November House cleaning - The Kitchen

[not_hathor]

This weekend has been busy. Friday night Husband and I started cleaning out the kitchen cupboards and drawers and shelves -- something which has not happened since before Mother-in-Law passed away, apparently. See, when Father-in-Law GAVE us the house three (?) years ago, we took possession Lock Stock & Barrel, so to speak. Which means we moved into a house already chock-full of furniture, dishes, tableware, linens, OWLS (MiL collected them), etc. We have slowly diminished the Owl population and assimilated a percentage of our own possessions into the structure, but a majority still remains stored in the attic, basement, and garage....

It's amazing, some of the things we've discovered this weekend (and we're still going -- taking a break from the 409 fumes). So far we've more-or-less cleared the walk-in pantry/closet (at least to the extent that we can walk into it), tossed a TONNE of ancient and out-of-date herbs and spices (FiL REALLY liked his food SPICY!!!), more Owls , three slow-cooker/crockpots in addition to the two we use regularly -- and god only knows what might be in the Mudroom at this point -- napkins and dishtowels that are currently in the laundry, which will be sorted as to condition and most likely donated to the local Women's Shelter, since we tend to use paper towels as napkins when the dining gets messy....

At lease we haven't found any dead mice or snakes.

Oh, yeah, also had Adric's radiator, engine and transmission winterized yesterday in preparation for Thanksgiving weekend and ChiTARDIScon; next weekend he'll get his tires rotated.

And the local Pizza & Subs deli (not Subway) makes the BEST Reuban Pizza!!!!

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[dragondancer515.livejournal.com]

GAMBATTE!!! Lotta hard work, but it'll be so worth it in the end . . .

Also . . . crap, have I seriously known you that long!? I think I remember when you guys first moved! @,@;;;

[oddyssia.livejournal.com]

Do the crockpots/slow cookers still work? If so, save one for Mike and me--he bought a slow cooker cookbook at a used book sale and wants to experiment.
Windycon was fantabulous--I'm still recovering. The Filk GOHs, Tricky Pixie, were great--bought their CD, even. The Artist GOH was Nene Thomas--she used to do Magic cards--the puddle of drool in the art show was partly my fault :-)
Will write more when I have time!

[reziac.livejournal.com]

You threw out herbs and spices?!! Argh! Oh wait, that's my pre-Costco mentality speaking, from when they were so costly that we measured them by the individual grain. (I don't like spicy per se, but I do like nicely seasoned... I'm more the sage and cinnamon type, not cayenne and mustard.)

Some of 'em actually last pretty much forever. I had some from the 1940s (yes, THAT old) that were still good until about 5 years ago. Ginger actually gets better with age, milder but more pleasing. Ground cloves apparently NEVER age out, that little paper box is STILL as strong as it was when I found 'em in 1975.

At Costco prices, tho, I use whatever I wish and no longer stint any of 'em ... $4 for a pound instead of the grocery price of $4 for half an ounce.

Oh, since you're having a cleaning fit... come do my house too. The dining room has been reduced to a mere path. :(