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My old kitchen has been ripped out today, and the new one will be a few days in building.


I welcome all ideas for fab food this week. The Sea Cow will definitely be on the list, as will Surma.

Does anyone have any other suggestions for nice nosh that will provide a bit of variety in what is going to be a difficult week? I'm pretty wedded to my kitchen and am already suffering withdrawal symptoms...

Fridge yes, microwave no (it died and there's a new one in wrapping under boxes).


Wheat crunchies? Who they? I'm not big on fake cereals.


Cheese on toast is lovely, esp with some Encona hot pepper sauce, but the lovely Kitchen Aid super toaster is packed away.


Bag of tangerines? Fine for snacks. But I'm seeking hot food, and an environment that is not the - unmade - kitchen floor.

Sounds like you need a hostelry of some kind. I believe there are some new-fangled coaching inns on the Great Western Road. I suggest you dine on Pickled Herring and Roast Turnip, pick up fresh horses and head on to Basing House where an excellent breakfast can be had at Molly Peters' "Highwayman's Halt".

Ted Max Wrote:

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> Sounds like you need a hostelry of some kind. I

> believe there are some new-fangled coaching inns

> on the Great Western Road. I suggest you dine on

> Pickled Herring and Roast Turnip, pick up fresh

> horses and head on to Basing House where an

> excellent breakfast can be had at Molly Peters'

> "Highwayman's Halt".


With a pint of mead?

Darling Louisiana,


How very exciting! The only thing that can grab my attention quicker than a copy of Martha Stewart Weddings magazine is a conversation about kitchen cabinetry (sigh). I am still not quite convinced by my deep poured concrete surfaces...(sigh).


What colour/finish/surfaces/look etc are you going for??? Come on, tell us all!


Anyhow sweetie, why not despatch the au pair to Tas Cafe on Borough High Street. They sell the most amazing cold Turkish food, all manner of fabulous salads, stuffed aubergines, chopped coriander, tomatoes etc. I could eat there every day of the week and never get bored by salads. OHMYGOD!


You can buy an enormous salad try for less than ?4.


However, I survive on black coffee and vino. My arms are as thin as sticks and I make Nigella Lawson look like Mr Blobby! I adore my kitchen, but I would never dream of allowing anyone to use my steam oven or other fabulous accessories.

dulwichmum


Kitchens are likewise my drug of choice B).


John Lewis Vermont furniture in cream, oak butcher's block worktops in an L-shape, and a large area reserved for a large table in front of the large windows...


I had ordered some lovely Marmoleum floor tiles in nymph green, to go in a chequer-board with same in apricot, for a retro look, but Forbo tell me this afternoon that they've suddenly discontinued and have no stocks! So a rethink on flooring as as write (and lots of emails sent to flooring intermediaries to see if they have any small stock remaining). Sigh.


My builder tells me today that glass wall tiles - bottle green - are a bit of a menace (I think he's trying to give the tiler a quiet life...) So I may go for some ceramics in metro shape (oblong) in dark glossy green.


The big, big windows are in Little Greene Slipper Satin (a warm honey off-white), and there's a renovated 4-pillar radiator in gun-metal from Matt at Casa to go in, together with simple old-skool valves.


Overall, the plan is to be simple and slightly retro but intermingled with some modern touches.


At present, I have just piles of boxes, bare floorboards, spaghetti plumbing and crumbly plaster.

Thanks Jaws. I've never been so shall check it out.


And dulwichmum, aren't slow cookers a little I heart 1980? Or am I thinking of some other classic and essential piece of kitchen kit?

In fact, even if they were, it might well suit the retro mood of the new kitchen...

Lovely Louisiana, the slow cooker is the retro kitchen accessory du jour! One can use cheaper cuts of meat (I hear) and assorted root vegetables, cooking it slowly whilest one is out at work! They were the fastest selling kitchen adornment just last Christmas.


My housekeeper is a lazy old hag and clearly tweezes her chin hair or has her varicose veins injected all day long while I am at the coal face, deep in the City of London, knee deep in anarchists, agitators and mutineers protesting for social change. Why oh why are so many of the great unwashed... er... unwashed?


I am loving the colour scheme you have chosen sweetie.

when we got the kitchen ripped out we tried the following


BBQ meats outside on "the Australian" ( the worlds best bbq machine with all the clip ons)


deep fry potatoes , also done on the gas ring part of the bbq


and to be totally lazy


pre made salads and pastas from sainsburys


all eaten on paper plates so as to minimise dishes




good luck on the kitchen refit, ours became a nightmare

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