Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Kitchen Headcount.


I asked WP to empty the dishwasher yesterday,as he was standing in the kitchen leaning against it waiting for the microwave to finish.He did right away. A while later I opened one of the cupboards only to find things that did not belong there. Only a few things, the measuring jug was with the glassware and the tupperware boxes were with the cheapo plastics (Sometimes we save old cottage cheese, margarine tubs for leftovers etc.
As I moved them I got to wondering how he survived on what little he had in the way of plates, and general kitchen wear. I did a quick count in my head. When I arrived here there was.
  • One small pan
  • 2 x large stockpot style pans. ( He would make a huge pan of chili for example and live off it all week !)
  • 2 Mugs
  • 4 place settings (bowl, side plate , dinner plate)
  • 12 each small / tall glasses.
  • One horrible frying pan.
  • One tiny plastic chopping board.
  • The usual silverware, although the number of knives don't match the forks and spoons ?
  • Old Can opener.
  • 4 Kitchen knives.


I have been here around a year and a half, we now possess ( as well as or in place of):
  • One med steamer/pasta pan.
  • 2 x tefal frying pans( soooooo much easier to clean)
  • 4 mugs.
  • 8 Place settings.
  • One large glass chopping board..
  • New can opener.
  • Various plastic containers & Lids.
  • Oven mitts.
  • Rubber spatula.
  • Various Wooden Spoons.
  • 4 Large Pasta Bowls.
  • One lidded glass casserole dish.
  • 2 glass square/ rectangle oven dishes.
  • 2 individual serving oven dishes.
  • Plastic colander.
  • Pyrex measuring jug.
  • Set of measuring spoons.
  • Kitchen scissors.
  • 2 whisks.
  • Cheese grater.
  • Stainless steel mixing bowl.
  • Kitchen Tongs.
  • Tea towels.
  • Kettle. (stove top)
  • Toaster.
  • Blender.
  • Double size griddle.
  • various bakewear ( why??)
  • Potato peeler (used like once !)
  • 2 teaspoons, stolen from a ponderosa :0


And this is just off the top of my head! and just from one room.
All this for a girl who cant cook! Imagine the supplies I would need if I actually liked to cook?

Not only have I collected all this but nothing lives in the same place it did when I arrived. The contents of all the cupboards have been completly re-worked.

The only bane of my life at the moment in there is the full size trash can that sitts in the corner. I have been campaining/ plotting to get rid of since last year. My defense if that I am the person who takes the trash out and if I don't mind doing it more often then whats the problem?

Do you think I have made my mark yet ?

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