{"id":6093,"date":"2019-04-14T21:59:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T01:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=6093"},"modified":"2020-02-29T19:52:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T00:52:12","slug":"365190-r-by-r-kitchen-pantry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/365190-r-by-r-kitchen-pantry\/","title":{"rendered":"365+#190: R by R: Kitchen + Pantry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>KITCHEN: <\/strong>I spent 5 days deciding what to keep, give away, or relocate from our kitchen, pantry, and nearby cubby holes. Some days I worked for 1 \u00bd hours since I had the time. Other days I did nothing because I had no discretionary time. Here are the results:
\nCupboard clean-out:<\/strong> I took all the contents out (see right) then cleaned the cabinet, and decided what to keep. (see below)
\nWhat would you have kept or pitched?
\n\"\"<\/a>\u2022<\/strong>Keep: plates, bowls, and a generous supply of containers for leftovers and storage.
\n\u2022<\/strong>Give away: 2 extra glasses, 5 carry out containers (out of 10), 2 sandwich containers
\n\u2022<\/strong>Recycle: 5 plastic lids that don\u2019t fit anything
\n2 #5 lids will go to Whole Foods<\/em>
\n\u2022<\/strong>Pitched: 4 unrecyclable lids that don\u2019t fit
\n\"\"<\/a><\/u>Misc. give aways<\/strong> tucked in corners of misc. cupboards: mixer beaters and attachments to a broken mixer, never used Bundt cake pan, decorative nut bowl, almost never used flask, 3 of 10 misc. baskets,\u00a0 several misc. lids and bases that don\u2019t fit anything, duplicate size frying pan, very old can opener, 2 ash trays (We\u2019ve never used the ash trays, but I suppose there was a time 30 years ago when we thought it would be hospitable to have an ashtray available if needed.)
\nFound:<\/strong> a bagel slicer that we thought had been lost
\n\"\"<\/a>Pitched:<\/strong> Outdated food
\nRelocated:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 <\/strong>4 costume leis moved to costume box
\n\u2022 <\/strong>Ice-melting compound moved to basement
\n\"\"<\/a>\u2022 <\/strong>3 kites moved to basement sports equipment
\n\u2022 <\/strong>Empty Pepsi bottle from 1989 Soviet Union trip moved to place for commemorative bottles<\/p>\n

PANTRY:<\/strong> We have a large pantry for miscellaneous food staples, snacks, and cleaning supplies. I only disposed of 3 carpet cleaning supplies and a huge jug of starch. I don\u2019t know if I ever used liquid starch but it was so old it was separating.<\/p>\n

LESSONS LEARNED:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. It takes a long time to organize a kitchen<\/strong>. Considering how many separate small items are in a typical kitchen, it takes a while to sort and organize. Food and cooking create crumbs and scum. The cleaning process itself was worth it but took a lot of time.<\/li>\n
  2. How many?<\/strong> How many storage containers, baskets, etc. should be saved? A few are handy but there should be a limit. I usually aimed to reduce items like these by about half.<\/li>\n
  3. The 20\/20 Rule<\/strong>. I wavered about whether to keep rarely used. Maybe someday<\/u> I\u2019d want to make a Bundt cake. Maybe I should keep the starch just in case<\/u> some obscure repair instructions call for it someday. I finally summoned up my courage when I heard about the 20\/20 Rule<\/a><\/strong>. If it can be replaced in under 20 minutes and costs under $20, let it go.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    KITCHEN: I spent 5 days deciding what to keep, give away, or relocate from our kitchen, pantry, and nearby cubby holes. Some days I worked for 1 \u00bd hours since I had the time. Other days I did nothing because I had no discretionary time. Here are the results: Cupboard clean-out: I took all the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,51],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-6093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-drawer-a-day","category-room-by-room","tag-kitchen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6093"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6126,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6093\/revisions\/6126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}