Staples
ForkChop assumes you already have these. They're never reported as missing from a recipe, so a pantry of “chicken, rice” isn't penalised for not mentioning salt.
You can turn this off per search: the “I have the basics” toggle in the filter sidebar. Turn it off and every staple below has to be in your pantry explicitly, same as any other ingredient.
pantry
- Baking powder
- Olive oil
- Stock
- Sugar
- Vegetable oil
condiment
- Vinegar
spice
- Black pepper
- Salt
other
- Water
Why this exists
The core scoring model weights each ingredient by importance (core, normal, optional) and stops before it double-counts things a working kitchen already has. Salt in every dish would otherwise drown out anything meaningful the pantry says.