Woodbloke
Sequoia
Like many households, SWIMBO and I have been looking at ways of reducing the energy costs over the coming months. To that end, she's ordered us both an Oodie for loafing around in the evening watching TV. A lot of colleagues at the 'ospital in Salisbury where she works have them and have said they're fandabby, which means that we can keep the heating down to the bare minimum. She's also ordered a thick William Morris print front door curtain and and the requisite 'sausage dog' draught excluder is in the post.
However, it was this snippet on the BBC the other day that concentrated my mind, particularly the first bit about cooking a pair of chicken breasts. When we do consume meat, it's mostly chicken, apart from the occasional lump of venison from Waitrose. I always cook the chicken (and jacket spuds) in a standard fan oven, which is the most expensive way to do them, so SWIMBO this morning pressed the 'Go' button and ordered a microwave which is the same one as seen on Bake Off.
Problem is, we have nowhere to put it as our kitchen is pretty small and runs across the rear of the kitchen diner (which is a goodly size) but I've concocted a cunning plan. We currently have a set of cast iron Libra scales:
...which I use for breadmaking and this spot is where the microwave will sit ( I like Ricard as well), so the scales will be re-located to this rather ugly spot:
....in front of the outward opening window. The plan is to construct a shelf to a) cover this fugly gap in the worktop and b) to provide a home for the scales which won't take up too much of the available worktop space. I've already prepared a piece of true qs oak which I'm going to leave in situ:
...for a few days (in bright south facing sunlight) to see what it does. Hopefully, it'll behave itself and stay flat but if it doesn't I'll have to slice it up and veneer it over some 16mm green Medite mdf.
To be continued - Rob
However, it was this snippet on the BBC the other day that concentrated my mind, particularly the first bit about cooking a pair of chicken breasts. When we do consume meat, it's mostly chicken, apart from the occasional lump of venison from Waitrose. I always cook the chicken (and jacket spuds) in a standard fan oven, which is the most expensive way to do them, so SWIMBO this morning pressed the 'Go' button and ordered a microwave which is the same one as seen on Bake Off.
Problem is, we have nowhere to put it as our kitchen is pretty small and runs across the rear of the kitchen diner (which is a goodly size) but I've concocted a cunning plan. We currently have a set of cast iron Libra scales:
...which I use for breadmaking and this spot is where the microwave will sit ( I like Ricard as well), so the scales will be re-located to this rather ugly spot:
....in front of the outward opening window. The plan is to construct a shelf to a) cover this fugly gap in the worktop and b) to provide a home for the scales which won't take up too much of the available worktop space. I've already prepared a piece of true qs oak which I'm going to leave in situ:
...for a few days (in bright south facing sunlight) to see what it does. Hopefully, it'll behave itself and stay flat but if it doesn't I'll have to slice it up and veneer it over some 16mm green Medite mdf.
To be continued - Rob
) which I also used to foil wrap and cook in the fan oven, so I guess the new mw jobbie will get pressed into service for fishies as well. Chips of course, cooked in the air fryer - Rob...awaiting Mr.T to advise me otherwise :lol:
