The thing about clearing out a pantry – apart from how long it takes – is that your lucky chickens start getting real variety in their scraps.
Take for instance today – the above ‘chicken smash’ contained unmanageable potatoes (ie small, weird or old) half a box of out of date raisins, an opened packet of rice noodles, a teriyaki packet recipe base (long out of date) a few biscuits that had been hiding and had gone stale and the remains of some cereal that had also been there too long.
The girls were very eager
There was a lot of snatching and running
Anyway – I started with this:
And so far have gotten to this point:
Surprisingly little out of date stuff that had to be thrown away/composted or chickenified. I still have the top shelf to go and I have to sort all my containers into order!
Mostly its getting things back into their proper places. My mother totally didn’t give me her tidy & organised gene. Sigh. Aesthetically Relaxed is all very well… right up to the point you can’t access a walkway into your pantry. Then things have to get Serious. 😀 (like I am serious!!!) ha!
Whatever – I am sure by the time I am finished, it will totally stop that twitch that Jeff has developed every time he goes into the kitchen. Snicker
Evenings are lovely by the fire. I am back to the knitting as its hard to know where to stop with the crocheted rugs. I want to get a few of these face washers completed, as they will be part of Christmas & birthday presents – and cotton on small needles takes me an eon to finish.
Hope your weekends have been fantastic and your week starts brilliantly! (Well… as good as a Monday can be anyway)
Stay warm!
Cheers
Love the pattern on your needles! And the yarn looks luscious, I like green.
I have to laugh at your pantry…..not because it’s messy or tidier but because it’s huge! My rig has a decent sized pantry and I’ve some friends who think it’s huge
Perspective I guess ☺️
lol – I think I wanted to buy this house because of the pantry space! We put the shelves in ourselves. Every kitchen I have had has driven me nuts due to space – lack thereof. Was so excited to get a ‘walk in’ pantry! I can imagine it would look a lot different to yours!! 🙂 You must be very organised in your space I would think!
Your pantry looks great; I, too, am envious of the space! I love the “face washers” aka wash cloths in the US! A great idea for gifts! We are trying to eat simpler, healthier, less expensively from what we have, as well. Your lamb meal looks delicious!
Thanks Tamara! Its such a nice satisfying little challenge to grow your own food – or source it very locally! (lol – four years down the track and I am STILL excited about a walk in pantry)