Re: Kitchen Weirdness
TFM®
"Michael "Dog3"" <fo...@good.hot> wrote in message
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> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have in
> the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon juice
> in the fridge when I rarely use it. I always buy an bottle when I run out
> or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of habit I buy
> those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've
> always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year. What odd
> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
I can never seem to have enough mustard on hand. When any of my multitude
of bottles gets half empty I'm compelled to buy more.
Salt. Must always have good sea or kosher on hand. (we have 20 pounds now
and I'm looking for a new source)
Hot sauce. It's in the fridge, the cabinets, it's everywhere! It's an
obsession with me.
Good soy sauce (Lee Kum Kee) - I *never* want to run out of that.
I also buy too much bread and cheese. Most of which gets thrown out when it
molds. (I cut the mold off cheese, but bread is gone when it starts).
TFM®
Karen
> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have in
> the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon juice
> in the fridge when I rarely use it. I always buy an bottle when I run out
> or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of habit I buy
> those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've
> always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year. What odd
> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
I balance the sponge on the dishwasher overflow valve, so the air
circulates underneath and over the sponge.
I return the coffee grounds basket a little unbalanced so that the lid
doesn't shut all the way and the reservoir area dries out.
I dry handwashables on the top dishwasher rack until the next morning.
I keep the butter dish in the cupboard for umm protection.
I wash the stovetop burner rings and circle things (that go under the
coils), and the air vent filter in the dishwasher nearly every time I
run the dishwasher.
I keep weight loss blender products on the counter top but never use
them.
I use copper clean every time on my revere wear.
I use cloth napkins.
god I'm weird. I'm stopping here...
Karen
Edwin Pawlowski
"Michael "Dog3"" <fo...@good.hot> wrote in message
> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
>
My habits are not odd, its all of those other people that are wrong.
Soda, even opened, is never refrigerated.
Butter should be used from one end of the stick, never from both ends to the
middle. And NEVER scrape the top.
Onions are always sliced across the rings, never lengthwise like my wife
sometimes does.
Probably a few other quirks that seem normal to me.
kilikini
> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I
> have in the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of
> reconstituted lemon juice in the fridge when I rarely use it. I
> always buy an bottle when I run out or the current bottle doesn't
> smell too great. Also out of habit I buy those small baggies that
> hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've always got whole
> habits does anyone else have?
>
> Michael
The main thing I can think of is that on trash day, I'm obsessed with
throwing *every* little thing out. I rummage through the 'fridge for old
food to toss and I have to make sure every scrap of paper towel, soda bottle
or can is out the minute I hear that garbage truck coming around the corner.
I drag the trash bin out to the curb early and I keep a grocery bag on the
door handle for anything that I may find or use until the trashmen get here.
I even wake up early to go through food magazines for recipes I can copy
into my recipe program just so I can toss the magazine!
I'm slowly getting a little more relaxed about it, though. My husband has
drilled it into me that it's a form of OCD and I should get over it (heck, I
used to finger-space all my hangers and color co-ordinate my closet). Is my
life going to collapse if I miss a stray kleenex when the garbage men come?
No, it's not.
My husband's right; I'm just weird. :~)
kili
Julia Altshuler
> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have in
> the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon juice
> in the fridge when I rarely use it. I always buy an bottle when I run out
> or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of habit I buy
> those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've
> always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year. What odd
> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
I like to make patterns with the eggs left in the carton as I take them
out. I generally only need one or two eggs at a time. I'll remove eggs
all from one side, symetrically from both sides, in a zigzag pattern
taking one egg from each side. I never rearrange the remaining eggs to
form the pattern. The only eggs I touch are the ones I'm removing from
the carton to use.
Does this win the prize?
--Lia
kilikini
I do that, too! LOL. I forgot about that one. :~)
kili
Janet Wilder
> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have in
> the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon juice
> in the fridge when I rarely use it. I always buy an bottle when I run out
> or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of habit I buy
> those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've
> always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year. What odd
> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
>
>
The baggies that hold one sandwich are great for refrigerating cut limes
or lemons.
I always have to have a spare jar of mayonnaise in the pantry.
--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life
Nancy Young
"Janet Wilder" <kellie...@yahoo.com> wrote
>> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have in
>> the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon
>> juice in the fridge when I rarely use it. I always buy an bottle when I
>> run out or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of habit
>> I buy those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use them.
>> I've always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year.
>> What odd kitchen habits does anyone else have?
> The baggies that hold one sandwich are great for refrigerating cut limes
> or lemons.
>
> I always have to have a spare jar of mayonnaise in the pantry.
Imagine my shock to find out I was out of mayo a few weeks back,
because I always have a couple jars stored. Ditto light cream for
coffee.
I don't know if I have any kitchen weirdness. The coffee cups
all match and when I put them in the cabinet, all the handles line
up the same way, is that weird? Spoons in the utensil drawer, all
go in spoon side down. I think that might be it.
nancy
Billy
<jalts...@comcast.net> wrote:
>Does this win the prize?
>
You don't number them with a marker?
Virginia Tadrzynski
"Michael "Dog3"" <fo...@good.hot> wrote in message
> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have in
> the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon juice
> in the fridge when I rarely use it. I always buy an bottle when I run out
> or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of habit I buy
> those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've
> always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year. What odd
> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
>
>
> --
> Best license plate seen in a long time.
