Tinfoil Chef

Someday I’m looking to have what I’d like to think of as a “REAL Kitchen”… Don’t get me wrong, the one we’ve got now is good, and in fact it’s better than many that I’ve had to deal with in the past but it’s still not the really big, open thing like you see on tv cooking shows… heck, even most of the kitchens on tv sitcoms are very nearly big enough to be considered commercial real estate.

Any time you have something big enough that it takes four or five steps to go from one side to another you’ve got a seriously nice sized kitchen. I realize we don’t need something big enough to run a restaurant out of but at the same time, It’d be nice to not have to move one appliance in order to use another one.

In our kitchen now, If we want to use the bread machine for example, The slow cooker and the food processor need to be moved to the table while it’s in use. And while I’m at it, there’s the issue of outlets. A kitchen should have plenty of them and they should be on at least two, possibly three circuits. You need some that are placed for the major appliances.. refrigerator, stove, microwave, freezer… and then you need some along the counter top for use by mixers, crock pots, toasters, can openers, the coffee pot and anything else that needs one.

As for counter space and cupboards, I’m of the opinion that it’s hard to imagine having too much of either. Most of our food prep is done on the table and if I move the food processor there’s a 1 foot square chunk of counter that I use for cutting and chopping.

It works, we get everything done one way or another, but just once I’d like to have a kitchen with a 15 x 20 floor-plan.