The hidden pantry manager
Users ask me sometime to add a pantry manager to Shop’NCook software. So here is the news flash:
Shop’NCook has had a hidden pantry manager for years.
OK, now I see you become a little sceptic. I mean, why would I hide such a useful feature in my software?
The truth is, when I wrote this feature, I didn’t realize it was a pantry! For lack of a better term, I called it: “The list of items that are automatically deselected” - which is an apt description of what it does but that doesn’t help understanding what it’s useful for. That is, until a customer pointed out to me that it is actually a pantry.
The pantry manager is a very useful feature and I warmly encourage you to use it, if you aren’t already. It lets you keep track of the ingredients you have at home so that they don’t get added to the shopping list. Without it, you get a lot of things you don’t need to buy on your shopping list - like water, salt, pepper, etc. - and have to remove them manually each time. The pantry manager is still rudimentary: if you would like it to do more, let me know!
I tell you below how to set it up, what it does and the best way to use it.
