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1. A bottle of apple cider vinegar to use as a vegetable wash in in a vinaigrette whenever you're good and ready to eat a salad. Maybe next year, no rush!
2. A six-pack of sea salt shakers for adding a little something (/anything) to the hearty breakfast you somehow both under- and overcooked.
3. A bag of potato flakes so you can have mashed potatoes available at an instant, even when this bag gets forgotten deep in your cupboard.
4. A bottle of Nature Nate's unfiltered honey that won't get bitter with age. Let this honey double as a role-model for your own ~gentle~ maturation.
5. A jar of instant coffee, because your favorite coffeeshops will open and close, but instant coffee is always there for you.
6. A 12-pack of organic ramen you can buy now and keep until your kids are in college. "Here you go, my child. This is what I ate in college — these exact packets, in fact."
7. A bottle of organic maple syrup that held up just fine inside a tree and holds up even better in your temperature-regulated kitchen.
8. A four-pound canister of dried lentils to power up your vegetarian dishes with a dense, non-meat source of potassium, iron, and protein.
9. A bag of old-fashioned rolled oats so your mornings can begin with a new personal mantra, "My life is a mess, but my oats are fresh."
10. A three-pack of lower-sodium soy sauce for all your favorite East-Asian dishes. An enduring sauce for an enduring cuisine, perf!
11. A four-pound bag of raw sugar that stays sweet and innocent, even after it sees you mercilessly demolish a frightening amount of baked goods.
12. A 12-pack of canned beef to stock your emergency bunker with, as you hold tryouts for potential members of your Zombie Apocalypse Team.
13. A six-pack of British Blend black tea for a cuppa while marathoning The Great British Baking Show. Noel Fielding is the best host the show has ever had, btw.
14. A packet of powdered coconut milk that can (comfortably) live in your purse, until you need a non-dairy creamer or quick bowl of cereal on the subway.
15. A bottle of pure vanilla extract just as dependable (and ready to bake a cake at midnight) as your best friend.
16. A 20-pound bag of jasmine rice, because your love of rice isn't going anywhere — and you want a bag with the same type of longevity.
17. A jar of ghee butter mixed with Himalayan pink salt so you can kick regular butter to the curb and start sautéing with more oomph.
18. And a 10-count box of Twinkies, the Immortal Snack Cake. Global warming, malevolent artificial intelligence, and/or nuclear warfare might end humanity, but Twinkies wouldn't even flinch.
I've been saving this baby since the 90s.
Well, pal, you're going to get hungry again and again, for the rest of time:
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