Ideal Kitchen

On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 08:22:34 GMT, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]>

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Yes please Debra

Ophelia

OK..I figured out how to make the photo's available without having to
send a personal invite to your email address.

Go to:

http://photos.yahoo.com/dfritz.rm.

and click on the kitchen photos...That will get you into the 8
photo's. I can't post a lot of descriptive info on the individual
photo's, so you may not be able to identify everything in the photo.

Things to look for.

All photo's- notice the lack of bottom cupboards. I had all drawers
done so I no longer have to crawl around looking for things.

The only regular cupboard's are under the sink...where I have a large
roll-out shelf and one just to the left of the fridge..next to the
drawers. That has a pull-out trash container which is hidden from view
when not being used.

Oven photo

On the right of the ovens are two pull out pantry units. Each has 4
deep shelves for storing things. Directly above those is a double door
cabinet that has vertical separations so you can slide in cookie
sheets, cutting boards, etc.

On the left is a double door cabinet that has 4 roll out shelves for
appliance storage.

Dishwasher photo-

to the far left of the dishwasher there is a lower cabinet that has 2
slender doors. Those doors open and there is a 2 shelf lazy susan spin
around where I store bowls, etc. No more crawling around in cabinets
to find things..just spin the shelf around and stop it when you see
what you want.

Island photo or pot rack photo

Just behind the island there is a cupboard door that looks like it's
sitting on the counter top. That is an appliance garage, used to store
things I use every day, but want out of sight. Things like a coffee
grinder,mini chopper, coffee filters, coffee beans, etc.

Debra

"Debra Fritz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 08:22:34 GMT, "Ophelia" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Yes please Debra

Ophelia

OK..I figured out how to make the photo's available without having to
send a personal invite to your email address.

Go to:

http://photos.yahoo.com/dfritz.rm.

Thank you Debra🙂 You are very lucky, it is beautiful🙂)

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Fri 01 Jul 2005 03:50:19p, Arri London wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

Dimitri said:

All this remodeling of kitchens got me thinking.

Assuming you had the funds (reasonable amount) to redo your kitchen
what would be your top 5 wishes?

Mine are:

1. A tile floor and a drain in the center of the floor so the floor
could be hosed out.
2. An almost commercial wok cooker.
3. A high quality built in grill with vented hood.
4. A temp controlled wine closet
5. A walk-in Pantry.

Yours?

Dimitri

More counter and cabinet space (with a better layout)
Decent cooker and hood
'Cool room' for fermenting kimchi, sauerkraut, sourdoughs and storing
decent cheese etc
More electrical outlets (and a better circuit)
A walk-in fridge and similar freezer (LOL now that's real fantasy)

So what temperature does one keep a "cool room" for those purposes? I like
the idea. One could probably accomplish this fairly easily with a through
the wall air conditioner in a well-insulated room.

About 50--60 F or so. Warmer than a fridge and cooler than 'room temp'.
Most of the year the house is too hot; summer in the desert and
overheated (to my taste LOL) in the winter.

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As a mechanical/electrical engineer, my dad spent much of his career
designing custom refrigeration and cooling systems that ranged in size from
meat lockers to refrigerated sound stages in Hollywood. He was also
involved in cooling systems for early computer rooms and systems. In our
oldest home we had an 8' x 10' walk-in freezer in the basement and a 4' x
6' walk-in refrigerator in our kitchen. Both were a great place to visit
in the summer, even though we had early generation central air. This was
in the early to mid-fifties.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*

You lucky thing! Really liked the 'cold rooms' from my lab days although
we didn't have walk-in freezers.
Anyway it's all fantasy. Just had a new roof and some siding put on so
no new kitchen for many years LOL.

On Sat 02 Jul 2005 04:39:55p, Arri London wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

So what temperature does one keep a "cool room" for those purposes? I
like the idea. One could probably accomplish this fairly easily with a
through the wall air conditioner in a well-insulated room.

About 50--60 F or so. Warmer than a fridge and cooler than 'room temp'.
Most of the year the house is too hot; summer in the desert and
overheated (to my taste LOL) in the winter.

Well, as I said, a window a/c or thru the wall a/c could do that for you in
a small room or subdivided space of a pantry, etc.

Quoted message said:

You lucky thing! Really liked the 'cold rooms' from my lab days although
we didn't have walk-in freezers.
Anyway it's all fantasy. Just had a new roof and some siding put on so
no new kitchen for many years LOL.

Arri, I know you've lived in many different places. Do you think you'll
remain in NM? We are southeast of Phoenix, so I know what you mean about
the desert, although we don't tend to overheat in the winter. It's 116°F
here today. I feel like I could cook on the driveway! :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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Wayne Boatwright said:

On Sat 02 Jul 2005 04:39:55p, Arri London wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

So what temperature does one keep a "cool room" for those purposes? I
like the idea. One could probably accomplish this fairly easily with a
through the wall air conditioner in a well-insulated room.

About 50--60 F or so. Warmer than a fridge and cooler than 'room temp'.
Most of the year the house is too hot; summer in the desert and
overheated (to my taste LOL) in the winter.

Well, as I said, a window a/c or thru the wall a/c could do that for you in
a small room or subdivided space of a pantry, etc.

We have neither a spare small room nor a pantry. Neither of such rooms
would be properly insulated to maintain a constant temp without using up
more electricity than we could pay for anyway LOL. The 'cool room' would
be much more posh....

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

You lucky thing! Really liked the 'cold rooms' from my lab days although
we didn't have walk-in freezers.
Anyway it's all fantasy. Just had a new roof and some siding put on so
no new kitchen for many years LOL.

Arri, I know you've lived in many different places. Do you think you'll
remain in NM? We are southeast of Phoenix, so I know what you mean about
the desert, although we don't tend to overheat in the winter. It's 116°F
here today. I feel like I could cook on the driveway! :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*

It's not a comfortable climate or altitude for me. Will *need* to remain
in NM for a long while to come. If I *could* I'd go home tomorrow 🙂
Anyway just got the roof fixed so might as well stay and see if it's
really leakproof now LOL.