>
> ~ S CARGO ~
>
> To email - michael at lonergan dot us dot com
I don't think it as a 'weirdness' more of an obsession. I have can goods
stocked so if a nuclear winter came in, we'd eat well for a while. I think
it stems from my childhood when my mom (and I have a friend who does this
now) was more concerned with paying the bills on time than grocery shopping.
We weren't on the wealthy side of the tracks by a long shot and she would
scrimp and save to make sure we paid ON TIME, and then, and only then, would
she take what was left and grocery shop. I remember beans as a meal for a
number of years. Now with kids of my own, the friggin bills can wait, they
get paid, but the kids get fed first and I will make sure there is food in
the pantry, heaven forbid, if we do lack funds. Am I alone in this? My
friend, after paying her bills will buy two pieces of chicken for four
people because that's all she has $$ left for.
-ginny
Dave Smith
> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have in
> the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon juice
> in the fridge when I rarely use it.
It's handy stuff to have on hand. I always do. Fresh lemons are expensive
here, especially out of season, so I use the bottled stuff fortified with real
lemon juice in recipes that call for lemon juice. I also use bottled lime
juice. In the summer I make up some sugar syrup and add bottled lime juice as
a base for Mojitos. I add some of the syrup, a bit of freshly squeezed lime to
rum and soda water.
> I always buy an bottle when I run out
> or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of habit I buy
> those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've
> always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year. What odd
> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
How long to cloves last? Years ago my wife bought a big jar of cloves to stick
into oranges at Christmas. We still have most of them left. They probably lost
their zip 20 years ago. I rarely use them.
Julia Altshuler
>
> You don't number them with a marker?
Numbers? Don't eggs deserve individual names?
--Lia
Michael Kuettner
"Julia Altshuler" schrieb :
> Billy wrote:
>> You don't number them with a marker?
>
>
> Numbers? Don't eggs deserve individual names?
>
>
He : What's for dinner ?
She : John, Paul and Lewie.
He : Oh, no. Not scrambled eggs again !
Brought to you by courtesy of the NSA.
Cheers,
Michael Kuettner
kilikini
> "Michael "Dog3"" <fo...@good.hot> wrote in message
> news:Xns9AD0E171D77F...@69.28.186.121...
>> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I
>> have in the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of
>> reconstituted lemon juice in the fridge when I rarely use it. I
>> always buy an bottle when I run out or the current bottle doesn't
>> smell too great. Also out of habit I buy those small baggies that
>> hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've always got whole
>> cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year. What odd kitchen
>> habits does anyone else have? Michael
>>
>> --
>> Best license plate seen in a long time.
>>
>> ~ S CARGO ~
>>
>> To email - michael at lonergan dot us dot com
>
> I don't think it as a 'weirdness' more of an obsession. I have can
> goods stocked so if a nuclear winter came in, we'd eat well for a
> while.
Okay, your mentioning of cans made me think of another kitchen weirdness I
have. All the labels on things have to face towards me when I open a
cabinet. Stackable cans have to have their labels exactly even with each
other, i.e. cat food. All my herbs and spices have to be clearly visible as
well. My husband always rummages through the cabinets and turns items
around and it just about drives me bonkers.
kili
nobody but us chickens
"Virginia Tadrzynski" <ta...@enter.net> wrote in message
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out stuff & give away. I just worry something will happen and......
I remember maybe $20 for groceries for 5 of us. Lots of beans, rice,
potatoes, cornbread, hoe cake, etc. Because I didn't get much fresh milk
(only at school) I make sure I never run out. Powdered or canned taste yucky
in cereal! I know from experience. I also know what powdered eggs &
government cheese taste like - & thank goodness for them when
I was a kid.
The Ranger
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> From one of the recent threads I discovered some
> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
I've tried to corner the markets on two of Morton's salts
(Kosher and Iodized), Tabasco, rice (Mahatma Basmati and
CalRose), and Clorox liquid bleach. SWMBO has put a moratorium
on any further purchases, even when one of the above items goes
on sale. I'm also pretty OCD when it comes to organizing my
pantry shelves; labels facing forward, neatly rowed and
stacked, cans spaced by size... The daughter-units will go in
and purposely take from the back or middle (*it's the newest
teenangster's prank). Predictably, I'm just not able to let it
go much to their never-ending giggles...
The Ranger
Julia Altshuler
>
> Okay, your mentioning of cans made me think of another kitchen weirdness I
> have. All the labels on things have to face towards me when I open a
> cabinet. Stackable cans have to have their labels exactly even with each
> other, i.e. cat food. All my herbs and spices have to be clearly visible as
> well. My husband always rummages through the cabinets and turns items
> around and it just about drives me bonkers.
Ooh! Ooh! And patterns with the cans. I only get to the store that
sells Muir Glen canned tomato products now and then, so when I'm there,
I buy close to a whole case. They get stacked in the cupboard in
designs: pyramids, lacy patterns, towers.
I'd mention alphabetized spices, but that's not weird.
--Lia
Michael Kuettner
"Dave Smith" schrieb :
> Michael \"Dog3\" wrote:
>
>> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have in
>> the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon juice
>> in the fridge when I rarely use it.
