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While organizing the pantry I realized that I have a rather large collection of vinegars. My collection includes:

white vinegar
cider vinegar
malt vinegar
balsamic vinegar
fancy balsamic vinegar
white balsamic vinegar
red wine vinegar
white wine vinegar
sherry vinegar
rice vinegar
seasoned rice vinegar
ume plum vinegar
Chinese black vinegar

I use most of these on a regular basis, but still, that's a lot of freakin' vinegar. Tell me I'm not the only food horder. Help me feel slightly less ridiculous.

You beat me by one type of vinegar! (chinese black)

I thought I was bad! When I cleaned out my cupboards I realized I had nine types of vinegar. I also have a tiny kitchen though.

I wish I owned all those vinegars! Mmmm

I do this with nuts and seeds:

walnuts
raw cashews (need some roasted ones too maybe)
raw almonds with skin'(I've almost run out and need to buy new ones)
raw almonds without skin
home roasted almonds with and without skin
hazelnuts with skin (contemplating to get some without too...)
brazil nuts
brown flax
yellow flax
hulled sesame
unhulled sesame
pumpkin seeds
sunflower seeds
poppy seeds
chia seeds
I want hemp seeds too, but they only come in tiny expensive bags, so haven't got them yet.

I order most of my seeds online in 2 pound bags, so you can imagine what our pantry is like :-)

I have quite a few containers of storebought and homemade nutbutters and nutflours hanging around too.

My collection of grain and legume flours is also quite extensive.

I have most of those. Not the Chinese black vinegar. Is rice vinegar the same as brown rice vinegar? I have that too. Love my vinegar.

i somehow have a bottle of white balsamic raspberry blush vinegar. whatever the fork that is.

i know i bought it for a specific recipe and used it once but i have no clue what that recipe was

Yeah, I'm sure I have quite a nut and seed collection going, but it's all hidden away in the freezer so I'm still in denial.

i have every single variety of flour that Wegmans carries.

I've got a problem with herbs and spices, and the problem is I don't own every single one ever. But I do have two boxes crammed full of them and then even more jars that couldn't it in there. Also, like, six different kinds of dried chile peppers.

I have over 100 types of tea in my pantry. I think I may have just the tiniest food hoarding problem.

I also have seventeen types of flour and at least sixty different spices.


But beyond those things I have a pretty sane amount of food.

i also have far too many kinds of flour. i think i got alot of them trying to make gluten free cupcakes that turned out fail

When I read the thread title I was planning to use those last two vinegars, the plumb and black Chinese, to prove to you that you did not have all the vinegars. I guess you do have them all. Congrats! I used to have them all, but I think I'm out of apple cider, which I despise and usually try to sub for anyway.

I have 4 bottles of that, plus an open bottle in the fridge. I think I have a possibly irrational fear that I will run out and not be able to get it again? (hoarder, perhaps?)

Chinese black, I haven't come across a recipe for, and thus have never purchased. And seasoned rice vinegar is on my list. Check to all the others.

The vinegar aisle is my favorite to ogle at Whole Foods. (After the bulk section, of course!)

Thanks for rounding out my vinegar wish list, BluePlasticStraw! Hoarders Unite!

I went to 4 stores this weekend looking for ume plum vinegar. Otherwise I'm jealous of your list, I only have cider, rice, red wine, balsamic, and white ( for cleaning ).

you need coconut vinegar!

I feel like I am validated in my desire to expand my collection of dried legumes and rice.

Have that also! (this is getting scary)

I love Chinese black vinegar-- it's really good for dipping dumplings in.

I'm jealous of your vinegar collection!

You've definitely got me vinegar beat, but I have pomegranate balsamic vinegar. It was an accidental buy, but still.

Banana vinegar?

I read a description of how to make it, and it sounds appalling.

I almost bought coconut vinegar today and then I thought of this thread and I didn't. And now I wish I had gotten it!

I was going to suggest the same thing! I have coconut vinegar and also white balsamic fig vinegar. :)

I have the burning urge to be a completest and get coconut, date, palm and raisin vinegars, but that path leads to madness and an overflowing pantry. I do try to stick to stuff I actually use. Further organization revealed multiples of several of those. Two and a half cider vinegars, two red wine and two rice. I think I'm cut off from buying vinegar for a while.

I have a similar condiment problem but I've laxed up a bit on the vinegars. I have still far too many fridge condiments though.