Gearing Up
Jan. 16th, 2016 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowOnce again, this year, I have set myself the goal of not putting things off - doing what I want done, getting what I want to get, all in reasonable time. With that in mind, this morning I pulled up a To Do List I put together sometime last year. After clucking over the small number of items I'd actually carried through on, I decided on a trip to the Chef Shoppe.
My main goal was to get an electric coffee grinder that actually grinds instead of chopping the beans. (The one W supplied me with last month has numerous features my old Krups didn't have, and I like it quite a bit - but it isn't a true grinder.) The salesperson led me to where they would be on display, but, alas, none were. They do sell them, and have some on order, so I'll give them a call in a couple of weeks to see if they're in yet.
Beyond that, I wanted some freezer containers - I do plan to start making soup stock! - and the list also included a spring-form pan. I could not remember why I'd put that last item on the list, or even precisely what one was, but when the salesperson mentioned cheesecake I remembered. I got a 10" pan and two sets of nested containers.
On a whim, I also bought an Angry Mama microwave cleaner. I realize that a microwave-safe glass would do equally well as a holder for vinegar and water, but this one, at least, I won't use for anything else and leave myself open to not having it when I need it. It's not as if it cost a whole lot.
So, I'm reasonably pleased with the haul, even without the grinder, and I hope to have that as well in no more than a month's time. (Now I have to sit down and look over cheesecake recipes, to see if I really want to try making some....)
My main goal was to get an electric coffee grinder that actually grinds instead of chopping the beans. (The one W supplied me with last month has numerous features my old Krups didn't have, and I like it quite a bit - but it isn't a true grinder.) The salesperson led me to where they would be on display, but, alas, none were. They do sell them, and have some on order, so I'll give them a call in a couple of weeks to see if they're in yet.
Beyond that, I wanted some freezer containers - I do plan to start making soup stock! - and the list also included a spring-form pan. I could not remember why I'd put that last item on the list, or even precisely what one was, but when the salesperson mentioned cheesecake I remembered. I got a 10" pan and two sets of nested containers.
On a whim, I also bought an Angry Mama microwave cleaner. I realize that a microwave-safe glass would do equally well as a holder for vinegar and water, but this one, at least, I won't use for anything else and leave myself open to not having it when I need it. It's not as if it cost a whole lot.
So, I'm reasonably pleased with the haul, even without the grinder, and I hope to have that as well in no more than a month's time. (Now I have to sit down and look over cheesecake recipes, to see if I really want to try making some....)
