Post #761279 by komohana on Tue, Mar 22, 2016 8:49 PM

On 2016-02-18 20:12, komohana wrote:

I've promised my wife a new kitchen... for quite some time.

We're planning on leaving the 1940's colour scheme behind and move ahead into the '50s,
with red and white the predominate colours. I'll make some new cabinets etc. but will first
renew the ceiling and walls with dry-wall.

So before I demolish - and for anyone interested - here's a peek around the room as it is.

A while back, when we needed a new stove, we would've liked a large country style range,
but neither of us had the heart to remove the original wood stove. Still fully operational,
very homely & cheerful, and in winter - warms the whole house fairly quickly.
This area will not change during the renovations, except paint etc.

Also, last weekend I cooked some chilli lamb shanks in the slow cooker,
I'm afraid I'm not too hot on presentation - but they tasted great.

The drink is my ol' reliable stand by -

ounce of rum
ounce of lime juice [adjust to taste]
half ounce sugar syrup
half ounce orange curacao
coconut water [about 3/4 cup - from memory] - memory not so good :lol:
shaken with ice.

edit: I can usually guess the coconut water fairly accurately in the cocktail shaker.
It was quite a few years ago that I actually measured it, just checked - and the above is true.

edit: to MDM's comment below - well, we have to keep all our spare gold-diamonds-and wads of cash - * somewhere *. :lol:

[ Edited by: komohana 2016-03-26 19:44 ]