weekend 29/30 mar 08

[ramtops]

pastas, pulses and pickles
Originally uploaded by ramtops

On Saturday, I set to with a will, and the determination to complete Project Kitchen. And I won!

• All pulses and similar enjarred (apart from some odd pastas, where I simply ran out of jars).


• The the shelves above the cooker - everything taken off, the shelves cleaned with bicarb, then steam cleaned, then new and different and more appropriate Stuff put on them. This was horrible, and involved me standing on a stool, which surprised perlmonger somewhat, as i get verdigris if I'm anything more than 12" above the ground


• the crockery cupboards were reorganised - all the bowls and jugs were sorted, and moved to a different cupboard, while the everyday plates were shifted to a cupboard of their own, where they should hopefully be more accessible


• the shelves by the kitchen door were completely sorted, and now hold only "spare" stuff - all current foods are now properly organised into appropriate cupboards. I also found room on there for the bits of the Kitchenaid food mixer that I rarely use


• moved said Kitchenaid to the other side of the kitchen - meaning that the Magimix is far more accessible, and the mixer is more usable

This - I think - concludes the kitchen reorganisation, and took me most of the day.

Supper was sausages, with red cabbage and roast potatoes.

Today perlmonger took himself off to the Bristol Cycle Path protest celebration, so I had the place to myself - lovely :) Went to the farm shop for Bits, did the washing, emptied the dishwasher, hoovered (well, yes - the Roomba did it for me), made a silverside potroast for dinner, and watched lots of Jericho - not quite sure whether I like it or not. It's rather Lost-ish, but intriguing enough to keep watching.

And now to bed - I ache all over in a rather alarming pre-fluey sort of way, so I'm going to take a couple of pills and crash.