tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post78711316753079596..comments2023-10-17T05:56:34.826-07:00Comments on Spontaneous Clapping: My mom's poor kitchenDandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13802029144367150181noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-57763661917056515002009-12-22T14:15:56.376-08:002009-12-22T14:15:56.376-08:00I love her kitchen SOOOO MUCH.I love her kitchen SOOOO MUCH.curegirl0421https://www.blogger.com/profile/11009152858275401450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-59524589819026091212009-12-21T18:52:43.953-08:002009-12-21T18:52:43.953-08:00Ooooh! Looks like fun to me. Personally I like to ...Ooooh! Looks like fun to me. Personally I like to be neat in the kitchen but that's not always the case.Amy J In SChttp://www.shewearsmanyhats.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-41050144468741280782009-12-21T12:58:01.073-08:002009-12-21T12:58:01.073-08:00Your mom's kitchen ROCKS!!! wow it is huge, I ...Your mom's kitchen ROCKS!!! wow it is huge, I can totally see why you cook over there...and don't worry I make a mess too, especially when it is not my kitchen!! :) oh and btw, I hope you sent some goods my way...just saying! muwahhh, ttarahttp://blondiensc.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-43315686904511163842009-12-21T09:25:16.776-08:002009-12-21T09:25:16.776-08:00Why you took a picture of my mess on Saturday?
Qu...Why you took a picture of my mess on Saturday? <br />Quick, I am having a giveaway, it ends this evening.<br />PattiOsage Bluff Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221434879848622632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-60210245286300234412009-12-21T06:09:17.490-08:002009-12-21T06:09:17.490-08:00Wow! I love all that space that your mom has. I ...Wow! I love all that space that your mom has. I wish I had an island to bake on. We have a huge house and a small kitchen. Whomever built this house doesn't cook:) I clean up as I go but sometimes it just doesn't work out that way. All the cookies sound yummy. Hope you have a great Christmas.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212454004456092488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-1688906110869609652009-12-20T22:46:46.248-08:002009-12-20T22:46:46.248-08:00wow... look at that stretch of kitchen!!!! i did m...wow... look at that stretch of kitchen!!!! i did my once a year baking yesterday and made a complete mess... not to mention broke my sister in laws electric mixer. hahaha! ;P i tried cleaning as i went but it didn't help much. since i'm a newbie when it comes to baking, i definitely stick to the recipe! not comfy enough to improvise just yet!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611940157261366074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-13123644583521458952009-12-20T20:32:59.826-08:002009-12-20T20:32:59.826-08:00I like to clean as I go, but I don't always. ...I like to clean as I go, but I don't always. My kitchen is usually a major disaster since I let my dirty dishes pile up all day, and then do one big dishwasher load at the end of the day once all kids are in bed. Sometimes I can get the dishes unloaded in the a.m. and then keep the dishwasher loaded during the day, which is nice...but it's hard for me to do. Why? I don't know. Why am I designed to go the hard way? That kitchen is amazing...I would love it. Although, I think it would just mean that much more space on which to leave/make a mess. I have FSS (flat surface syndrome), so the less flat surface space around, the better, probably. You seem like a cookie girl...I like cake. Not as much work! :)Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12652499105387319726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-83132581153431994422009-12-20T19:54:00.257-08:002009-12-20T19:54:00.257-08:00Looks like you were having a great day baking! Ch...Looks like you were having a great day baking! Cherry winks sound very cute. A recipe on the way perhaps??? I can only hope! :o) I usually clean as I go, but always end up messy anyway.Elle Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15802857137836550901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-85145140948610933272009-12-20T15:12:22.448-08:002009-12-20T15:12:22.448-08:00I *try* to clean-as-I-go, but I'm not always s...I *try* to clean-as-I-go, but I'm not always succesful. I'm also wont to be in the midst of multiple projects at once.<br /><br />And your situation is much like mine: tiny apartment for me, ginormous expansive kitchen for mom. I always end up at her house for large baking or sewing projects because I just don't have the space!Stacyhttp://littlebluehen.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-24846577913030147292009-12-20T03:58:59.519-08:002009-12-20T03:58:59.519-08:00Goodness me. Is B good at clearing up? I love your...Goodness me. Is B good at clearing up? I love your Mom's wonderful, real, and wonderfully real kitchen.Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-32249219010471045582009-12-19T16:25:59.342-08:002009-12-19T16:25:59.342-08:00Such a lovely kitchen!Such a lovely kitchen!Yelena R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08467559879411862783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-58750581167048573162009-12-19T14:39:37.549-08:002009-12-19T14:39:37.549-08:00Oh my gosh...I'm totally loving your moms kitc...Oh my gosh...I'm totally loving your moms kitchen!!! It's so beautiful!! She must love to cook too!More Than Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159856133879672250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-73283169165678489752009-12-19T09:27:27.674-08:002009-12-19T09:27:27.674-08:00Clean as you go. Drives me a bit crazy to have all...Clean as you go. Drives me a bit crazy to have all that clutter lying around and then I usually put in some ingredient that doesn't belong. I am mostly a recipe follower with a small amount of improvising. Just a tweak here and there. Love your mom's kitchen!Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039525197728859500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-43813795541967479582009-12-19T09:04:57.912-08:002009-12-19T09:04:57.912-08:00That is awesome... Looks like some good cooking/ba...That is awesome... Looks like some good cooking/baking going on in there!