As most of our friends know, the kitchen in our 50's ranch house is finally going to be remodeled – that’s the good news. The bad news is that we will be without a kitchen for 6 weeks or so. No cabinets, no stove, no dishwasher, and worse – no sink. Not ideal conditions for gourmet meals. Or any meals, for that matter. SO...
I have decided that while my current supply of 85 cookbooks are in storage and the dust in the house is thick enough to create asthma in The Disgustingly Healthy Man I Live With, I will eat in every restaurant on Bluemound Road and then write a review of each restaurant on this blog. I will start at Goerke’s Corners and, trying a new restaurant for every meal that I eat out, move east until my new kitchen is done.
My restaurant reviews will include comments on the service, the price and value of the meals I eat, the quality of the food, the menu, the choice and price of wine (where it’s available, but I will also dine at George Web's) and the cleanliness of the women’s bathroom. I can’t judge the men’s bathrooms, and The Man With Whom I Will Share Most Of These Meals isn’t liable to notice.
I will order fish or seafood wherever possible, while The Man Who Believes That Anything Cooked With Mushrooms, Most Vegetables except Beans or Corn, or Meat That Isn’t Red – Is (and here I quote) "Funky", will order accordingly – hamburgers and spaghetti being his usual top picks. For those of you not living in Our Fair City, Bluemound Road is home to just about every chain restaurant currently in business, plus a smattering of locally owned places, many of them of an ethnic genre.
Kitchen demolition begins September 5th. Over the past 44 years I have created meals for one husband, two children, a cat, a dog and several guinea pigs with equipment that can still be found in this kitchen. I began packing up the contents of the16 cabinets and 9 drawers today. Why would anyone ever have needed a box of 100 parchment paper triangles for cake decorating? That’s enough frosting rosebuds for all of my family’s birthdays for the next 25 years. Will I ever again use the little ramekins in which to bake individual custards? Did I ever? Or the covered pottery crocks meant especially for onion soup? A vinegar cruet?
Ah, well... Back to the boxes. Oh, that reminds me. We’ve been very efficient at breaking up and recycling boxes from all the computer stuff ordered by The Computer Geek With Whom I Live. Suddenly I need more boxes to pack up dishes and kettles and wine glasses (of course not all of them. I’ll leave out a couple for you and I). If you’re in my neighborhood, please bring some boxes over, if you have extras. And share a glass of wine with me -- on the deck.
More soon from almost
Kitchenless in Brookfield
5 comments:
Way to go, you got it started. I'm looking foward to my daily installment of "As the Kitchen Crumbles."
Oh, and I want to hear about all the junk you find in the the cabinets and what you originally used it for. Recipes are also encouraged, even if they are 30 years out of date. *grin*
Excellent. Can't wait for your reviews. Here is a suggestion: http://www.yokosorestaurant.com/
If you can convince Dave to "eat on the wild side" this is the place. Terry, who is in sushi denial, actually likes this place. We will join you there!!!! Outside dining available, but it is in a parking lot. Can you find us the best "al fresco" dining on Bluemound?
Fay
Great idea! Looking forward to reading Ellen's Dining Reviews. (Although you are giving away your haute cuisine tendencies - it's George Webb's [two "b"s] - as fondly, vaguely remembered for those of us who frequented at 2:00 am for omelets and hash browns...or still stop by once in awhile for a REAL cup of coffee and light wafts of cigarette smoke [ah the good old days.]) Looking forward to reading your reviews. Do you have ready a supply of Tums or Maalox?
This is a great idea! It is fun reading about the things you are finding while packing up. So are you going to get a hot plate or use the good old Coleman camp stove..in the garage of course? You can't eat out for every meal can you? Yes Wendy, some of us still do stop by George Webb's at odd hours. Good food 24/7!
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