Fantasy kitchen
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- May
- 6
Eventually, my oldest will move out of the house and into her own apartment. She’s been gainfully employed since January but living at home to save money.
Our basement is filled to the brim with the kitchen gear and other things she brought home after she graduated from college a year ago, all of them bought at tag sales and on sale at various department stores. She acquired a set of bone china as her inheritance in October after my mother died.
When I have a free minute, I mentally set up her kitchen for her: which utensils she really needs to have, which spices, which pots, which staples and which perishables.
Looking for suggestions, though. What worked for any of you?
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Cast Iron cookware. A nice old Roper Stove. butcher block.
good set of knives and cleaver.
Oh and having a clue how to cook is essential..
The Settlement Cookbook. A good vegetable peeler. Also, send some lined index cards to family and friends and ask them to jot down a few “family” favorite recipes. The give it to her, with a holder she can store them in. I did this for my brother’s first wife when they got married. My mom died before I got married and although I have her recipe books—I never got to jot down her recipes.
Mark Bittman has a good list of what he considers essential kitchen equipment at the beginning of How to Cook Everything. This list is not long – matches his Minimalist philosophy – and includes his reasoning and recommendations.
Worth looking into.
thanks. all. feel free to add to the list, of course.
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When my daughter went away to college, one of things she needed was containers. I bought a whole set of storage containers of all different sizes and sent them to her.
Rosemary
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