What "home made" staples do you keep your fridge/freezer?

[boomchakabowwow]

red chili "enchilada" sauce. it's the swiss army knife of mexican cooking for me.

 

[oval99]

Always try to have these two on hand. I can make a lot of quick meals with these two:

-hong you (spicy red chili oil)
-concocted soy sauce (basically dark soy sauce with great aromatics like star anise, cassia bark, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, and fennel seed).

 

[Anton]

My own stocks

Veal and chicken; these can save most dishes

Pickled things, again, can transform an ordinary dish, toast, most anything with bread

 

[panda]

Frozen wine cubes

 

[Nemo]

Frozen wine cubes

Great idea.

 

[Sleep]

Stocks here too.

Duck fat.

Sourdough starter.

Milk jam.

 

[Anton]

Frozen wine cubes

Never heard of this
Care to elaborate ?

 

[Nemo]

I'm guessing he means that if you only use part of a bottle, you can freeze the rest and use it when a recipee cslls for it.

 

[panda]

use it to keep wine that youre drinking cold and not water it down or add to cocktails

 

[zetieum]

Fridge:
- sourdough
- mustard
- creme fraiche: my fridge feels empty without it.
- homemade yoghourts

freezer:
- butter
- tarte/quiche dough
- duck fat
- chicken/fish stocks

 

[LifeByA1000Cuts]

Living risky and keeping at room temp: Big jar of very thick (cooked down to 115-118°C) inverted syrup, left reasonably sour. Useful for vinaigrettes, stir fry sauces, all kinds of baking, non dairy ice cream making...