Adventures with Pans

[livingdeb]

Once upon a time there were beautiful pots and pans that heated evenly and had matching lids. Robin admired the pans and fantasized about the pans, but they were very expensive.

Then one day the fairy godmother came and zapped the prices to super clearance levels. And so Robin came into possession of several beautiful pans.

What shall we do with the beautiful pans? Let us set them out on the stove and the counters and admire them lovingly as we walk by.

Then one day the organization fairy recommended a pot rack. No ordinary pot rack seemed quite right for our cozy kitchen layout. The coolest suggestion came from Sunny: bathroom grab bars, bolted to the ceiling. However, we couldn't find just the right shape for our special situation. Finally the IKEA fairy offered us the perfect rods, with matching hooks, at unbelievably low prices. Unfortunately, these were not available via the web. We must visit the location nearest us: the one in Houston.

Aha, just the excuse we needed to go to brunch at Jalapeños!

We got a bunch of errands done yesterday so we could leave town today.

We began the adventure with Robin insomnia, followed by sleeping late.

Then Robin drove us while I read to him. We arrived just after running out of novel and enjoyed way too much fabulous Mexican food.

Then off to IKEA where we did indeed find the rods and hooks. In addition, a lid rack, drinking glasses, kitchen towels, garage shelving, picture frames, and rye crackers followed us home.

After some wonderful music and scintillating conversation, we were back at the sauna (home).

Robin started looking for studs to nail the rods to. There are no stud fairies in this story.

Robin is working on a solution involving a chair, a nail finder, a hammer, a table saw, a drill, scrap wood, screws, paint, and probably other assorted items. I am giving armchair advice.

And so I leave you in suspense. What other tools will be used? Will the pans ever dangle? Will we ever figure out the recipe for the amazing chicken cutlets at Jalapeños?

Comments

[chikuru.livejournal.com]

I think it's cool that you decided to go to Houston on such a flimsy excuse. Suddenly, an otherwise boring Sunday is full of adventure. If we had a proper train system in this state, like they do in Europe, I bet I would got to Houston on Sundays more often. Well, Galveston anyway.

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

Flimsy? I don't think you quite understand the pan overpopulation problem in my kitchen. Robin used to have twice as many pans as I do, and we don't share. He hates all my pans because they don't work as well when you like to cook using high heat. I hate all his pans because the handles get hot, you can't use metal utensils in most of them, and they are heavy which makes it hard to pour from. (Actually, I love his electric griddle for pancakes and French toast, and he is no longer allowed to use it; he uses his new electric frying pan instead now.) Then he added two cast-iron pots (and the electric fryer). Then with this sale, he doubled the number of pans he owns. And lids. We really can cover every surface of our kitchen, and more, with pots and pans.

A train system would be awesome. But it would have to be attached to good mass transit within the cities, too. Also, we couldn't have loaded as much stuff onto a train as into Robin's truck. A train would have worked fabulously for the Jalapeños/art museum trip we took last year, though.

With the right reading materials, music, and conversationalists, even driving makes a pretty good trip. And takes less than three hours, barring bad traffic. (Add a half hour for Galveston.)