Something a little different this evening, a post which will cover a couple of days worth of posts - not sure how many at the moment.  For those of you who are interested in creating your own Pantry and what to use, I thought I would give a bit of background information to my formative years, the influences I came under and the way my family worked. From what I can gather quite a few of you aspire to having a Pantry space all of your own but have been a bit nonplussed when it comes to what you store your food items in.  Obviously you have to be practical about this as different foods require different types of storage.  Liquids for instance need to be in suitable jars or bottles.  Some of their contents are shelf-stable and others have to be made shelf-stable.  That does not mean though that you have to use new; sometimes you can upcycle old items as well. I have always had a fascination with Pantries; probably because my Nan would not let me enter for fear of breaking some of her hard