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Geez, I didn't answer my own question. Duh.

1) Home made bread products (either bread, buns, breadsticks or cracker-like items are always on hand.
2) Cheese. Usually several varieties
3) Olive oil. Usually several types/brands
4) Too many vinegars.
5) Whole milk
6) Ice cream in the summer. Baked goods in the winter. Sometimes both. Usually home made.
7) Salt and pepper in many forms. Way too many other spices.
8) Tomatoes. Fresh, canned, frozen, paste in a tube. There's little chance that you could walk into my kitchen/pantry and NOT find at least a few tomato products around.
9) Lettuce. Often several varieties. I LOVE salads.
10) Frozen veggies.

Oooh, I have more than 10, that's for sure, but I'll try to make it:

1. Oils: olive (extra virgin and pure), sesame, grape seed and canola (also usually walnut or hazelnut)
2. Vinegars: rice, pomegranate, white, sherry, red wine, white wine, white/"regular"
3. Soy sauce
4. Whole wheat flour, baking powder, cornstarch
5. all kinds of salt and pepper (in peppercorns) and dry spices (cumin, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, etc)
6. eggs (I usually buy 6 dozens at a time at BJ's)
7. buckwheat noodles and whole wheat pasta (I'm trying to stick to 10, you know:-))
8. Ketchup, mustard, hoisin sauce, tinned whole tomatoes
9. fresh: ginger, herbs, organic salad greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions (at least. red and Spanish), sweet potatoes, garlic, grapefruits (for the morning juice), apples. (frozen: spinach, broccoli)
10. cheese - brie and provolone and milk (whole for me, soy - for my lactose intolerant hubby's iced coffee)

Can I add brown rice under 7?:-)

1. Rice - brown and white (my Asian hubby must have it!)
2. Frozen peas (primarily for me)
3. Onions
4. Olive oil
5. Soy sauce
6. Milk
7. Whole grain pasta
8. Garlic
9. Spicy stuff - Tabasco, sriracha, chili powder, etc.
10. Honey

There's lots more but I would feel funny if I didn't have these.

Oh, geez. I have a list of pantry essentials that I use for shopping. It's two (typed) pages long.

1. Flour: soft (White Lily), hard (King Arthur AP), bread (King Arthur bread), whole wheat (King Arthur - see a trend?), and cake/pastry.
2. Honey: local clover, local wildflower, and some mixed variety bought in bulk for baking.
3. Eggs.
4. Butter. Real.
5. Milk. Whole, as close to raw as the law allows.
6. Oils: good olive oil, cheap olive oil, canola, sesame, chili.
7. Leavening agents - yeast, baking powder, baking soda, creme of tartar in case the powder ever dies before I use it (like that will ever happen in my household).
8. Shortening, although I'm considering switching over to lard if I can find a local/pasture-raised source.
9. Sugar: white, light brown, dark brown, turbinado.
10. Vinegars: white, apple cider, sushi, cheap "balsamic," good balsamic.

I could keep going. I have a lot of pantry items, ranging from ingredients for baking (I always have the ingredients to make cookies and breads on hand) to basics for a half-dozen styles of cuisine (Japanese, Indian, Italian, Tex-Mex, Southern...) to salad essentials. People hate it when I move because the kitchen makes up an overwhelming number of boxes.

When it comes to the pantry, I'm a bit of a hoarder.

I assume salt and pepper are assumed, even if we have a dozen varieties of each, plus grains of paradise, yes? Then:

1) eggs
2) coffee
3) garlic
4) olive oil
5) rice
6) spinach
7) cheese
8) soy sauce
9) mustard
10) flours (AP, whole wheat, bread, cake, rice, gram, etc.)

Jeez, there's a lot more.