>
> It's handy stuff to have on hand. I always do. Fresh lemons are expensive
> here, especially out of season, so I use the bottled stuff fortified with real
> lemon juice in recipes that call for lemon juice. I also use bottled lime
> juice. In the summer I make up some sugar syrup and add bottled lime juice as
> a base for Mojitos. I add some of the syrup, a bit of freshly squeezed lime to
> rum and soda water.
>
>
>> I always buy an bottle when I run out
>> or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of habit I buy
>> those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've
>> always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year. What odd
>> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
>
> How long to cloves last?
Nearly forever.
> Years ago my wife bought a big jar of cloves to stick
> into oranges at Christmas. We still have most of them left. They probably lost
> their zip 20 years ago. I rarely use them.
>
Add a little extra zing to your rice.
Peel an onion. Cut in half. Put one half (cut side downwards) on the rice.
Stick 6 cloves in the onion.
Cook the rice.
Cheers,
Michael Kuettner
PeterLucas
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>
> Okay, your mentioning of cans made me think of another kitchen
> weirdness I have. All the labels on things have to face towards me
> when I open a cabinet. Stackable cans have to have their labels
> exactly even with each other, i.e. cat food. All my herbs and spices
> have to be clearly visible as well. My husband always rummages
> through the cabinets and turns items around and it just about drives
> me bonkers.
>
OK........ can we say OCD????
;-P
But having said that........ I have 'spots' for things. My keys, my
(carry) knives, my phones, my pager.
In a perfect world, I know that *anytime* I want one of those items, I
can go to their 'spot'....... even in a blackout.
Sometimes, 'certain persons' feel that they have to re-arrange things,
and move things.
That feeling doesn't last long for them :-)
As for my pantry........ I know what the hell is in there, and it
doesn't matter where the hell I throw it!!
My pantry is about 3' deep, and I can reach in there, in the darkness,
and grab what ever spice, or can, or packet, that I need.
But if I go to try and find my favourite shirt in the walk-in robe......
I'm screwed.
I have to call upon she who organizes that part.
--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia
If we are not meant to eat animals,
why are they made of meat?
kilikini
Now that's a good trick! Thanks, Michael.
kili
kilikini
I do the patterns on the cans or jars, too. :~)
kili
Nexis
"kilikini" <kili...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
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Umm...is there a support group for us?? hehe
I do the same thing basically. I can't stand to have trash sitting around.
Especially in the kitchen. In fact, as I cook, I keep a bag handy and toss
stuff in it as it gets used...then it must immediately go out when dinner is
ready ;-) The night before the garbage trucks come, I go around emptying all
of the trash cans in the house, then collecting all the recyclables
(magazines, Wall St Journal, etc...we don't drink soda and rarely have
bottled water, so not alot there). Then in the morning, I double check to
make sure it all went out. My husband has his own OCD things, so he don't
mind a bit ;-)
kimberly
>
>
Julia Altshuler
>
> I do the patterns on the cans or jars, too. :~)
Maybe we were deprived of blocks to play with when we were kids.
Today we're having our 2nd go at making croissants. Last week when they
were put in the oven, I checked email for a second. When I got back, I
saw that Jim had pulled a chair up to the oven door so he could watch
them rise and brown.
That's not weird, is it? Because I promptly pulled up a chair too, sat
down next to him, and watched the show with him.
--Lia
Nexis
"Michael "Dog3"" <fo...@good.hot> wrote in message
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> the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon juice
> in the fridge when I rarely use it. I always buy an bottle when I run out
> or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of habit I buy
> those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've
> always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year. What odd
> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
>
> Michael
Hmm..good question! Well I am finicky about things being put in the correct
cabinet. And on the correct shelf within the cabinet. For example...I have a
large pantry/cabinet, that is split in half, a top and a bottom. On the
bottom is foil, plastic wrap, napkins, paper plates, etc. In the top half, I
keep spices, herbs, seasonings, etc. These are then seperated by baking and
cooking. At the very top are the large jars with things like dried onion,
parsley, dried celery, etc..then cooking spices/herbs, then baking spices,
and at the bottom is cocoa, powdered sugar, sugar, etc. My son, when
cleaning in the kitchen, which I adore and am ever so grateful for, drives
me bonkers when he puts the cinnamon with the cooking spices or the cocoa
powder up with the onions.
I also have to have things a certain way...such as the order of the fruit in
the basket on the island. Certain fruits and/or veggies never get put in the
same basket. The coffee accoutrements have to be in order, not just by name
but by size. In the fridge, dressing and sauces are kept together, cheese
has it's own area, etc. I don't know that this is wierd, just sensible ;-)
It comes from years of having to organize the fridge to get all the
groceries in when I was a kid, I think! lol My mom was shopping for 8 kids
and 2 adults, so there was alot of food to fit in!
About the only other thing I can think of would be my favoritism for certain
pans, dishes, and silverware. I have a spoon that is mine, and no one else
is supposed to use it. My copper core pans are my favorites so they get
deferential treatment when it comes to storage ;-)
And I never, ever drink room temperature water.
kimberly
Michael Kuettner
"kilikini" schrieb :
> Michael Kuettner wrote:
>> Add a little extra zing to your rice.
>>
>> Peel an onion. Cut in half. Put one half (cut side downwards) on the
>> rice. Stick 6 cloves in the onion.
