primitives discuss cleaning the kitchen

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

The empressof all   (1000+ posts)        Mon May-30-11 04:17 PM
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Oh Jeeze....I'm deep cleaning the kitchen

We just emptied out the bottom cabinets. One couple does not need 15 Pyrex bowls. I did find that Pizza cutter that's been missing for 3 years and that avocado cutter that I've been "doing without". I also found tops to pots that are long gone and far too many cookie sheets and muffin pans. I don't think I'll be making 90 odd muffins at the same time in the near future.

Whats hiding in your kitchen?

trud  (834 posts)      Mon May-30-11 06:02 PM
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1. Time for freecycle

I am organizing and paring down my whole house (slowly....), so that when I eventually croak, my brothers won't have to bring a dumpster.

no_hypocrisy  (1000+ posts)      Mon May-30-11 08:28 PM
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2. I'm doing the same thing, calling it feng shui on steroids.

Kitchen, bedroom, study, the attic. Throwing away stuff, donating, shredding, recycling. Finding stuff I thought I lost. I'm really getting into space and less clutter. Kinda shocked how much stuff I brought upstairs, one item at a time.

Phentex  (1000+ posts)        Tue May-31-11 01:11 PM
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3. I'm back off track now...

too many other rooms with concerns. But Tupperware Death Valley is in good shape after my purge. I miss some of my bowls though. I made a big pasta salad and mixed it in one of the square snapware containers. It just wasn't the same.

I need to go through all of my oils and vinegars and see what's what. Same for spices. And why do I have a zillion containers of sprinkles?

I need to get a rack for serving trays. I pulled out a few the other day and realized I have more somewhere in the dark abyss.

I am a professional organizer's dream!

Coyote_Bandit  (1000+ posts)        Tue May-31-11 02:22 PM
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4. I started doing that last year.

Got sidetracked by a number of consecutive disasters.

I've gone to more funerals in the last year than I have throughout the entire remainder of my life. Among others those included a sibling, an uncle, a long-time friend, 3 suicides, a brain anyeurism, and my most beloved dog. Also, a friend closed her business and the school I was enrolled in discontinued my program of study (without giving students an opportunity to complete their training).

Now the entire house, garage, yard and storage area is a frickin disaster because it has been neglected. I need to clean - and deep clean - and purge.

Send cleaning vibes my way please. I'm afraid to know what is hiding in my kitchen.

wildeyed  (1000+ posts)        Wed Jun-01-11 07:52 PM
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6. Can I have one of the bowls?

I could use another large mixing bowl

kestrel91316  (1000+ posts)        Wed Jun-01-11 08:14 PM
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7. I purge every time I move, but I still make sure every kitchen has a little more storage space than the last.

I really AM gonna use that tube pan at least one more time before I die. And the set of 3 springform pans with removable bottoms, and the nonstick tart pan.......I AM gonna use them!!!!!

By the way, even though she didn't show up at this particular campfire, franksolich's literary muse, Mrs. Alfred Packer, the hippywife primitive, is back and promises to energize the moribund cooking and baking forum.

A good thing, too, because franksolich has been waiting to write about the primitives stalking franksolich on the 4th of July, and was lacking inspiration.

[GOBUCKS]

Do normal people own something called an avocado cutter?
You need a special tool to cut those things?
 
I guess guacamole is okay, but avocados are still moonbat fruits, like DUmmy snotspout.

[jukin]

My guess is that the DUmpmonkeys are against it.

[BattleHymn]

Do normal people own something called an avocado cutter?
You need a special tool to cut those things?
 
I guess guacamole is okay, but avocados are still moonbat fruits, like DUmmy snotspout.

Yes, because a regular knife just won't do the job:

 

[debk]

Yes, because a regular knife just won't do the job:

 

I didn't know there was a special tool for cutting avocados....but looking at the picture, it appears to be made of plastic.

I use a regular paring knife when cutting them, but I always use a glass bowl to make guacamole. Avocados turn dark once they are cut, and for some reason, contact with metal speeds up the process.

I suppose using a plastic cutter, would also help to delay the process, but since I don't cut one until I'm going to use it, an avocado cutter is not something I'm going to spend money on.

[BEG]

Do normal people own something called an avocado cutter?
You need a special tool to cut those things?
 
I guess guacamole is okay, but avocados are still moonbat fruits, like DUmmy snotspout.

I actually bought one a couple of months ago for the hell of it. It works pretty cool as long as the avocados are not on the small side. I could totally live with out it though and have for the past 44 years.

[BEG]

Yes, because a regular knife just won't do the job:

 

Actually mine isn't like that. I'm going to have to go look for it now.

Edited:  here is the one I got.  I bought it at Bed Bath and Beyond

[Celtic Rose]

Do normal people own something called an avocado cutter?
You need a special tool to cut those things?
 
I guess guacamole is okay, but avocados are still moonbat fruits, like DUmmy snotspout.

I love Avocado's.  No need for a special tool to cut them though.

[DumbAss Tanker]

primitives discuss cleaning the kitchen

Oh, they've instituted a 'Creative Writing - Fiction' forum?

[ChuckJ]

The empressof all   (1000+ posts)        Mon May-30-11 04:17 PM
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Oh Jeeze....I'm deep cleaning the kitchen

We just emptied out the bottom cabinets. One couple does not need 15 Pyrex bowls. I did find that Pizza cutter that's been missing for 3 years and that avocado cutter that I've been "doing without". I also found tops to pots that are long gone and far too many cookie sheets and muffin pans. I don't think I'll be making 90 odd muffins at the same time in the near future.

Whats hiding in your kitchen?

I've heard of deep cleaning carpet but never a kitchen. Maybe ours has never been dirty enough to warrant a deep cleaning. I know it's never been dirty enough to lose that much stuff.

[BEG]

I've heard of deep cleaning carpet but never a kitchen. Maybe ours has never been dirty enough to warrant a deep cleaning. I know it's never been dirty enough to lose that much stuff.

I do.  I oil and old english my cabinets, cleaned out the fridge, pulled it out before I had a built in one and cleaned behind it, cleaned the grout on the tile floor, resealed the granite and cleaned my junk drawer plus went through my towel drawer to toss kitchen towels that have seen better days. Cleaned out the cabinet under the sink, dusted the top of the fridge (pre built in) and cabinets. Taken all my silverware, knives and kitchen utensils out of the organizers they are in and run the organizers threw the dishwasher. I also vacuum my cabinets on the inside, more so the lower ones because they get kind of crumbly. Especially the cabinet where I store the toaster.

[ChuckJ]

I do.  I oil and old english my cabinets, cleaned out the fridge, pulled it out before I had a built in one and cleaned behind it, cleaned the grout on the tile floor, resealed the granite and cleaned my junk drawer plus went through my towel drawer to toss kitchen towels that have seen better days. Cleaned out the cabinet under the sink, dusted the top of the fridge (pre built in) and cabinets. Taken all my silverware, knives and kitchen utensils out of the organizers they are in and run the organizers threw the dishwasher. I also vacuum my cabinets on the inside, more so the lower ones because they get kind of crumbly. Especially the cabinet where I store the toaster.

Okay. So that's a deep cleaning. The wife does that, but I never knew it as a deep cleaning. I always considered it more of a stay-out-of-the-way-if-you-know-what's-good-for-you cleaning.

When I think of the term "deep cleaning" in relation to a room I imagine a room like you see on that hoarders show.