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Living without a kitchen

April 21, 2022 By chippy minton 2 Comments

The Chippy household has been without a kitchen this week.  Don’t worry, no disaster had occurred. This is a planned kitchenless experience; we are having a new kitchen fitted.

This gave me an excuse to revert to my scouting days (of which there were few) and bring the camp kitchen into use.  It’s been great fun.  It’s like camping but without the discomfort of having to sleep in a tent.

Early attempts were simple

camp kitchen part 1 - boiled eggs

Later in the week I graduated to heating up chilli (from a tin) – with a side of freshly stir-fried leeks

camp kitchen part two - tinned chilli

And then to a fully prepared-from-scratch vegetable soup (parsnip and apple, if you are interested).

camp kitchen part three - home made soup

We’ve used the lack of kitchen as an opportunity to eat out at places we’ve not been to before.  One evening we visited the Good Companions in Leigh Road, where we had an excellent meal.  Freshly prepared, and good-sized portions.  On Sunday we visited the carvery at Sherwoods Restaurant at Eastleigh Football Club.  I would thoroughly recommend this for Sunday lunch.  The meat (four roasts) was tasty and succulent, and there was a very extensive selection of vegetables.  Probably the best carvery I’ve been to for a long time.  The desserts were good too.

sunday lunch at Sherwoods - main course

sunday lunch at Sherwoods - dessert

Apart from the lack of the cooker, most cooking utensils and store-cupboard items have been packed away.  This and the lack of food preparation and washing-up space has meant that we must think about what we will cook, and how easy it will be to prepare and clean.  The bathroom sink is smaller, and the plug hole blocks more easily.  The shower is inconvenient to reach, and the thermostat means that the water isn’t as hot.  Neither have a draining board.

Meanwhile, the rest of the house has been filled with boxes of new kitchen and contents of the cupboards.  Crossing a room involves walking three sides round a square, if not five sides round a hexagon.  Having a fridge in the living room is convenient for mid-evening snacks, but inconvenient when you have to walk around it every time you want to go anywhere.

We’ve also been without a washing machine, so the camp laundry also came into play, in order to wash some running gear.

camp laundry - buckets in the garden

But it is only temporary.  People can cope with most things so long as they are only temporary.  Good progress is being made on the kitchen fitting, and we hope to be back in there within a few days (though it may take several more days to find new homes for everything).

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About chippy minton

I've lived in Chandler's Ford and Eastleigh for most of my working life, with interspersed with a few years in north-west Hampshire (though remaining a regular visitor to the area).

I work in IT, and my hobbies include bell ringing, walking and cycling. I am also a self-confessed “born-again runner” having discovered parkrun in 2015.

I enjoy live theatre and music, and try to watch many of the shows that are performed in the Eastleigh area.

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  1. Mike Sedgwick says

    April 21, 2022 at 11:18 pm

    We got a new kitchen a short while ago. We bought a portable induction hob which proved well worth having and we still use it.
    We used the BBQ a lot and my wife was delighted that I cooked my kippers outdoors leaving no smell in the kitchen. I love kippers but not enough to stand outside on cold wet mornings.

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  2. Ruby says

    April 22, 2022 at 7:24 am

    Anyone else think that the first picture (of the eggs boiling) looks a but like K9 from Doctor Who?

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