>> Cook the rice.
>>
>
It enhances the taste of the rice without overpowering it.
Cheers,
Michael Kuettner
Nancy Young
"Nexis" <nex...@cox.net> wrote
> "kilikini" <kili...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote
>> The main thing I can think of is that on trash day, I'm obsessed with
>> throwing *every* little thing out. I rummage through the 'fridge for old
>> food to toss and I have to make sure every scrap of paper towel, soda
>> bottle or can is out the minute I hear that garbage truck coming around
>> the corner. I drag the trash bin out to the curb early and I keep a
>> grocery bag on the door handle for anything that I may find or use until
>> the trashmen get here. I even wake up early to go through food magazines
>> for recipes I can copy into my recipe program just so I can toss the
>> magazine!
I have done similar. On newspaper day, I will take out the classifieds,
etc., at the curb and tuck it in with the newspapers already tied for
recycling, assuming I beat the truck that day. They come pretty early.
On cans and bottles day, I take out the empty seltzer bottles from the
night before.
> Umm...is there a support group for us?? hehe
> I do the same thing basically. I can't stand to have trash sitting around.
> Especially in the kitchen. In fact, as I cook, I keep a bag handy and toss
> stuff in it as it gets used...then it must immediately go out when dinner
> is ready ;-) The night before the garbage trucks come, I go around
> emptying all of the trash cans in the house, then collecting all the
> recyclables (magazines, Wall St Journal, etc...we don't drink soda and
> rarely have bottled water, so not alot there). Then in the morning, I
> double check to make sure it all went out.
I empty all the trash cans, check the refrigerator for anything I
should toss, then I try to throw out something that has accumulated
that I never use and no one else could use, either. I figure by 2010
I should have a really cleaned out garage and utility room.
nancy
biig
"Julia Altshuler" <jalts...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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count the dishes as I wash them. 1-6, then 1-5, 1-4, etc down to 1-2 and
start over again until the dishes are all washed. ...Sharon
hahabogus
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I buy excessive amounts of canned green chiles...I only ever use it in
cornbread...which I bake maybe 4 times a year...I must have 2 dozen of
the little cans in the house.
I take stuff out of the freezer the night before for supper...then go
shopping for an entirely different meal and cook the purchased stuff. I'm
get cravings and must satisfy them, hence a humdrum meal quickly gets
replaced by a shopping trip and a more exciting or craved meal. I do this
at least once a week. Take out chicken quarters and go to the store and
buy salmon fillets is an example. Decide on pork chops..take them out and
go buy smokies and saurkraut another example.
--
The house of the burning beet-Alan
Jean B.
down and cook anything. So many thoughts racing through my mind
about what it is that I want to cook. And, if I am out and about
when the urge hits, I am apt to forget some vital ingredient. I
really do need to take lots of things to the food pantry, because
this pattern results in accruing a lot of ingredients!
--
Jean B.
John Kane
How strange. I always try to have the eggs lined up two by two.
However odd eggs are acceptable
John Kane Kingston ON Canada
Karen
> I like to make patterns with the eggs left in the carton as I take them
> out. I generally only need one or two eggs at a time. I'll remove eggs
> all from one side, symetrically from both sides, in a zigzag pattern
> taking one egg from each side. I never rearrange the remaining eggs to
> form the pattern. The only eggs I touch are the ones I'm removing from
> the carton to use.
Good one!
John Kane
> Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
My first response was "Kill him" but perhaps just bit of eduation
with a baseball bat would do. I am not that fussy abaout have the
labels exactly lined up but they must be facing outward but that is
just good management. :)
Karen
> I'm almost afraid to tell you guys mine. I'm blushing already...lol...I
> count the dishes as I wash them. 1-6, then 1-5, 1-4, etc down to 1-2 and
Probably a way to count down the job at hand. Unless, you count other
things in life...
I count the stairs, but I think it's so I won't misjudge and forget
one or if it's dark or I'm carrying stuff, and don't want to fall.
Karen
John Kane
My aunt reported finding my grandmother doing the same when grandma
was visiting and made some bread. Grandma's excuse was that she had
been baking for something like 60 years and this was the first time
that she had seen what actually happened.
Karen
> I don't know if I have any kitchen weirdness. The coffee cups
> all match and when I put them in the cabinet, all the handles line
> up the same way, is that weird? Spoons in the utensil drawer, all
> go in spoon side down. I think that might be it.
I thought there would be more ocd-ness like this in a cooking ng. For
example, I have my spices, and we all know we all have a lot of
spices, in alphabetical order and I've marked them with the date I
purchased them. I didn't even mention this wierdness because I thought
we all did this, right?
Karen
Karen
> I'd mention alphabetized spices, but that's not weird.
thank you!
The Ranger
> "The Ranger" <cuhula...@yahoo.com> news:M4mdnbe-
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>> I've tried to corner the markets on two of Morton's salts
>> (Kosher and Iodized), Tabasco, rice (Mahatma Basmati
>> and CalRose), and Clorox liquid bleach. SWMBO has
>> put a moratorium on any further purchases, even when
>> one of the above items goes on sale. I'm also pretty
>> OCD when it comes to organizing my pantry shelves;
>> labels facing forward, neatly rowed and stacked,
>> cans spaced by size... The daughter-units will go in
>> and purposely take from the back or middle (*it's
>> the newest teenangster's prank). Predictably, I'm
>> just not able to let it go much to their never-ending
>> giggles...
