Fridges and Pantrys and Cabinets oh my!

[Stefferdoos]

What's in yours? I was just cleaning mine out and thought this would be an interesting show and tell topic much like the receipt thing. Who of us isn't curious what's in everyone else's refrigerators and cupboards?

Now I'm off to go make dinner with that sad little porkchop you see on my counter.

Edited December 19, 2007 by Stefferdoos (log)

[JEL]

are those chocolate chips in the lazy susan...also noticed the sirachi in the fridge door......and would that be a jar of claussen pickles in front of the sirachi....

[Stefferdoos]

Yes, yes and yes. I made chocolate chip M&M cookies today and those were the leftover chips. There were no leftover M&Ms

All manner of hot sauces besides the Sirachi there. Should be a bottle of Choula (sp?) and Frank's Red Hot too.

btw - some of the more offensive items people might find I will confess that some are mine. Others are leftover from when I let my sister and her family live in the house after they sold theirs and I was on the road. Like that spray "butter". Totally not mine. She's a diet freak and Weight Watchers tells her that a squirt of spray fake butter is free so I have to keep that around. I wish they could do that with real butter. Its handy for corn on the cob to be sure. However the two pounds of regular butter on that shelf and the canned Kimchi & Special K bars in the pantry are totally mine.

I also seem to have about 5 bottles of rice wine vinegar. I think every time I cook Chinese I think that I ran out and buy a new bottle of the stuff.

Edited December 20, 2007 by Stefferdoos (log)

[shellfishfiend]

I would be interested in knowing how many egulleters have a bottle of sirachi. I know I have one. I have often noticed it in bloggers kitchen pics.

[Peter the eater]

I would be interested in knowing how many egulleters have a bottle of sirachi. I know I have one. I have often noticed it in bloggers kitchen pics.

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I have some! I love the "red rooster sauce" as we call it around here.

[Pierogi]

I would be interested in knowing how many egulleters have a bottle of sirachi. I know I have one. I have often noticed it in bloggers kitchen pics.

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Add another into the "I have Srirachi" column !

[Lilija]

Count me in for the sriracha...and I'm tempted to post pics, since I just spent an evening cleaning out my pantry...

[kbjesq]

A meal just isn't a meal without srirachi! That stuff is addictive. I think I could drink a glass of it. Ok, well maybe just a shot. It's definitely my favorite hot sauce.

[Stefferdoos]

Count me in for the sriracha...and I'm tempted to post pics, since I just spent an evening cleaning out my pantry...

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Post em!! I'm so nosy. I must know!!

[_john]

Japanese cabinet. Knives from the knife show and tell topic on the right. The black cylinders contain: cumin, mustard seed, coriander seeds, and fenugreek.

other noteable items: bamboo leaves, vietnamese drip, masteca masa, cloths line spice innovation.

old lady sauce, one rank above average standard Japanese seasonings, sake, brandy, pimenton, salt pinch pot

[JEL]

in the first pic, what is the grey colored hose that's running vertically, is that the under the sink cabinet?? i'm puzzled because it's straight (without a water trap)...japaneese plumbing lesson needed...

in the second pic, what is the contraption on the tight, vacuum cleaner???

tell us about the blowtorch on the top.....

[Stefferdoos]

I like the clothespin/clothesline idea for the spice packets. I've got all sorts of those little Cello bags open in my pantry but they are just shoved up in that basket hanging from the top shelf. I might actually remember to use them before buying more if I could see them the way JEL can in his pantry.

[_john]

in the first pic, what is the grey colored hose that's running vertically, is that the under the sink cabinet??  i'm puzzled because it's straight (without a water trap)...japaneese plumbing lesson needed...

in the second pic, what is the contraption on the tight,  vacuum cleaner???

tell us about the blowtorch on the top.....

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Yes that is the drain pipe from the sink, it has no trap which is actually a problem. Sometimes bad smells come up from it so I leave the stopper in the sink at all times. New apartments have something like a trap.

Not a vac. That hose is connected to a pump I use to recycle the hot water from my bath to wash clothes! The washing machine is on the right... in my kitchen. Obviously space is at a premium.

The blowtorch is a brazing torch (speaking of plumbing). It takes gas cartridges which are a standard item here. The same cartridges are use in my portable stove which is used for tabletop cooking. I use it for a Japanese technique called tataki where food is seared and then quickly chilled. Also for desserts.

The clothesline idea was necessary in my small kitchen but I ended up really liking it.