. Because of our renovations, we've just crammed all the jars, tins, packets, containers, etc into the laundry cupboard. I try to keep it in order, but most of the time things just have to go where they will fit

[droverjess]

Crikey, who has time for writing down what's in the cupboards. ROFL.
Apologies if you do do this, am just convulsed at the idea.... As no longer than it'd be written down than eaten in this house......

[Emme]

Sorry, I have to own up, I am not that organised.

Doesnt anyone else have people that just put things where theres a sace

Yes, I do
Marie

[snappy]

And if there is not enough space I just shove it in on top of something else.

My fridge is even worse - when you open the door it's not unusal to have things fall out at you.  In my defense I have a tiny kitchen (house) and boys who eat a lot of food!

[goldfish]

Doesnt anyone else have people that just put things where theres a sace

Ummmm, yes . . . . but we're trying!!!

[Wonder]

I'm another just put it in where it fits but find that about 75% of stuff ends up back in the same place. I would never even think of keeping a list of what's in there and it's location, I find it amazing that some people even do that! I normally have a rough idea of what I've got and as we use something up it goes on the shopping list. A bit disorganised and we do run to the shops a bit (lucky we are close) but there is no way I could stick to something like this.

[Halex]

Snappy my fridge is bad too