1. eggs
2. flour
3. rice
4. butter
5. milk
6. olive oil
7. beans (all kinds of dried & canned)
8. mustard
9. ketchup
10.garlic & onions

1. EVOO
2. Dried Italian pasta
3. Tomatoes - fresh in season, otherwise canned
4. Cheeses - What a friend we have.
5. Potatoes
6. Sausages - Mostly pork, but many kinds
7. Whole grain breads
8. Onions and garlic
9. Rices
10. Coffee - Elbowing everything else out of the way to land the last spot.
Luswim06 has to be a sorority sister.

1. onions
2. garlic
3. pasta (linguini, gemelli, some whole wheat)
4. rice (basmati, risotto, brown)
5. beans
6. olive oil
7. canned tomato paste
8. valentina sauce
9. coffee
10. dried fruit (raisins dates figs craisins)

wow its hard to keep it to 10, so i tried to think of things that although may last a while, are in fast rotation.

Let's see...

1.) Cheeses!-soo many kinds at once, but I don't care.
2.) Peanut Butter - both chunky and creamy, Jif only. And Strawberry Jam
3.) Oils - all kinds
4.) Spices, Salts, and Peppercorns at all times. My philosopy: you can never have too many spices. Shelves in my cupboard is proof.
5.) Golden/Red Delicious Apples or in season fruits
6.) Garlic - all kinds. Serious. God forbid I ever run out.
7.) Dried Italian Pasta
8.) Low Sodium Soy Sauce, Terriyaki Sauce, Stir Fry Sauces.
9.) Hellmann's Light Mayo, Spicy Deli mustard, Golden Mustard, Ketchup, Franks Hot Sauce
10.) Bubba Burgers- this is because of BF. I think he'd lose it if he ran out.

1. Kona blend coffee beans (whole)
2. Brown Cow brand whole-milk cream-top vanilla yogurt (pure ambrosia)
3. Oils--olive (3 kinds), sesame, canola, walnut
4. Eggs
5. CHEESE! At least 4 kinds.
6. Sea Salt, Peppercorns and the grindable kind of Italian seasoning
7. Soy sauce and calrose rice (I know this is two, but they go together, along with my rice cooker.)
8. Onion bagels from the local bakery.
9. Fresh fruits and veggies from the Farmer's Market--whatever's in season, as well as bananas (I have a 3-year-old...one needs bananas.)
10. Peanut butter and jelly (see above).

1. Fresh Garlic
2. Pasta (always imported)
3. Cheese (fontinella, mozarella, sharp cheddar, and pecorino romano at the very least)
4. Frozen peas
5. Tomatoes...jarred, fresh, whatever
6. Cucumbers
7. Near East rice pilaf
8. Frozen chicken sausages
9. Chick peas
10. Mustard (I eat it like some people eat ketchup)

4 kinds of rice
3 kinds of salt
4 hot sauces
3 kinds of cereal
3 kinds of oil
2 kinds of mayo
5 kinds of cheese
4 kinds of pasta
5 kinds of pickled vegetables
4 kinds of mustard

1) Queen Creek Fresh Pressed EV Olive oil. (Direct from the source the DAY of pressing. Jealous yet?? ;-) )

Fresh Farmers Market:
2) Garlic
3) Eggs
4) Tomatoes
5) Spinach
6) Boars Head Lacey Swiss Cheese
7) Whole pepper corns and sea salt for my mills
8) Health Nut English Muffins
9) Rice Sticks
10) Ponzu

This is a little scary...

1. Community Coffee
2. Garlic - bulbs, refrigerated minced, dried minced, granulated
3. The "Magic Drawer" - my spices
4. Wide variety of tomato products
5. Oils - EVOO, canola, sesame, grapeseed
6. Balsamic Vinegar
7. Mayo - always backstock in the cupboard
8. Flours - AP, bread, whole wheat, rye, soy
9. Rice - Jasmine, Basmati, Brown, Medium Grain
10. BUTTER!!!!!!!!!

only ten??? in no particular order, the first ten things that jump to mind:

olive oil
eggs
butter
limes
vinegar {a zillion kinds}
vanilla sugar {homemade}
yogurt {goat, fage, or siggi's skyr}
dijon mustard
sea salt
penzey's four peppercorns mix