Here's hoping yesterday was a good day. As I previously mentioned, Jim spatchcocked two game hens. They were good, but I don't think we'll do that again. It required the 12 inch cast iron skillet, and cleaning that in our teeny tiny sink is just a bear. The 10 inch is way easier. They were good, Jim is making friends with the new grill, normally at home we use two burners, it looks like we'll be using three here. It's a smaller grill. Here was dinner. That's not their good side, unfortunately. Spatchcocking flattens the bird out so it cooks evenly. We learned it from Alton Brown who puts one in a panini press.
This is the kitchen. It's not totally small (except for the sinks), but the presence of that round table, and the two chairs makes it extremely difficult for two people to navigate the kitchen.
Look at this chair!! These are the most uncomfortable chairs that have ever existed in the history of the world. Even with the additional seat cushion I brought from Spokane, it was just killing my butt.
Those chairs are gone now, replaced with these chairs. I got them on Amazon. While I was not looking, kitchen chairs have started costing multiple hundreds of dollars. My thought process was that no matter how uncomfortable these might be, they'd be better than what we had. Reviews on the assembly process were mixed, with many people noting that often the holes for the screws didn't line up. One chair was relatively easy to put together, the other required enlisting the help of a neighbor who has many tools with him to enlarge two holes so that the screws could go in. When it came time to put the back on, three out of four screws would work, but not the fourth. We surrendered - three screws it will be.
With any luck we'll get a couple of years out of them.
Today was really windy. We had thought about hiking, but between the arrival of the chairs and the blowing dust we bailed on that idea. Here is a tiny video of the wind blowing. You can probably tell, I don't have all that much to talk about at present.
I've sat in similar chairs as your originals and remember them being horribly uncomfortable. I do hope the new chairs are better.
ReplyDeleteThat blue sky! It's been gray and cloudy here in Minot...and quite cold too. I'm hoping for a warmer day today.
37paddington: Love the green of your new chairs and they do look comfy.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice that the sink (small as it is) is situated below a window at least! Have you gotten a smaller table also?
ReplyDeleteIt's due to be delivered on the 29th. We await its arrival with bated breath.
DeleteWell, I like the design of the new chairs, but it would be better if the screws functioned!
ReplyDeleteI was going to suggest getting a drop leaf table but I see you’ve already ordered a new one. - Ellen
ReplyDeleteThe new chairs seem a thousand fold improvement. As will the new table.
ReplyDeleteThe sky is very blue in that windy sky.