I love the idea of a well-stocked larder or pantry, but as I don't have either I just cram as much as possible int0 my 2 and a half food cupboards >< I have 2 each of the canned items I like to have in stock; tomatoes, kidney beans and baked beans; and for some things that are open in the fridge I like to have another one in the cupboard, things like jars of pesto and stir-through pasta sauce and tubes of tomato paste. But there's no space for big things like bags of pasta, so I just get another one of those when my tub is nearly empty.

Even if I had more cupboard space I'd still be unlikely to stockpile things like pasta, because unless something's on a really good offer, it's still likely still be more expensive than the cheap one that I buy. But pasta's pasta and you're paying for the brand and the shape more than anything, aren't you.