>>
At the height of my folly, we had a whole shelf of the pantry
dedicated to salts and Tabascos (labels forward, stacked just
like they'd been on the store shelves). I think that's when she
went out into the garage and noticed all the Clorox (23 gallon
jugs) and multiple bags of rice. When I shop, I'm allowed to
use lists but only _after_ she's verified we need the product.
Smart & Final has replaced Costco as my walking impulse. I know
unit prices for the stores I shop so when I see a sale, it goes
into the cart. I justify it by the savings I provide. :)
The Ranger
Ms P
"kilikini" <kili...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>>
>>
>> I like to make patterns with the eggs left in the carton as I take
>> them out. I generally only need one or two eggs at a time. I'll
>> remove eggs all from one side, symetrically from both sides, in a
>> zigzag pattern taking one egg from each side. I never rearrange the
>> remaining eggs to form the pattern. The only eggs I touch are the
>> ones I'm removing from the carton to use.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --Lia
>
> I do that, too! LOL. I forgot about that one. :~)
>
> kili
It's comforting to know I'm not the only one whos eggs zig zag.
Ms P
Nancy Young
No, you weirdo! (laughing) Actually, I try to group like spices
together, I even bought a little tray thing so maybe the most
used ones would be easier to find? Unless you're the only person
using the kitchen, it's an exercise in futility.
I have a lazy susan cabinet, I clean it out a couple times a year
and arrange all the like items together. Tomato products, for
instance, I should be able to look in one area to see what I have,
no? Pastas here, soups there, sugars here, etc. Usually takes
2 or 3 weeks before it's become jumbled again.
nancy
biig
"Karen" <kso...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Jul 4, 9:52 am, "biig" <b...@mnsi.net> wrote:
> I'm almost afraid to tell you guys mine. I'm blushing already...lol...I
> count the dishes as I wash them. 1-6, then 1-5, 1-4, etc down to 1-2 and
> start over again until the dishes are all washed. ...Sharon- Hide quoted
> text -
Probably a way to count down the job at hand. Unless, you count other
things in life...
I do it while folding laundry too. You guys and my late Mom are the only
ones I've told...lol...Sharon
kilikini
> "kilikini" <kili...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in
> news:486e484a$0$17659$ec3e...@news.usenetmonster.com:
>
>
>>
>> Okay, your mentioning of cans made me think of another kitchen
>> weirdness I have. All the labels on things have to face towards me
>> when I open a cabinet. Stackable cans have to have their labels
>> exactly even with each other, i.e. cat food. All my herbs and spices
>> have to be clearly visible as well. My husband always rummages
>> through the cabinets and turns items around and it just about drives
>> me bonkers.
>>
>
>
>
> OK........ can we say OCD????
>
>
> ;-P
>
ROFL, you sound like my husband scolding me. :~)
kili
kilikini
LOL, no, that's not weird. We've done that with pizza - or maybe all 4 of
us are weird?
kili
kilikini
When I had a spice rack, I used to alphabetize the spices. Now I have them
organized by what I usually use the spices with. Like, sage, poultry
seasoning, and tyme are together. Cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon are together,
etc. I put my husband's super-hot stuff behind it all so that he forgets
it's there. Tee hee!
kili
kilikini
> "kilikini" <kili...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
>>
Apparently we're kindred souls, kimberly. LOL.
kili
Dave Smith
> Today we're having our 2nd go at making croissants. Last week when they
> were put in the oven, I checked email for a second. When I got back, I
> saw that Jim had pulled a chair up to the oven door so he could watch
> them rise and brown.
>
> That's not weird, is it? Because I promptly pulled up a chair too, sat
> down next to him, and watched the show with him.
I have been known to watch ducks cook in the oven. It is amazing to watch
them shrink.
kilikini
I used to count steps and stairs. I wonder when I stopped doing that?
Funny.
kili
kilikini
>>
> Your pattern sounds akin to mine, but I frequently can't settle
> down and cook anything. So many thoughts racing through my mind
> about what it is that I want to cook. And, if I am out and about
> when the urge hits, I am apt to forget some vital ingredient. I
> really do need to take lots of things to the food pantry, because
> this pattern results in accruing a lot of ingredients!
I'm always worrying and fretting about what I'm going to cook, too. Racing
thoughts. I wake up wondering about and planning what I'm going to cook for
dinner.
Funny thing is, I generally don't even end up eating or preparing dinner
anymore. My husband will end up making some sausage, eggs, or pork meal for
himself. Our diets are so completely different that we really can't/don't
eat together anymore. For the life of me, I don't know why I still fret
about dinner. Habit?
kili
Jean B.
I do that! The system breaks down because I run out of space--and
some shelves could accommodate large containers....
--
Jean B.
kilikini
Okay, now, as the eggs get used up, do you place the zig zag more towards
the middle and try to even out the empty sides? I only do this because if
one side is more heavy (more eggs on the side rather than in the middle) I'm
afraid I'll drop the carton if I get off-balance.
kili
Julia Altshuler
>
> Okay, now, as the eggs get used up, do you place the zig zag more towards
> the middle and try to even out the empty sides? I only do this because if
> one side is more heavy (more eggs on the side rather than in the middle) I'm
> afraid I'll drop the carton if I get off-balance.
