KITCHEN COMING ALONG

Shiny. Pretty. Not new.

Would you believe, these were purchased by 2nd Man back in the early 90's?  Yep, almost 20 years old! He takes care of his stuff! Over the years, we gradually replaced all of this with newer and different types, so this was put in storage to sell later. Never got around to that, thankfully, so we got it out, used some 

"Barkeepers Friend" and it's good as new!

For 2nd Man's birthday, I took him to AceMart Restaurant Supply and said to buy whatever he needed to complete some of the stuff in the kitchen at the farm. By the way, if you have a restaurant supply in your town, it is an AWESOME place to buy this type of stuff.  Very inexpensive and made of a quality that will hold up to restaurant use so it will for sure hold up under home use. He bought some baking things and christened his 'baking drawer'.  Luckily we have some extra tools already at home now that we can move out there. I'm thinking he's going to need a bigger another drawer.

Here is the other side of the open shelving we made when we had the kitchen redone.  I think we're going to use this side for the other cookware, like the cast iron pieces we have.  Still room for more!  We just moved some of what we had out there.  As for the cast iron skillets, those will go on the Julia Child wall I blogged about.  I'll work on that project soon, but until then, he still has room.

We also picked up a few baking sheets.  Grabbed two of each size; the 3/4, 1/2 and 1/4 sheet pan sizes.  A full size sheet pan won't usually fit in a standard residential oven.  The pans are SO durable, heavy, and just perfect for so many things.  Best of all, at restaurant supply stores they cost much less and will last longer than most anything you will find in a chain store.