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Fridge Cleaning and Tea Storage
Apr. 15th, 2024 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_broken_towerWho knew? Meal planning can go a ways in helping keep a kitchen clean.
Elliot M and I have been working on the fridge. He wiped down a place where a Miscellaneous Substance had oozed out of the produce drawer (possibly from onions), and I washed down the drawer they were in.
We were meal planning, and a stop at the grocery was next, so I went through and cleared out older things that belong in the bin - aging parsley, browning spring onions, something in a jar that expired last year.
Groceries have since been gotten. New produce has been cut into pieces for grazing and kababs, things have been rearranged to better use space, and the fridge is looking much friendlier. I took out a bag of chicken thigh from the freezer to thaw and will see tomorrow if it is, in fact, still good.
Things have been much easier to keep up with after the initial decluttering efforts last year. These occasional lighter edits are keeping everything in shape, and the meal planning means there are regular times to check what's in there, get rid of older stuff, and make plans for what's next so it doesn't re-accumulate.
We're also trying biweekly bulk tea: I used up almost all of a pack of a white mango something-or-other blend for cold tea the next few days. The massive bag is being re-steeped in my nightly pot, so it gets a little more use before being composted. Bulk cold tea is looking more promising in using up the herbals and whites in the infamously over-stocked Tea Drawer(s) than trying to rotate out breakfast cups.
(And a bonus: I saved and planted some seeds from the grocery poblano to try growing. They'll mostly be gifted out, if they sprout and get their true leaves.)
The next cleaning-related goal is... Taking the recycling out in stages. It desperately needs emptying.
- Maïma
Elliot M and I have been working on the fridge. He wiped down a place where a Miscellaneous Substance had oozed out of the produce drawer (possibly from onions), and I washed down the drawer they were in.
We were meal planning, and a stop at the grocery was next, so I went through and cleared out older things that belong in the bin - aging parsley, browning spring onions, something in a jar that expired last year.
Groceries have since been gotten. New produce has been cut into pieces for grazing and kababs, things have been rearranged to better use space, and the fridge is looking much friendlier. I took out a bag of chicken thigh from the freezer to thaw and will see tomorrow if it is, in fact, still good.
Things have been much easier to keep up with after the initial decluttering efforts last year. These occasional lighter edits are keeping everything in shape, and the meal planning means there are regular times to check what's in there, get rid of older stuff, and make plans for what's next so it doesn't re-accumulate.
We're also trying biweekly bulk tea: I used up almost all of a pack of a white mango something-or-other blend for cold tea the next few days. The massive bag is being re-steeped in my nightly pot, so it gets a little more use before being composted. Bulk cold tea is looking more promising in using up the herbals and whites in the infamously over-stocked Tea Drawer(s) than trying to rotate out breakfast cups.
(And a bonus: I saved and planted some seeds from the grocery poblano to try growing. They'll mostly be gifted out, if they sprout and get their true leaves.)
The next cleaning-related goal is... Taking the recycling out in stages. It desperately needs emptying.
- Maïma
