Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: how to organise a corner pantry 21Aug 17, 2009 4:01 pm *Built with Gemmill Homes in WA* Slab - 1st June 2009 Plate Height - 17th June 2009 Lock Up - 18th August 2009 PCI - 5th October 2009 Hand Over - 15th Oct 2009 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20844 Re: how to organise a corner pantry 22Aug 17, 2009 4:09 pm 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: how to organise a corner pantry 23Aug 17, 2009 4:54 pm Manda One way to not bring them home from the shops is to put flour etc into the freezer for a few hrs. It kills the eggs/moths. It's gross to think that we could be eating even DEAD eggs/moths in our flour, let alone live ones. Gives me the willies !!! Where do they even come from originally? In our so-called "first world" country, surely they shouldn't be selling pest contaminated food ? MagicJ I finally have my own reno thread: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28335 The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue! Re: how to organise a corner pantry 24Aug 17, 2009 7:41 pm MagicJ Manda One way to not bring them home from the shops is to put flour etc into the freezer for a few hrs. It kills the eggs/moths. It's gross to think that we could be eating even DEAD eggs/moths in our flour, let alone live ones. Gives me the willies !!! Where do they even come from originally? In our so-called "first world" country, surely they shouldn't be selling pest contaminated food ? I find rice is a big culprit 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: how to organise a corner pantry 25Aug 17, 2009 8:17 pm I've seriously never heard of them, and definitely never seen them. I did find weevils in an old container of flour once about 20 years ago, but never since. Little word of advice: if the husks in your wholemeal flour are moving, chuck the lot. Re: how to organise a corner pantry 26Aug 17, 2009 8:20 pm Manda Not sure if it is true but I heard that pantry moths eat plastics and glue and packaging so you should use containers like tupperware, decor etc to store food in and not the original packaging. One way to not bring them home from the shops is to put flour etc into the freezer for a few hrs. It kills the eggs/moths. Yes they do eat into plastic packets. And the containers have to be good sealing ones because they just climb through most lids and up the spiral of screw top jars. I have found not buying dry stuff in large quantities is good, just smaller packets of some stuff so it gets used quickly and doesn't have a chance to get contaminated by existing moths. Pain because I used to like buying amounts of dry beans and things from bulk food stores. Maybe depends on what kind of dried foods you have in your pantry, we use a lot of dried fruits, flours, legumes, "ingredients" if you will. If you have mostly fresh stuff and things in the fridge and or just cereals and basics in the cupboard you may not find them a problem. Those moth traps are GREAT. Worth the 10 bucks to buy. Re: how to organise a corner pantry 27Aug 17, 2009 9:46 pm Dragonfly Yes they do eat into plastic packets. And the containers have to be good sealing ones because they just climb through most lids and up the spiral of screw top jars. They were NESTING in the spiral of my screw top jars. Ewww. Hate them, hate them, hate them!!! MagicJ I finally have my own reno thread: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28335 The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue! Re: how to organise a corner pantry 28Aug 18, 2009 11:20 am I don’t have photos as I’m at work, but we’ve got a corner pantry and it’s quite nice actually. We used to have cupboards which I didn’t mind, but growing up with pantries, it is a lot nicer and more organised. We use the bottom large space to store things like a little step ladder (really little, it’s one step actually, lol), a dust pan and broom, the large fruit bowl, and the crate with potatoes and onions in it. Also, the recycle box is kept there too. The next shelf up is for the cat food and some decorative mugs and saucers. The next shelf up is for the things we use most, as it’s at eye level. On the left side is all my snack foods, chocolates, etc. In the middle and towards the back are things like various sauces, pepper, salt things, the spice rack, and then on the right side is the proper food like tins of baked beans, spaghetti, tomato paste, packs of soups, noodles, tins of fruit, blah blah. The next shelf up on the left are glass jars of dry pasta, rice, containers of flour, sugar, etc. In the middle are containers of cereals so they don’t go stale in the open packets. On the right side is more cereal and coffee. The very top shelf, which we can’t reach easily, is some old decorative alcohol bottles from various locations in England. Yep. How the hell did I become a senior member!? I know nothing! I visited a relatives house and he went with sink in kitchen and butlers, dishwasher in kitchen and butlers and has crockery spread out between the two areas depending on… 2 44606 4 2155 My open shelf pantry will be similar to below image with window. all appliances like rise cooker, dish washer will be in the… 0 1134 |