Other People's Pantries #65
From Shelley (My Mountain Home) in McCall, Idaho:
Our freezer is stocked with berries, jam and peas from the garden. My husband also makes wine from the berries. Being at 5,000' we can grow a limited number of crops.
The shelves have applesauce, pickles, jams and jellies, peaches, pears, soups, tomatoes, and salsa.
Underneath the shelves are containers of whole grains and other staples.
On Saturdays, we peek into Other People's Pantries.
Come on -- show us your pantry.
*Other People's Pantries was going to end early in 2009, to make way for a new Saturday feature. However, pantry photos continue to roll in, so I'll keep featuring them on Saturdays, in the order in which I receive them, for a while longer. If you've been thinking about sharing photos of your own pantry, now's the time to send them.
Posted by: noble pig | April 25, 2009 at 01:35 AM
Oh my word. That is some serious canning...I love it. Wow.
Posted by: milton | April 25, 2009 at 05:53 AM
Can I come live at your house....it looks like you need someone to help eat what you make :)
Posted by: Jenny | April 25, 2009 at 07:18 AM
It looks like you live in a shop! Considering all my food is stuffed in to one tiny cupboard, I have serious pantry envy. I had to eat tinned tomatoes for ages just to make enough room for a jar of vanilla sugar.
Posted by: Michele | April 25, 2009 at 07:21 AM
Exactly! I want to go shopping in your pantry. Or paint a picture of it. Glorious and gorgeous!!!
Posted by: Dianne | April 25, 2009 at 07:27 AM
I have pantry envy!!! I can as well, and have to hide my jars under our bed for lack of space.
Posted by: Bridget | April 25, 2009 at 07:34 AM
Oh wow....pantry envy!!! ;)
Posted by: elizabethk | April 25, 2009 at 07:37 AM
::jaw drop to floor!:: wowza. I used to bottle/can - and this tweaks me BIG time to get back into it. What a wonderful abundance of good/fresh foods! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: rupert | April 25, 2009 at 07:59 AM
Did you sneak into a warehouse to do the photo? Ball must love you guys!
Posted by: susan g | April 25, 2009 at 08:34 AM
To add to the admiring crowd: shelves!!
Posted by: Constance | April 25, 2009 at 09:25 AM
WOW! That is some freezer (whistles). I love my freezer in the cellar but it has never been as full as yours. Forget 'pantry envy', I have freezer envy.
Posted by: Shelley in Idaho | April 25, 2009 at 09:36 AM
Thanks, everyone, for your encouragement that I am not totally OCD about stocking up! We have that many shelves in the basement storage room because we drew our own house plans. On the opposite wall in this pantry are shelves for actual storage, camping and Christmas and everything in between.
Posted by: Paz | April 25, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Very cool-looking pantry.
Paz
Posted by: Patttie Donahue | April 25, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Words fail. This is just terrific!
Posted by: Alisa - Frugal Foodie | April 25, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Okay, now that is a dream pantry.
Posted by: MyKitchenInHalfCups | April 25, 2009 at 01:21 PM
Breathtaking!!! That is fabulous!!!
Posted by: pam | April 25, 2009 at 09:12 PM
I am in awe! I need to do some canning this summer. Not THAT much, but some!
Posted by: ikkinlala | April 26, 2009 at 12:39 AM
I, too, am envious - mostly that Shelley still has peas from the garden. Ours were gone by Christmas.
Posted by: Joan Nova | April 26, 2009 at 09:01 AM
wow...she's living a foodie's dream!
Posted by: Denise | April 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Very cool!
Posted by: Chris | April 26, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Really superb pantry!
Posted by: Kim | April 26, 2009 at 04:11 PM
(on knees in supplication) YOU are the Queen
I so want to live in your world.
I'm bookmarkning this
Posted by: akwe | April 26, 2009 at 07:07 PM
You make me want to come live in your house!
What a lovely pantry! Must cost quite some money to get that replenished I suppose!
Posted by: Carol, Boston | April 27, 2009 at 08:48 AM
"martha" would be proud!!! AMAZING! I LOVE IT!
Posted by: Shelley in Idaho | April 27, 2009 at 09:24 AM
It's not all that expensive. The strawberries and raspberries (frozen, jams and jellies, wine), apples (applesauce, frozen slices), peas (frozen), pears (canned), green beans (frozen and pickled) and some of the ingredients in the soups (like onions) are all homegrown. I visit a farmer's market for the tomatoes, peppers in the salsa, and pickling cukes.
Posted by: Dini | April 27, 2009 at 05:10 PM
To top it all off, the jars are all uniform. Your pantry is my perfect world!! *big round eyes*
Posted by: Misty | April 27, 2009 at 06:56 PM
Holy moly that's amazing!
Posted by: Angie | April 28, 2009 at 03:32 PM
Wow. I'm green with envy.
Posted by: Free | April 29, 2009 at 02:21 AM
I could stay in your storage room for hours, enjoying the beauty of it!
Posted by: Paula | April 30, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Now, _that's_ an inspiring pantry! I'm going to print that picture and leave it on DH's workbench, lol.