cmarchibald
Senior Cook
Very brief backstory:
For those of you who don't know, I went to work in Iraq 6.5 years ago and when I did so put all my things in storage in the US. When I left Iraq in 2009 I went straight to Kuwait for a new job, where I stayed for 8 months in a furnished apartment. In spite of the apartment being furnished, I couldn't stop myself from buying a lot of what I considered basic necessities for the kitchen (and a few other rooms). Which is good, because when the company collapsed and a lot of us were let go 8 months later....and hubby and I decided to move to the Philippines and start our own business instead....I had a SLIGHT head start on setting up a household again.
However, I am constantly aware of the fact that sitting in a storage unit back in the US, awaiting my opportunity to take a trip home, go through it all and sort what needs to be donated, sold, trashed and shipped over here, is a HUGE array of cooking implements that I have either inherited from various elderly relatives or purchased sometime in the 9 years between graduating high school and going to Iraq. So every time I find myself thinking "Golly I wish I had _____", I begin the battle of "I should wait until I get the rest of my household goods" versus "I really want / need this, like NOW!"
Then we take a road trip to Manila (2.5 hrs away) to go shopping for things we can't find in our area. And I wander aimlessly into the kitchen section of the largest department store in the city. You know how some women are about shoes? That's me in a kitchen store. I have virtually no impulse control.
So today I caved and bought:
A bread knife
A longer bread pan
A mini-grater for zesting lemons and such (I was using my cheese grater before)
A digital meat thermometer (the cheapie analog one I bought awhile back appears to be "off")
A heart shaped cake pan (corny, I know....I'm a newlywed and it's Valentine's Day so cut me some slack!
)
A set of cookie presses
A mini-strainer
Annnnd.....
A meat hammer!
Until now, when I wanted to tenderize meat my husband would just punch it. I've been looking for one for awhile.
Anyway....my gadget god has been appeased.....for now.
For those of you who don't know, I went to work in Iraq 6.5 years ago and when I did so put all my things in storage in the US. When I left Iraq in 2009 I went straight to Kuwait for a new job, where I stayed for 8 months in a furnished apartment. In spite of the apartment being furnished, I couldn't stop myself from buying a lot of what I considered basic necessities for the kitchen (and a few other rooms). Which is good, because when the company collapsed and a lot of us were let go 8 months later....and hubby and I decided to move to the Philippines and start our own business instead....I had a SLIGHT head start on setting up a household again.
However, I am constantly aware of the fact that sitting in a storage unit back in the US, awaiting my opportunity to take a trip home, go through it all and sort what needs to be donated, sold, trashed and shipped over here, is a HUGE array of cooking implements that I have either inherited from various elderly relatives or purchased sometime in the 9 years between graduating high school and going to Iraq. So every time I find myself thinking "Golly I wish I had _____", I begin the battle of "I should wait until I get the rest of my household goods" versus "I really want / need this, like NOW!"
Then we take a road trip to Manila (2.5 hrs away) to go shopping for things we can't find in our area. And I wander aimlessly into the kitchen section of the largest department store in the city. You know how some women are about shoes? That's me in a kitchen store. I have virtually no impulse control.
So today I caved and bought:
A bread knife
A longer bread pan
A mini-grater for zesting lemons and such (I was using my cheese grater before)
A digital meat thermometer (the cheapie analog one I bought awhile back appears to be "off")
A heart shaped cake pan (corny, I know....I'm a newlywed and it's Valentine's Day so cut me some slack!
)A set of cookie presses
A mini-strainer
Annnnd.....
A meat hammer!
Until now, when I wanted to tenderize meat my husband would just punch it. I've been looking for one for awhile.
Anyway....my gadget god has been appeased.....for now.
never mind.
