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On Food and Cooking
Sep. 3rd, 2007 12:29 pmThe microwave oven died Friday night. Just trying to reheat the rice to go with the cornish hen and it went on for half a second and then the whole thing shut down and wouldn't come back. I'm annoyed, as that unit lasted only six years. Fortunately the microwave is more of a convenience than a necessity for us. But yesterday we got a new one. It's red. Wasn't much of a choice. There seems to be a thing these days that all new appliances MUST be stainless steel. I hate that, since it shows up fingerprints and anything else. Fortunately this model came in red also.
We took the opportunity to re-evaluate our counter space. We've never been happy with the spot the micro was in because the door opens the wrong way. It was in the right corner of that counter and the hinges are on the left side. There's an ideal spot for a microwave in the left corner of the counter at the other end, but some genius elected not to put in any electrical outlets on that side. However, one whole wall of the kitchen is free, with an outlet smack in the middle. We had stuck our drinks fridge, trash and recycling on that wall, but hadn't made good use of the space. So we also picked up an island/shelf thing to hold the micro next to the mini-fridge. The recycling can go underneath, but we'll probably pick up some better bins than we have now. By pure chance the microwave we got is exactly the same model shown in the picture on the box the shelf came in (except for not being stainless steel).
I'd planned to make barbecue chicken tonight, but I discovered that the chicken I thought was in the freezer is not there. I should really check the freezer more carefully when making a shopping list. Fortunately, there is an overabundance of pork tenderloin which I now have marinating in preparation to become Char Siu. I would have difficulty keeping Kosher, given the tendency of pork to be at once non-Kosher and delicious. Speaking of Chinese food, the chinese restaurant in town has a delicous Crispy Shrimp with Walnuts. It is not, however, "better the next day", so if we get it again we hae to be sure to have enough room to finish it right away. I have also secured some peaches from the farmers' market that are intended to become blobbler.
We took the opportunity to re-evaluate our counter space. We've never been happy with the spot the micro was in because the door opens the wrong way. It was in the right corner of that counter and the hinges are on the left side. There's an ideal spot for a microwave in the left corner of the counter at the other end, but some genius elected not to put in any electrical outlets on that side. However, one whole wall of the kitchen is free, with an outlet smack in the middle. We had stuck our drinks fridge, trash and recycling on that wall, but hadn't made good use of the space. So we also picked up an island/shelf thing to hold the micro next to the mini-fridge. The recycling can go underneath, but we'll probably pick up some better bins than we have now. By pure chance the microwave we got is exactly the same model shown in the picture on the box the shelf came in (except for not being stainless steel).
I'd planned to make barbecue chicken tonight, but I discovered that the chicken I thought was in the freezer is not there. I should really check the freezer more carefully when making a shopping list. Fortunately, there is an overabundance of pork tenderloin which I now have marinating in preparation to become Char Siu. I would have difficulty keeping Kosher, given the tendency of pork to be at once non-Kosher and delicious. Speaking of Chinese food, the chinese restaurant in town has a delicous Crispy Shrimp with Walnuts. It is not, however, "better the next day", so if we get it again we hae to be sure to have enough room to finish it right away. I have also secured some peaches from the farmers' market that are intended to become blobbler.
