Text 25440, 69 rader
Skriven 2015-03-27 16:27:55 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 25360 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: move
============
Hi Dave,


 RH> But wait, there's more! He still has to do the spice cabinet door and
 RH> hang curtain rods.

 DD> There is always *one* more thing. The "honey do" projects never end as
 DD> far as I can tell.  Bv)=

 RH> That's just for the kitchen. There's also yard work (building up the
 RH> soil, clearing wisteria vines), unpacking boxes of books, and so on.

 DD> Building up the soil without spending a young fortune down the garden
 DD> centre is a long term thing. As is clearing and keeping cleared the
 DD> wisteria. Be glad it's not kudzu or Virginia creeper.

We don't have any of that around the property that I know of. But yes,
it is extremely invasive.


 RH> You're right, there's no end. (G) This is the first house we've ever
 RH> owned so we're putting in a lot of things we've thought about doing
 RH> over the years we've been in rental units. The kitchen pantry in Berlin
 RH> had slide outs; we'd like to do it here but would lose the door storage
 RH> unit that holds a lot of stuff. Maybe when we do the garage, I'll get a
 RH> new pantry as well.

 DD> I'd like to have more cabinet and counter space. But that would
 DD> require a complete tear out and rebuild. So, I have designed a slide
 DD> in & out mini pantry to go where the (unused) door on the north side
 DD> of the kitchen currently lives. That will do for extra cabinet space.
 DD> And I am trying to do a deal on a pretty nice Hoosier cabinet which
 DD> will give both more counter/prep space and stash - as well as being
 DD> decorative.

Sounds interesting; is it a wooden cabinet? Our butler (theorhetically)
has a work space on top but I've got it covered with a towel and then my
knife block & other stuff over that. There's a marble slab insert and a
(cheap) butcher block insert on the top but we've other cutting boards
and counter space. If there's a need for more space, there's an
extention to the top of the butler that folds down when not in use that
can be raised. We've used it a few times, more in the old place. This
house has more counter top space that I'm trying to keep clearer for
work room.

 DD> Fortunately the tin can had three doors when I moved in - so, I can
 DD> sacrifice one and still be legal.

Staying on the right side of the law is good.


 DD>       Title: Kudzu Jelly
 DD>  Categories: Five, Flowers, Citrus, Condiments
 DD>       Yield: 5 Pints

I've heard of it but not tried it. OTOH, I did try the kudzu powder for
thickening a while back. It works like corn starch, but IMO, wasn't as
good as corn starch. I understand it's big over in Japan however.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... gnorw og...  gnorw og...  gnorw og nac gnihton

--- PPoint 3.01
 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)