we are cooking with gas!
Apr. 28th, 2007 11:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mouse_rantsthe appliances are here and installed, and i'm already playing with them.
i did the chicken tonight - it was a tad underdone, but that was my fault - i was trying out the timed cook, and set it at the shorter time - and the chicken was a bit larger than the recipe specifies, so i should have gone longer. still, quite tasty, and i can cook the thighs a bit more when i reheat them. it ended up being so late because i didn't get home till about 7, and then it took longer than expected to reduce the sauce. the smoke alarm and i may have to come to some sort of understanding about how high i can turn up the burners.
i've only just started on putting things away, which limited my cooking somewhat, since i can't find most of the things i needed. the stuffing, for example, was perhaps a bit more piquant than one would expect, because it called for lemon zest, and the grater is still packed away, but the vegetable peeler was at hand, so i used that, and then chopped the peel - so there were rather sudden spurts of lemon, rather than an overall lemonyness. pretty tasty, though.
tomorrow: grilled scallops a la benny (seethed in jealousy)!
so here's the new stove and microwave:
as you can see, a serious stove - 6 burners (and there's a griddle thing you can put over the center burners - i was going to try that tomorrow, but i haven't found the pancake mix yet).
and the bottom part of the stove, with angelina:
i'm rather stoked to have a window, so i can watch the food cook. the bit at the bottom is a warmer drawer.
for some reason my pics of the dishwasher came out fuzzy, but there's not too much to see in any event - but here it is:
i'm running a load now, including the pans from dinner - so we will see how well it does.
i will have to admit, i will rather miss the companionship while washing dishes -
(yes, i know she shouldn't be on the counter - but how can one resist?). but tonight was one of those nights when i didn't finish dinner till 10, and i'm just as pleased not to think of dishes piling up in the sink.
angelina is such a domestic little thing - she was in keeping an eye on the dishwasher earlier.
here's a better shot of the sink side:
...including the pile of new manuals. unfortunately, all that lovely open space is rapidly disappearing.
the final bathroom:
made it to the street fair, and the switchplate guy was there, so i have a lovely selection in the kitchen now:
on the painted side:
for the light switches:
and on the wood side:
i thought it was cute when i first saw it, i didn't realize it would be so amusing in place.
as you can see, a serious stove - 6 burners (and there's a griddle thing you can put over the center burners - i was going to try that tomorrow, but i haven't found the pancake mix yet).
and the bottom part of the stove, with angelina:
i'm rather stoked to have a window, so i can watch the food cook. the bit at the bottom is a warmer drawer.
for some reason my pics of the dishwasher came out fuzzy, but there's not too much to see in any event - but here it is:
i'm running a load now, including the pans from dinner - so we will see how well it does.
i will have to admit, i will rather miss the companionship while washing dishes -
(yes, i know she shouldn't be on the counter - but how can one resist?). but tonight was one of those nights when i didn't finish dinner till 10, and i'm just as pleased not to think of dishes piling up in the sink.
angelina is such a domestic little thing - she was in keeping an eye on the dishwasher earlier.
here's a better shot of the sink side:
...including the pile of new manuals. unfortunately, all that lovely open space is rapidly disappearing.
the final bathroom:
made it to the street fair, and the switchplate guy was there, so i have a lovely selection in the kitchen now:
on the painted side:
for the light switches:
and on the wood side:
i thought it was cute when i first saw it, i didn't realize it would be so amusing in place.
i did the chicken tonight - it was a tad underdone, but that was my fault - i was trying out the timed cook, and set it at the shorter time - and the chicken was a bit larger than the recipe specifies, so i should have gone longer. still, quite tasty, and i can cook the thighs a bit more when i reheat them. it ended up being so late because i didn't get home till about 7, and then it took longer than expected to reduce the sauce. the smoke alarm and i may have to come to some sort of understanding about how high i can turn up the burners.
i've only just started on putting things away, which limited my cooking somewhat, since i can't find most of the things i needed. the stuffing, for example, was perhaps a bit more piquant than one would expect, because it called for lemon zest, and the grater is still packed away, but the vegetable peeler was at hand, so i used that, and then chopped the peel - so there were rather sudden spurts of lemon, rather than an overall lemonyness. pretty tasty, though.
tomorrow: grilled scallops a la benny (seethed in jealousy)!
