All stems from age, regettably. Bottom cupboard is difficult to access. When I get down it's a pain to get up again.
So - before ordering Green Peppercorns at the best price I could find, I could have done a better search.
I was SURE I had some.
Yes - today, there was a 250g bag from Spiceworld at £6.49 inc. And a fresh tin of dry Mustard that I gave up on yesterday!!
Later - back in business.
you shouldn't be so hard on yourself the times I found things lurking at the back of the cupboard :D
So what on the menu today you food always looks very tasty and delicious ;D
Ah well, look on the bright side. Better to live in plenty than to go short. :)
You'll have to find some recipes that use a lot of green peppercorns!
Since you ask, lola -
Reduced-for-quick-sale Pork Tenderloin - with Noodles & Sauce (Button Mushrooms, Peppers, Spring Onions, Garlic, Parsley, Thyme, Cornflour, Sherry Vinegar, Stock). + Braised celery.
I suspected that sort of thing creeps up on us if we survive long enough. That's why in our new kitchen there are ONLY DRAWERS, and only corner cupboards with revolving shelves.
Hey, Tim, I'm only 56, but I hate getting on my knees!
Hey Tim, how many extras can you fit round the table for that scrumptious lunch, i can be there for 2 pm, Hahaha!!.
rosebud can you pick me up on the way I'm ready when you are ...looks fantastic as usual tim, may have added a little star anise myself!
Too late!
Anise? Or 5 spice or....!! Was trying it a bit simple today.
Puts my boiled eggs and soldiers into the shade... :-[
That looks very nice Tim, Lolabelle, we missed out on Sunday lunch :(.
Is this a great idea for a new invention?
One of those kneeling pads with a tight spring so that when we want to get up we press the button and it bounces us back up again?
you could call the contraption a zebadee ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm only a spring chicken of 43, but I already find that the ground is getting harder to reach... :-[ - and I say that after an afternoon of digging, which called for a very hot bath and a little snooze to recover!!
Here's a recipe that requires *two tablespoons* of green peppercorns! Sounds scrummy!
http://www.recipezaar.com/Chicken-Liver-Pate-With-Green-Peppercorns-110724
If you search on 'green peppercorns', they come up with 9 recipes in total.
Lost and found theory I have developed is. When there is something you can not find. You wait until you lose/misplace something else.
Then whilst you are looking for the second lost object/item, you find the first one.
My second consideration was the development of the proposed zebadee invention. After a brief think, I was almost there with the idea. Then realised the problem was that our knees are the wrong way round for kneeling.
You mean zigzag??
no zebadee after the chap with a spring , in magic roundabout ;D ;D
First post since my knee replacement op. I can't even get down at all! Or sit on my computer chair for more than five minutes at a time - still too stiff and painful. But last year I decided all this bending lark was getting too much for me anyway so I had all my cupboards fitted out with pull-out baskets. It has made a tremendous difference to me.
Tricia
Might try just that!!
Who did them?
Unfortunately, mine came from MFI who have since gone bust, but I bought one basket for a friend from these people:
http://www.kitchensupplies.co.uk/acatalog/pull_out_baskets.html
Hope this helps........
Tricia
Cardboard boxes from the supermarket, put things into these then you just need to bend and pick up the box, put it on top and root through.
I got some white ones, strong, they had wine boxes and the sides were clear of adverts so I wrote the contents on the side with black felt tip.
Easy to recycle and replace. The cupboard doors are shut so no one can see what is inside.
Like the pull-out idea - thanks, Tricia.
Sadly, our 'units' are old fashioned & not deep enough.
Back to the drawing board!
needs thinking round the prob Tim & don't always look for solutions in the kitchenware depts..
My prob. was/is 1) my height (5.2" & shrinking :o)+ a weakness in my arms for lifting things down from heights 2) when my back 'goes' I can't bend to get to low-stored stuff (not even my back-freeing painkillers which were in a bottom cupboard :o) 3) my absolute need for clear clutter-free work surfaces.
Therefore....
I quite ruthlessly keep only pots, pans, sauces, herbs, etc.etc. which I use on a more-or-less daily basis in my available cupboards, both base units & wall.....the only-at-Xmas + Special Occasion large items are kept somewhere else.....my available space is at a premium!
I utilize ALL the inside of cabinets/cupboards to hang things from....pots&pans cupboard door of a base unit, f'rinstance has hooks for colanders & sieves, while the walls of the same cupboard have hooks for small saucepans...
Under-the-sink there is a similar get-up but this time for tea-towels etc.
Drawer units are worth their weight in gold - but only IF you decide exactly WHAT goes WHERE..
Wall units..I relied heavily on a mix of Betterware/Kleeneze/whatever...again, I adoped the principle of utilizing the inside of the doors for shallow permanent shelving units to house loads of sauces/packets etc....
The wall units themselves have 2 shelves and again these are designated....I found that one of the designated area wasn't making use of the height of the unit, SO...I found in one of the catalogues one of those 2-tiered 'steppped' little thingys? Puts everything on clearly visible view! My Best Buy I found at Asda, years ago...a carousel of 12 spice jars which fits nicely on the first shelf onf a wall unit...
I was fortunate because I could buy cheapo units to my spec. & plan where I wanted them...and because I didn't want things hidden behind others I bought 'slimline' units....18" depth.
They really work - and they really work for me 8)
IF I had to look to organise another space as you describe, Tim, I'd be thinking outside the box again.....those knickers/socks dividing units? Could see how they could work in a kitchen environment...
Great logic, Lishka - great letter!
Yes - I do my best- see earlier Storage thing - & this (shown a while ago).
But the bottom cupboard - even though just for top-up items - is now a no-no. Have to have pull-outs, even if bespoke.
I'll report back - after the 6' double Chimney is rebuilt, the Shutters are paid for, the upped Council Tax ditto, the new Solid Fuel Stove is installed................!!