Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Starting from Scratch

Martha Stewart and I don't see eye to eye sometimes.

I'm looking ahead to what I need to stock my pantry in my apartment.  So, off to the internet I go!  Martha Stewart's page on pantry essentials is in the top three, and I figured that her list would be a good place to start.

Until I looked at it.

I'm not going to knock the list, I'm sure it's wonderful if you're...actually, I'm not sure who that list would be a pantry primer for.  Anchovies?  Capers?  Really?

Usually I love Martha Stewart's checklists, especially ones like her cleaning checklist.  Very sensible list, and easy to follow.

But, back to the pantry.  I found a very useful list at The Stone Soup, it's a little bit more than I would consider minimalist but it seems to go in order of priority.  A more minimalist list from the same author is both more and less helpful somehow - but I love it.

Tomorrow is more packing, and packing, and packing.  I'm also haunting the local Goodwill stores for rose-patterned tea sets and other things that I really will need.  Like knives.  That's probably going to be a trip to Marshall's or something.

Got to rush out to a discussion in Tempe, so hopefully I'll be able to get back to this soon.  Ja ne!

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