Someday...
Feb. 21st, 2010 05:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmith...in the dream home, I will have (in addition to the mudroom):
A dishwasher. Not exactly cutting-edge tech, I know. But we never had one when I was growing up, and none of the rentals I lived in over the years had one. My current house is not, afaik, fitted for one. Even if it was, I would need to give up a largish cupboard in exchange. I would only do this as part of a renovation project, which isn't in the cards at the moment. So, handwashing continues. When you're an every-damned-bowl-in-the-cupboard cook like I am, you wind up spending more time washing up than cooking.
A biiig sink. One of those deep, wide mini-bathtubs with a detachable faucet.
A walk-in pantry with stainless steel rack shelving and a cool bin for root veggies. I don't know if they make a cool bin for root veggies, but if they don't, they should.
This is in addition to the office with the floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and the upper tier of shelves with one of those little doors at one end that opens into L-space. The office overlooks the vast lawns that slope down to the babbling brook and the woods beyond.
That being said, stuffed. The pot roast came out well. I stuck with the Cooks Illustrated recipe. Pretty much. I didn't have stock, so I used some beef soup base and water. I added sliced mushrooms and a shot of cognac at the end, and thickened the gravy. Had mashed parsnip&carrots and broccoli rabe on the side.
Used the dutch oven in the oven for the first time, after browning the chuck roast atop the stove and adding the veggies. I really, really like that pot. The meat browned beautifully, and clean-up was a snap. I should have taken a picture of the finished product, but I was hungry and I forgot. So. Leftovers:
In other news, the Winter Storm Watch is now a Warning. Snow amounts are all over the place, but seem to be settling around 6-8 inches, with local bursts of up to 10 inches. Rockford is supposed to get pounded, and that's some distance from me, so here's hoping for an easy 4-5 inches and a relatively easy drive to work.
Hockey tonight. USA vs Canada. Canada is heavily favored to win it all. I'm just going to watch.
A dishwasher. Not exactly cutting-edge tech, I know. But we never had one when I was growing up, and none of the rentals I lived in over the years had one. My current house is not, afaik, fitted for one. Even if it was, I would need to give up a largish cupboard in exchange. I would only do this as part of a renovation project, which isn't in the cards at the moment. So, handwashing continues. When you're an every-damned-bowl-in-the-cupboard cook like I am, you wind up spending more time washing up than cooking.
A biiig sink. One of those deep, wide mini-bathtubs with a detachable faucet.
A walk-in pantry with stainless steel rack shelving and a cool bin for root veggies. I don't know if they make a cool bin for root veggies, but if they don't, they should.
This is in addition to the office with the floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and the upper tier of shelves with one of those little doors at one end that opens into L-space. The office overlooks the vast lawns that slope down to the babbling brook and the woods beyond.
That being said, stuffed. The pot roast came out well. I stuck with the Cooks Illustrated recipe. Pretty much. I didn't have stock, so I used some beef soup base and water. I added sliced mushrooms and a shot of cognac at the end, and thickened the gravy. Had mashed parsnip&carrots and broccoli rabe on the side.
Used the dutch oven in the oven for the first time, after browning the chuck roast atop the stove and adding the veggies. I really, really like that pot. The meat browned beautifully, and clean-up was a snap. I should have taken a picture of the finished product, but I was hungry and I forgot. So. Leftovers:
In other news, the Winter Storm Watch is now a Warning. Snow amounts are all over the place, but seem to be settling around 6-8 inches, with local bursts of up to 10 inches. Rockford is supposed to get pounded, and that's some distance from me, so here's hoping for an easy 4-5 inches and a relatively easy drive to work.
Hockey tonight. USA vs Canada. Canada is heavily favored to win it all. I'm just going to watch.
