Pleasure Baking (read: procrastinating)

Welcome to my kitchen!



Enjoy the fantastic view. Really. This is the only window in the kitchen-area, and it's technically in the breakfast nook.



But that's a pretty nice tree in our yard, excepting the fact that it's leaf-molting season and we don't have a rake.

But garden-related woes aren't my point today, my point is cooking something that isn't a meal! Ignore for a moment that it is necessity baking (isn't all banana bread necessity baking?), and spend a few moments enjoying the familiar sensation of blending butter and sugar...



It's almost a shame I have to add things to it. So before I do... tea break!



Our kettle could probably use replacing. It's a battered old thing that saw us through our early years in Savannah. I've also recently been converted to the ways of electric kettles, but don't have one of my own yet. It's a mouse/cookie scenario. As soon as a kettle shows up, it's going to disappear to our studio in the basement, and I'll have to get a second one for the kitchen.

Ok, water's boiling. This is where we keep the tea: high cabinet above the stove.



I desperately want to move it to here....

big blank wall across from the stove

... by slathering that wall with magnetic paint and popping on a few of these magnetic wire baskets. And spice tins and tea-towel hooks, too, of course. Can you believe I'm excited about having baskets that hold tupperware lids on that wall?

Back to the baking at hand...


Eggs! The reason I didn't make the loaf yesterday.




I crave better lighting and better workspace, both of which will come to me as soon as I can shift from here:



To here:


You notice that perpendicular counter is made out of translucent shapes. That's because it doesn't exist yet. I hope to acquire one in the next few months, whether by finding a freestanding counter used, buying one new, or building something myself.

In the meantime... stir, stir, stir...



... pour, pour, pour....



... and hurry up and gulp down that tea before it's cold.

lookit all that hair!

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An hour or so of photo-tweaking and blogging later... TA-DA!



It's nice and chewy, came out of the pan like a dream, plus there's a slight crunch near the edges. I can't wait to toast a slice!


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Kitchen high(low)lights not touched on in this post: poor lighting and the icky cabinets. Both of which I'm working on.