<br /><br />My kitchen is huge and nearly perfectly organized, (I'm just being real, here... and if I lied and said it was a disaster, you'd know I was lying) and of course I'm the one who chants, "Clean as you cook" to my daughter... I'm sure I drive her nuts... I just know she will pay me back by cooking in my kitchen someday and scattering mess EVERYWHERE. She does love to cook...Lemonade Makin' Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404173701815078504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-58662364568177221312009-12-19T08:51:25.899-08:002009-12-19T08:51:25.899-08:00My kitchen is small so I'm forced to be neat o...My kitchen is small so I'm forced to be neat or I would have no room to bake. If I had lots of space I'm sure I would expand to fill it! I am absolutely rabid about following a recipe exactly, I mean down to the last 1/4 teaspoon. It makes me crazed when people don't measure properly then complain when their cake flops. In baking the proper measurement DOES matter. It's not like making soup where you can improvise and still have a delicious end result. My friends think it's amazing that my baking always turns out as pictured but then don't follow my recipes exactly so they can get the same result. I remember one friend wailing that her cake didn't rise properly then said she had used baking soda instead of baking powder. "Aren't they the same thing, she said?" Oh, and she couldn't find her measuring spoons so used a regular spoon from her silverware set. And she wondered why her cake flopped. Grrrrrrrr!<br /><br />JaxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-58443685471829079102009-12-19T08:50:57.941-08:002009-12-19T08:50:57.941-08:00I keep my baking ingredients in the cabinets neare...I keep my baking ingredients in the cabinets nearest the fridge and only grab things as I need them and put them back as soon as I've used it. So I guess that makes me the "clean as I go" type which is surprising because I am seriously, the messiest person I know in every other department!!!Cottage Dreamershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01171308744495129422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-39596188654243601642009-12-19T07:34:11.378-08:002009-12-19T07:34:11.378-08:00I'm learned to clean as I go, and for me it...I'm learned to clean as I go, and for me it's much more efficient. I start out filling the sink with hot sudsy water, and it makes it easy to keep things tidy. My recipes, for Christmas cookies anyway, are tried and true, so no improvising on those! Otherwise, I'm always fiddling with recipes, it makes cooking fun.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147413132595250490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-13648886348121308782009-12-19T06:38:11.156-08:002009-12-19T06:38:11.156-08:00I so wish I had a double oven. I love cooking at m...I so wish I had a double oven. I love cooking at my Momma's house for that very reason. Does that mean one day when we grow up we'll have double ovens? I hope so.<br />I clean as I cook, and I can't help it. It was bred into me. I also cook with as few pots as possible, challenging, but I manage and my dishwasher thanks me (Hmmm...I'm thinking two dishwashers would be nice, too...)LeAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360378882035668129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-50214904378850457922009-12-19T06:22:50.320-08:002009-12-19T06:22:50.320-08:00WOW...yeah I definitely used to bake like that, bu...WOW...yeah I definitely used to bake like that, but with the kids wanting to mess around in the kitchen...cuz boys are crazy...I usually premeasure everything out just so I can avoid the arguments over who gets to scoop out what....ugh now I am totally tired, haha.Janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355418492075195689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-18261542381612685912009-12-19T05:49:42.380-08:002009-12-19T05:49:42.380-08:00I think I'd kill for that counter space! I te...I think I'd kill for that counter space! I tend to clean as I go--otherwise I couldn't move! Only one oven, so none of that two different recipes at the same time for me. You lukcy!Mrs. Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09281364500907238463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-41622599562502227582009-12-19T04:29:24.469-08:002009-12-19T04:29:24.469-08:00Hmmmmmm, I clean as I go sort of. When baking I am...Hmmmmmm, I clean as I go sort of. When baking I am a follow the recipe gal because you really need to. When cooking I am more of an improvisor, especially if it is a recipe that I have made before.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326484192966920116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-24557654295688335312009-12-19T03:52:52.640-08:002009-12-19T03:52:52.640-08:00Wow! What a kitchen! Isn't it great to have a...Wow! What a kitchen! Isn't it great to have all that space for cooking and when you have a big crowd over?<br />When we first moved into the cottage 30 years ago, we had very little counter space ... Maybe 3 feet. We've probably close to quadrupled it. Still nothing that compares to your mom's, but SOOOOOO much better!<br />It took me years to learn, but now I clean as I go and I try to cook or bake more efficiently by doubling or tripling recipes, or if baking cookies, preparing the dough of several different cookies at one time and then bake as I go throughout the week.<br />I'm not as big an improvisor as my boys are!CottageGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544266302604094446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-53526261203184852922009-12-19T03:52:25.801-08:002009-12-19T03:52:25.801-08:00oh my---I started out baking like this, but I just...oh my---I started out baking like this, but I just couldn't take the mess-(of course, I've never had that much kitchen in my life). NOW I clean as I go--so much better for me~Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964935019168415728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510148679606227270.post-10761609376841187992009-12-19T03:14:44.461-08:002009-12-19T03:14:44.461-08:00Wow, what I wouldn't give for so much space in...Wow, what I wouldn't give for so much space in the kitchen!Buckeroomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02408502555249594576noreply@blogger.com