With a contemplative look on my husband's face, "do you think we can live without our microwave?" I say, "but what about a quick warm up of leftovers, or defrosting meat ... or making popcorn?" How quickly a generation comes to rely on such conveniences.
We have a rather small kitchen. Admittedly, our kitchen gets smaller when factoring in the kitchen
equipment toys we tend to collect. Doing what we can to add as much storage as possible without sacrificing valuable counter space, we officially had reached our limit.
John being the talented one at reevaluating our space and envisioning a new way of storing things usually finds a home for everything. But the limit caught up with even John.
Never being ones to really use the microwave to cook a meal, we agreed to try it for a month to see if we could do without. That was 4 months ago and here is where our microwave lies.
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| The garage |
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Not only did we buy space but we're drawing less power. Less power = saving money. I'm all for that.
Warming leftovers in the oven? It's really not difficult; plan a bit ahead. Set the oven to 350, put your leftovers in and let it warm for 30 minutes.
Defrosting? I'm going to sound like a broken record, plan ahead and pull the meat out a day or so ahead of time and let it defrost in the refrigerator.
I think secretly John just wanted to try doing popcorn on the stove the way his dad used to do it.
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| All you need |
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| 2-3 Tablespoons oil. The Wok proving it has more uses. Butter melting on the back burner. |
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| 1/2 cup of kernels |
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Turn on the heat with the lid on and watch the video below to witness popping in action.
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| Eat! |
Anyone want a microwave?
