I have my pantry on perfect order, items sorted,beans in one staple on the shelf of canned foods (like tuna, tomatos and such)
Gluten free flours and bakery items on another shelf.
Breakfast items on one (In order of course,bread cereals sorted by kind, size and content)
Fridge is the same, everything has a special places, and there’s special shelf’s for everything.
It’s always been that way to avoid contamination if someone comes to visit, and so all kids know where there safe good is. (I’ve got one autistic kid who is very specific with his food, and one celiac/tapoica, artificial sweeteners allergy)
And me who would probably make an easier list of things I’m not allergic too.
Controlling, Ocd, maybe? But I’m rather safe than sorry.
I also have this idea that if we’ve got a power outage (which we do pretty often out here) I don’t want to risk having expensive food go bad, so I rather stack the Pantry than the fridge or freezer.
And I love getting creative with food. My father was amazing with that. I have so many great memories of him making up dishes that we absolutely loved. Never understood that it was because we didn’t have any money at that time.