Just for fun...
Most of the ingredients I buy are used for making all sorts of dishes - canned tomatoes go in practically everything I make, and I usually add a dash of mustard, soy sauce, red wine vinegar etc to stews and soups. But there are a few ingredients I keep on hand just for the one dish:
That's all I can think of, but I thought it'd be fun to ask: what ingredient do you buy for the single dish that's SO good it deserves valuable pantry real estate?
If you can give me the recipe, so much the better! Obviously ingredients that can only be used for one dish don't count, like stir-fry chicken seasoning.
I used to buy tins of fruit salad for this dessert cake recipe I had. It was neat - dead easy to mix up, a pale batter, and then you put brown sugar and walnuts on top and cooked it in a pie dish, and in the oven it turned dark brown and tasted like... well, like something much classier than a one-bowl recipe using cheap tinned fruit salad. I haven't made that for ages, though... maybe I should pick some up on my next grocery trip!
Most of the ingredients I buy are used for making all sorts of dishes - canned tomatoes go in practically everything I make, and I usually add a dash of mustard, soy sauce, red wine vinegar etc to stews and soups. But there are a few ingredients I keep on hand just for the one dish:
- Creamed corn, which goes in cornbread (if you haven't tried it, cornbread is SO much moister and more delicious with corn in it! Sour cream or yoghurt is good, too).
- Custard powder, with which I never make custard. I use it for this amazingly yummy cupcake recipe I've had since I was a kid.
That's all I can think of, but I thought it'd be fun to ask: what ingredient do you buy for the single dish that's SO good it deserves valuable pantry real estate?
If you can give me the recipe, so much the better! Obviously ingredients that can only be used for one dish don't count, like stir-fry chicken seasoning.I used to buy tins of fruit salad for this dessert cake recipe I had. It was neat - dead easy to mix up, a pale batter, and then you put brown sugar and walnuts on top and cooked it in a pie dish, and in the oven it turned dark brown and tasted like... well, like something much classier than a one-bowl recipe using cheap tinned fruit salad.
I haven't made that for ages, though... maybe I should pick some up on my next grocery trip!
. They're actually made in PA, but are apparently only sold in areas with large Polish-American populations? I'm not sure, but we can't get them even in Anchorage.
