I am thinking about a new way to organize my pantry
By snowy
@snowy22315 (187108)
United States
April 2, 2025 8:33am CST
I usually try to put the bottles in one section..cans in the other cereals etc. However, I am thinking about grouping items by ethnicity. For instance, I would have an Italian section, Chinese section, grains of various types, a middle eastern section etc. I think it would be easier to find special foods when I need them rather than having to hunt for them. What do you think?
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@FourWalls (73065)
• United States
2 Apr
That doesn’t sound like a bad idea! I don’t have a lot of wild variations of food, given that I’m cooking for one. My biggest pantry arrangement is my collection of flavored teas. [em]lol[/em’
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@snowy22315 (187108)
• United States
2 Apr
I have some boxes of tea on the back of the range, and a couple in different containers. One time toured a nursing home and they gave me a huge collection of teas for visiting. However, they were all mostly fruit teas which I am not very fond of. 
. I should have donated them. I still have some.
. I should have donated them. I still have some.1 person likes this
@marguicha (225761)
• Chile
2 Apr
It sounds perfect. Then you would go immediatly to the ethnic section when you are going to prepare a special dish.
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@allknowing (143251)
• India
3 Apr
I tried labelling alphabetically but now I just dump (lol)
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@snowy22315 (187108)
• United States
2 Apr
Worth a try anyway! I am tired of searching for what I need Of course you know sooner or later, and probably sooner, knowing me .I will be shoving things in random places.
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@JudyEv (349904)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Apr
@snowy22315 I don't think it would work for us. It's mostly 'Australian' in our pantry. 
@snowy22315 (187108)
• United States
3 Apr
Yes, looking forward to putting it into practice
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@Marilynda1225 (84168)
• United States
2 Apr
That sounds like a good idea. My pantry needs a good organization too. I have mine organized in groups like you do now but I'm kind of liking the ethnicity idea.
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@snowy22315 (187108)
• United States
2 Apr
Yeah, I think it will make it easy to go to to a certain section when you want to make something
