You know how we're always fascinated by other people's pantries? Well, I am. The covert look to see if there's any old brands knocking about, whether or not the owner is still hanging on to any Crosse & Blackwell's Mushroom Ketchup, whether they've got any guilty tins of All Day Breakfasts. If this looks like the contents of kitchen cupboards have just been thrown in a heap in the corner, you'd be right. This is the result of half the walls of Only Daughter's old kitchen being knocked down by a sledgehammer yesterday lunchtime so that two Men Who Know What They're Doing could put in an RSJ to hold the bathroom up. (One of them doing it with a fag on, excellent.) And so this jumble of general kitchen paraphernalia naturally caught my eye. The randomness of it all. The camcorder in the cutlery drawer, the hurried spent teabags (she'll kill me). That's it really. Just glad to see the staples of Colmans and Oxo are in there.
I like the generous provision of corkscrews, the Yorkshire tea tin, and the rather elegant balsamic vinegar bottle, but hope she doesn't get Oxo on her camcorder. (The camcorder equivalent in our kitchen is less useful: a drawer full of old mobile phone chargers.)
ReplyDeleteMost of the ingredients for a nice ruby here...and an ivitation to 'Pane in the Glass'???? Shame about the Yorkshire tea tin but you'd get a fortune for the distressed woodwork down in that London.
ReplyDelete'Pane in the Glass' is apparently the not quite thought through enough name of Only Daughter's window cleaner.
ReplyDeleteA kitchen..indeed life with Oxo would be unthinkable.
ReplyDeleteAh, all is now clear (geddit)... a bit like 'A salt and battery' for a fish and chip shop?
ReplyDeleteAgree wholeheartedly about Oxo - makes a fine savoury condiment when sprinkled on roast potatoes and helps those with low blood pressure (allegedly).
Good to see Giacobbe olive oil near the top. Only obtainable in Combo land and a good drop I have to say. I don't rate the Berio stuff. Too coarse by far.
ReplyDeleteWhich do you use in your Landrover Toby?
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