Variety. Sometimes it's from the middle out. Sometimes it's from the
edges in. Also, Jim takes them out of the carton always from the end,
and I never say anything to him about that. Instead, I use the space he
creates as an excuse to create a new pattern. I'll go symmetrical from
the egg he's removed.
--Lia
Wayne Boatwright
> kilikini wrote:
>>
>> I do the patterns on the cans or jars, too. :~)
>
>
> Maybe we were deprived of blocks to play with when we were kids.
>
>
> Today we're having our 2nd go at making croissants. Last week when they
> were put in the oven, I checked email for a second. When I got back, I
> saw that Jim had pulled a chair up to the oven door so he could watch
> them rise and brown.
>
>
> That's not weird, is it? Because I promptly pulled up a chair too, sat
> down next to him, and watched the show with him.
>
>
> --Lia
>
>
Maybe he thought he was wathing "Law and Order". :-)
--
Wayne Boatwright
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yes.
Jean B.
good result--unless you consider the donations to the food pantry!
Actually, if my daughter were not so spontaneous about what she
wanted to eat (which is added to my own whims), it would work out
better.
--
Jean B.
Julia Altshuler
hint. When I'm faced with a boring repetitive task like chopping a
whole bunch of parsley or whipping cream, I'll set a timer for a few
minutes. That's not because the parsley should be chopped for exactly 3
minutes or because I know it takes 4 minutes for cream to become
perfectly whipped. It's because it forces me to be patient. At the
beginning, it seems like it will take forever for the parsley ever to
get done. When I set a timer, I realize that I can actually do it in
less than 3 minutes-- which isn't too bad.
It's the same with checking to see when the bottom of something is
brown. If I don't set the timer, I'll be poking at it every few
seconds. With the timer, I force myself to slow down.
--Lia
sandi
> I buy excessive amounts of canned green chiles...I only ever
> use it in cornbread...which I bake maybe 4 times a year...I
> must have 2 dozen of the little cans in the house.
I do the the excessive amounts of chiles, tuna and canned salmon,
when on sale.
biig
"Julia Altshuler" <jalts...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Julia Altshuler
>
> Maybe he thought he was wathing "Law and Order". :-)
Or- The Bold and The Beautiful.
Or- Temperature's Rising
--Lia
Steve Pope
>It's comforting to know I'm not the only one whos eggs zig zag.
I also make sure the eggs are ovoid-side down and pointy end up.
Steve
Julia Altshuler
Okay, now THAT'S weird.
--Lia
Blinky the Shark
Kimberly and kili. Hmmm...
...it's the K-Name Kindred Kompulsive Kleaning Klub.
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Is your ISP dropping Usenet?
Need a new feed?
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Blinky the Shark
> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have in
>> the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon juice
>> in the fridge when I rarely use it. I always buy an bottle when I run out
>> or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of habit I buy
>> those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've
>> always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year. What odd
>> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
>
>
> I like to make patterns with the eggs left in the carton as I take them
> out. I generally only need one or two eggs at a time. I'll remove eggs
> all from one side, symetrically from both sides, in a zigzag pattern
> taking one egg from each side. I never rearrange the remaining eggs to
> form the pattern. The only eggs I touch are the ones I'm removing from
> the carton to use.
>
> Does this win the prize?
It is a serious contender.
Blinky the Shark
*That* makes sense (zig zagging aside). The way my kitchen and fridge are
arranged, I always grab the egg carton by the nearest corner and it is
always the same corner. So I always take the eggs that are farthest from
my grip (starting with the far end and the "other" (not gripped) side).
That way, since the remaining eggs are on the near end, their weight is
less leveraged against me, so if I absentmindedly don't grip them well,
they're less apt to twist out of my hand. That's not a wierdness, though;
it's just a sensical application of physics mixed with a sensical desire
not to have to clean broken eggs off the floor.
Blinky the Shark
>
> "Julia Altshuler" schrieb :
>> Billy wrote:
>>> You don't number them with a marker?
>>
>>
>> Numbers? Don't eggs deserve individual names?
>>
>>
> Conversation in the house Altshuler :
>
> He : What's for dinner ?
> She : John, Paul and Lewie.
> He : Oh, no. Not scrambled eggs again !
And the next day...Huey, Dewey and Ringo?
Blinky the Shark
You stopped the day you got really, really confused by that escalator.
Nancy Young
> corner and it is always the same corner. So I always take the eggs
> that are farthest from my grip (starting with the far end and the
> "other" (not gripped) side). That way, since the remaining eggs are
> on the near end, their weight is less leveraged against me, so if I
> absentmindedly don't grip them well, they're less apt to twist out of
> my hand. That's not a wierdness, though; it's just a sensical
> application of physics mixed with a sensical desire not to have to
> clean broken eggs off the floor.
Eggsactly (harrr). I don't want to pull the carton from the shelf
and suddenly the far side is heavier than I expected and clunk,
what a mess.
nancy
Blinky the Shark
> kilikini wrote:
>>
>> I do the patterns on the cans or jars, too. :~)
>
> Maybe we were deprived of blocks to play with when we were kids.
