Cooking in a Tiny Kitchen: Experiment Two and Three

[gayathri]

This time, I made rajma and rice and roasted some beets again. Over roasted the beets, thus reminding me I need a kitchen timer. Instead I bought a watch. (which doesnt have a timer. Doh. I think my fone does tho) - Didnt use prepbowls, but used saved plastic containers from the last time I ate take out from the thai place that uses really nice plastic dishes. Hell, who needs prepbowls! I have GladWare! :)

Alicia Bell and I ate it with a bottle of Barbera D'Alba 2007 - a little young, but I still love that grape.


Experiement Three didnt complete because I was tired of chopping and didnt make an apple pie, but will this weekend.
I made peppers, onions and kielbasa over brown rice. Since I was also making tea, I had three of four burners going at once! Roasted some yams and potatoes again, 'cause its too damn easy.

Failures: Roasting garlic - have to wrap in foil, they finish too soon and burn.

The fun is still that there is no prep space, so I use the dining room table. I'll take pics.

But dont need prep bowls, and still working with two saute pans, two pots. I need one more lid tho.

Comments

[rhiannonstone.livejournal.com]

This (http://www.amazon.com/Wrapables-Chefs-Quad-Timer/dp/B000YQNHFA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1233300929&sr=1-1) is my favoritest kitchen timer ever. A little overengineered, sure, but possibly the last kitchen timer you will ever need.

[lil-brown-bat.livejournal.com]

Until you drop it on the floor, which is bound to happen in my kitchen. I'll stick with the under-$5 model.

[basmati.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have a couple of ikea-style digital ones I got for maybe $2 each; when I was in pastry-cheffing school I carried them in my pocket everywhere. More accurate than the wind-up kind, will beep at you til you deal with what needs to be dealt with, and if you break them they are easily replaceable.

We have an old-fashioned darkroom timer too, which is fun but I can't hear it from everywhere in the house.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

do you have a laptop? lots of timer programs for computers.

[gayathri.livejournal.com]

I have two! :) I am going to check out some freeware and see - since usually I'm playing on a laptop while cooking anyway.