Hermann house renovation

[JaneV2.0]

I don't much enjoy cooking, either. My Instant Pot is my friend, because I can just throw ingredients in and go do something else. It automatically defaults to Keep Warm when cooking is complete--I make sure any appliance I buy has that feature. I wouldn't be without my IP and my electric kettle.

[frugal-one]

Years ago when I got the first microwave they had classes on how to use them. It was invaluable. It showed me everything that could be done in a microwave and how to use it. Did the same when we got our first Apple computer. Again, invaluable.

[iris lilies]

Years ago when I got the first microwave they had classes on how to use them. It was invaluable. It showed me everything that could be done in a microwave and how to use it. Did the same when we got our first Apple computer. Again, invaluable.

I should’ve force myself to take an Apple computer class. Well I’ve got a new Mac so maybe I will do that. I teach myself minimally, and then I learn bad habits, and then… Well I’m never especially proficient at any of it.

[jp1]

Years ago when I got the first microwave they had classes on how to use them. It was invaluable. It showed me everything that could be done in a microwave and how to use it. Did the same when we got our first Apple computer. Again, invaluable.

I remember when my aunt and uncle got their first microwave back in the 80's. My cousin wanted a mid-afternoon snack of a dinner roll so he thought he would just cook it in the new-fangled microwave. He kept starting it and opening the door to check every 30 seconds or so but the roll just wasn't browning. So after 5 or 6 minutes of microwaving this one roll he finally took it out and found that he had turned it into something incredibly hot and with the firmness of a hockey puck...

[Alan]

I remember when my aunt and uncle got their first microwave back in the 80's. My cousin wanted a mid-afternoon snack of a dinner roll so he thought he would just cook it in the new-fangled microwave. He kept starting it and opening the door to check every 30 seconds or so but the roll just wasn't browning. So after 5 or 6 minutes of microwaving this one roll he finally took it out and found that he had turned it into something incredibly hot and with the firmness of a hockey puck...

Yeah, I've never tried actually cooking anything in ours. We do use it a lot for defrosting, re-heating leftovers, preparing the occasional frozen dinner, heating water for my hummingbird juice, etc.

[catherine]

I remember when my aunt and uncle got their first microwave back in the 80's. My cousin wanted a mid-afternoon snack of a dinner roll so he thought he would just cook it in the new-fangled microwave. He kept starting it and opening the door to check every 30 seconds or so but the roll just wasn't browning. So after 5 or 6 minutes of microwaving this one roll he finally took it out and found that he had turned it into something incredibly hot and with the firmness of a hockey puck...

Well, the same MIL who so generously bought us a state-of-the-art microwave was left in charge of cooking a whole chicken while DH and I went out shopping. When we came home we smelled something absolutely putrid. She had put the chicken in the microwave, but instead of using the convection, she cooked the chicken in the microwave for 90 minutes! It made the turkey in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation look raw.

But, being the frugal Scotswoman she was, she insisted "there's nothin' wrang w'it," and proceeded to try to eat it until we insisted she throw it out.

[iris lilies]

I have two new kitchens as you all know. I’m in the process of organizing them.


The organizing tool I’m using is this: keep kitchen cabinet doors open for weeks or months so that I learn where things are. My eyes are going to teach my brain.

Both kitchens have adequate cabinetry and counter space. My condo kitchen especially has excess cabinet space. It’s all in the upper cabinets, the third shelf, but there’s nothing wrong with leaving those bare.

Our Hermann kitchen is filling up fast and already I’m planning on overflow kitchen stuff residing in the attached garage right off the kitchen. I plan to get a cabinet, a cheap one, to hold our cleaning supplies, broom, vacuum and possibly Dog healthcare supplies. But that’s what’s great about an attached garage, you can use it for overflow house storage.

[nswef]

Oh, Iris,overflow storage in the attached garage....dangerous! They fill up like attics and basements...ask me how I know that!!!

[iris lilies]

Well, there’s been a glitch in our moving process. The possession date where we give up our city house is July 7. DH wanted to have most everything out by July 1, which would give us a few days to clean and weed the yard.

You may remember that DH is insisting on moving everything himself. He loads everything into his truck and into the trailer. Earlier in the week he did have two young men, at the teenage neighbors, help load a few pieces of furniture including the giant freezer.

All that ground to a halt because DH has an infection in his leg. So this is pretty much my worst nightmare come true, we’re under a deadline, we have no one lined up to move our crap, and DH is laid up.

fortunately DH has moved 3/4 of our household including the basement which was full of stuff, his stuff. At this point we have pieces of furniture and of course many boxes of stuff. I think we will be OK and we still have time after his leg heals up but right now, after seeing the doctor yesterday, it looks like he can’t use it for a few days.

[iris lilies]

Oh, Iris,overflow storage in the attached garage....dangerous! They fill up like attics and basements...ask me how I know that!!!

Oh I’m sure they do! We’re going to keep our big chest freezer in the garage as well, like true suburbanites.