And now you *have* block -- a block on normal kitchen habits. ;)
> Today we're having our 2nd go at making croissants. Last week when they
> were put in the oven, I checked email for a second. When I got back, I
> saw that Jim had pulled a chair up to the oven door so he could watch
> them rise and brown.
>
> That's not weird, is it? Because I promptly pulled up a chair too, sat
> down next to him, and watched the show with him.
Lemme guess what you do after you paint a room... :)
Dave Smith
But those in the know say that you should store them with the
pointed end down, the same way they pack them for shipping and for
sale.
Wayne Boatwright
Or- "Fahrenheit 411"
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Robin Hood was a terrorist
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Julia Altshuler
>
> And the next day...Huey, Dewey and Ringo?
Nonsense. Everyone knows that eggs are female.
--Lia
Wayne Boatwright
> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have
> in the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon
> juice in the fridge when I rarely use it. I always buy an bottle when I
> run out or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of
> habit I buy those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use
> them. I've always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a
> year. What odd kitchen habits does anyone else have?
>
> Michael
>
Well, let's see... All pots and containers in the cabinets must be in the
same allignment, all handles pointing in the same direction at the same
angle. All spices alphabetized. All foods in the deep freeze and the
refrigerator are grouped by type, all labels facing the same direction.
Each door bin the the fridge contains certain categories of foods; e.g.,
pickles, jarred and bottled sauces, etc. Canned and boxed goods in the
pantry follow the same pattern, grouped by categories and labels alligned
in the same direction. Eggs in the carton are used from first one end,
then the other so that the carton is more balanced to handle. Three
containers on the counter containing cooking utensils, one with all wood
items, one with metal, and one with just silicone spatulas. Three drawers
with wooden dividers, one for flatware, the other two for cooking
implements, organized by type.
Virtually anyone could walk into our kitchen, open doors and drawers and
find almost anything with ease.
OCD? Absolutely!
Wayne Boatwright
Henrietta, Elspeth, and Myrtle.
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No snowflake falls in an inappropriate
place.
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Goomba
> He'd go shopping in the smkt and bring home, a pkt of dried parsley
> sauce. We never, ever. eat packeted dried parsley sauce because I always
> make it fresh. So one day I got out the step stool to find something on
> the top shelf and there they were, all lined up, with (out of) dates
> going back years. It was probably some old childhood trauma from his
> mother's cooking. I managed to persuade him to go cold turkey and after
> the rehab program I think he's been clean ever since. Either that or he
> hides the stash better.
>
> Janet
Do you think that all these years he thought that fresh sauce you made
came from his purchased packets??? LOL
Blinky the Shark
Didn't sound like with your "She : John, Paul and Lewie."
But I realize there's a lot of gender confusion going around these days.
Goomba
I think
> it stems from my childhood when my mom (and I have a friend who does this
> now) was more concerned with paying the bills on time than grocery shopping.
> We weren't on the wealthy side of the tracks by a long shot and she would
> scrimp and save to make sure we paid ON TIME, and then, and only then, would
> she take what was left and grocery shop. I remember beans as a meal for a
> number of years. Now with kids of my own, the friggin bills can wait, they
> get paid, but the kids get fed first and I will make sure there is food in
> the pantry, heaven forbid, if we do lack funds. Am I alone in this? My
> friend, after paying her bills will buy two pieces of chicken for four
> people because that's all she has $$ left for.
> -ginny
>
>
Seems responsible to me <shrug> Bare necessities, for sure...but she
paid her bills AND had something to eat.
Her credit rating certainly is helped by her paying her bills on time
and she still manages to put food on the table. And she is teaching her
kids to live within their means, right?
Goomba
> How long to cloves last? Years ago my wife bought a big jar of cloves to stick
> into oranges at Christmas. We still have most of them left. They probably lost
> their zip 20 years ago. I rarely use them.
>
During the fall and winter I've been known to toss some whole cloves and
stick cinnamon into a pot of water on the stove and let it simmer for
hours just to add a little humidity and fragrance to the air.
Goomba
> I'm almost afraid to tell you guys mine. I'm blushing already...lol...I
> count the dishes as I wash them. 1-6, then 1-5, 1-4, etc down to 1-2 and
> start over again until the dishes are all washed. ...Sharon
>
Oooh.. that *does* sound a tad OCD!! Rituals and all that...
Goomba
> I thought there would be more ocd-ness like this in a cooking ng. For
> example, I have my spices, and we all know we all have a lot of
> spices, in alphabetical order and I've marked them with the date I
> purchased them. I didn't even mention this wierdness because I thought
> we all did this, right?
>
> Karen
I don't do that but it makes perfect sense. Now if you wanna go the
extra step, mark them with the price paid so that when you replace them
you get to agonize over the price difference.
Pete C.
Michael \"Dog3\" wrote:
>
> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have in
> the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon juice
> in the fridge when I rarely use it. I always buy an bottle when I run out
> or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of habit I buy
> those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've
> always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year. What odd
> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
>
> Michael
>
> Best license plate seen in a long time.
>
> ~ S CARGO ~
>
> To email - michael at lonergan dot us dot com
Wow, based on the responses, I feel like the only "normal" one here,
which is rather scary in itself. My kitchen and pantry cabinets are kept
well stocked, but nothing OCD on anything, just buying in the usual
multi packs at Sam's and Costco. Non bulk packed cans that get stacked
in the cabinets do go labels forward, but that's practicality and just a
twist of the wrist when putting the cans down.
Blinky the Shark
I usually just toss one of my sweat socks on the radiator.
Blinky the Shark
> Michael \"Dog3\" wrote:
>>
>> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have
>> in the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon
>> juice in the fridge when I rarely use it. I always buy an bottle when I
>> run out or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of
>> habit I buy those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never
>> use them. I've always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice
>> a year. What odd kitchen habits does anyone else have?
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> --
>> Best license plate seen in a long time.
>>
>> ~ S CARGO ~
>>
>> To email - michael at lonergan dot us dot com
>
> Wow, based on the responses, I feel like the only "normal" one here,
> which is rather scary in itself.
You are not alone. <secret Normal Person handshake>
Gloria P
>
> The main thing I can think of is that on trash day, I'm obsessed with
> throwing *every* little thing out.
>
> My husband's right; I'm just weird. :~)
>
Maybe so, but I'll bet your house is a LOT neater than mine!
gloria p
Serene Vannoy
> From one of the recent threads I discovered some strange habits I have in
> the kitchen. One of them is keeping a bottle of reconstituted lemon juice
> in the fridge when I rarely use it. I always buy an bottle when I run out
> or the current bottle doesn't smell too great. Also out of habit I buy
> those small baggies that hold just one sandwich. I never use them. I've
> always got whole cloves on hand and use them maybe twice a year. What odd
> kitchen habits does anyone else have?
Hmm. I cut my sponges in half to do dishes with them, so I can tell the
dishwashing ones from the housecleaning ones, which I leave whole. And I
throw them away really frequently. If they sit overnight in water, I
throw them out immediately. I buy a LOT of sponges.
I used to be a lot more paranoid about kitchen germs, but I'm getting
better. I still can't leave refrigerated foods out for more than a few
minutes.
And an kitchen-OCD thing I used to have and wish I still did, is that I
used to be *unable* to cook in a messy kitchen. I've gotten more
relaxed on that, and now my kitchen is messy more often than not. I hate
that.
Serene
--
"I think I have an umami receptor that has developed sentience." -- Stef
Gloria P
>
> How long to cloves last? Years ago my wife bought a big jar of cloves to stick
> into oranges at Christmas. We still have most of them left. They probably lost
> their zip 20 years ago. I rarely use them.
>
>
My husband brought back a large bag of them (a kilo, maybe) in 1982 from
a business trip to India. I think the last of them is now in a spice
bottle and given the price of spices now, it might be cheaper to fly to
India to replace them. Actually, for 26 years old, these are still
pretty aromatic, much more than the whole cardamom he bought that I
threw away years ago because I could no longer identify it by smell.
gloria p
Gloria P
> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>>
>>
>> Today we're having our 2nd go at making croissants. Last week when
>> they were put in the oven, I checked email for a second. When I got
>> back, I saw that Jim had pulled a chair up to the oven door so he
>> could watch them rise and brown.
>>
>>
>> That's not weird, is it? Because I promptly pulled up a chair too,
>> sat down next to him, and watched the show with him.
>>
Of course not. I bet it's a lot more entertaining than most of the
stuff on television these days.
gloria p
biig
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she locked the door when she left the house....shame on me...lol....Sharon
Gloria P
Yes. My parents owned a grocery store when I was young and they bought
eggs directly from a farm, in those big crates. I often was shanghaied
into repackaging the eggs into cartons of a dozen. I can distinctly
remember, printed on every crate, "Pack eggs small end down".
I also weighed potatoes from the 50 pound burlap sacks into 5, 7.5, and
10 pound bags. That was a dirty, unpleasant job that made handling the
fragile eggs seem like fun.
gloria p
Gloria P
> On Fri 04 Jul 2008 12:05:58p, Julia Altshuler told us...
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> And the next day...Huey, Dewey and Ringo?
>>
>> Nonsense. Everyone knows that eggs are female.
>> --Lia
>
> Henrietta, Elspeth, and Myrtle.
>
>
Nah, since hens are female and roosters are male and eggs
can hatch into either, I'd say they are hermaphroditic.
;-)
gloria p
Wayne Boatwright
They have to be fertilized first, or they don't hatch at all. :-)
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>
> Nah, since hens are female and roosters are male and eggs
> can hatch into either, I'd say they are hermaphroditic.
Chris, Lee, Marion, Leslie, Ashleigh, Glenn, Jamie.
Wayne Boatwright
Well done, Lia!
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'I said 'no' to drugs, but they just
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Fred/Libby Barclay
I do the egg thing too, sort of......I usually start in the middle with
two side by side, and work my way to the ends. On occasion I will
remove from opposite ends, but always in a balanced way.
I don't know if this is unusual, but I only stack my silverware in the
dishwasher with spoons, forks, and knives in the same place. It's
easier to unload that way.
My sister always put her cups and glasses in her cabinets upside down -
I guess to keep the dust out, since she lived alone.
My husband is obsessive about his sour dough 7-grain sandwich bread for
his sandwiches. He will freeze all of it and remove only what he is
using for his lunch. He won't let it sit on the counter for more than
an hour. He double wraps and freezes it.
Libby