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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Lessons from my Pantry

I finished the first draft of my Women of Faith novel and immediately celebrated by cleaning out my panty. Yeah, sad, I know. But it’s been bugging me, seeing all that food, knowing half of it was old or stale or worse. Finding crumbs and sticky spots under everything I picked up.

So I did it, and I learned a few things in the two hours it took me to clean it out.

1. Ice cream sprinkles have no expiration date.

2. Old nuts taste really gross.

3. I buy way too much cereal.

4. Buying new foods is a waste of money. My kids don’t like them and they end up wasted.

5. Even with my black thumb, I can grow very long potato sprouts.

6. Old potatoes stink.

7. Marshmallows become petrified after a couple years.

8. Food that survived Y2K should’ve been tossed long ago.

9. Old chocolate, even discolored, still tastes good.

10. I have a blender!
Denise Hunter  
posted at 4:57 AM  
  Comments (17)
 
 
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17 Comments:
At 7:57 AM, Blogger Diann Hunt said...

Too funny, Denise! Especially the long potato sprouts thing. Guess that makes us members of the Green Thumb Club after all!!! Whoohooo!!

 
At 8:35 AM, Blogger hotcoffeenow said...

LOL! And, yes, I know that potato smell...it's terrible.

 
At 8:55 AM, Blogger Denise Hunter said...

Those potatoes were in there so deep, they almost took root. I've never seen sprouts so long.

 
At 10:30 AM, Blogger Tanja said...

Oh that's funny. I need to clean out our pantry, too. It's on my TO DO list, but I doubt I'll get to it until all three of my kids start school in the fall. I can't do it with them around... they'll eat whatever comes out whether it's outdated or not. I'm sure a hospital visit would ensue.

 
At 10:44 AM, Blogger Tricia said...

I will not be jealous of all the space in your pantry.

I will not be jealous of all the space in your pantry.

I will not be jealous of all the space in your pantry.

:o)

 
At 11:28 AM, Blogger Pam Sanderlin said...

Tricia, my thoughts exactly! :)

 
At 1:38 PM, Blogger Southern-fried Fiction said...

That cracked me up, Denise! For me, it's the blender part. I've accumulated so much junk over the years, that I've put rarely used items in the basement. Bad idea. Now I have 2 of just about everything. I should hold a garage sale, but the thought of hauling all that junk back up from the basement makes me change my mind.

I'll let my kid do it when I die. By that time, they'll be antiques and worth something. ;)

 
At 2:07 PM, Blogger Denise Hunter said...

LOL Tricia. I wasn't so happy about all that space while I was cleaning it, but now I am. The kids were like, where's all the food?

 
At 3:44 PM, Blogger WK said...

Tricia my thoughts as well. Looking at all my kitchen cabinets and I have less space. Hummm maybe I can show that to hubby and talk him into adding on?

Good job for you though Denise in cleaning it out. I'm still unpacking from moving in.

hugs,
WendyK

 
At 5:07 PM, Blogger Rachel Holliday said...

I laughed at the "clean out my panty" part. Obviously, I knew what you were talking about because of the picture, but the typo was funny. :)
By the way, I loaned my mom "The Convenient Groom", Denise, and she really enjoyed it, too! We are both going to the bookstore for more of your books!

 
At 8:41 PM, Blogger Gracie said...

Ditto on the jealous comments about the space in your pantry. Plus, you can walk into it. I can't even cram my hand into mine!

I understand why you cleaned the bathroom after finishing your first draft, though. My idea of a weekend celebration is to scrub the bathroom until all the cabinets sparkle. (Yet somehow I can still remain oblivious to the dust on my nightstand...)

 
At 12:06 AM, Blogger Kristin said...

I'm really tempted to take a picture of my sad pantry. I am going to reshelf it when I get some money, but sheesh, the foods from back then must have come in cans and nothing else. I have no room. But I can still grow potatoes. We go thru ours so fast though. My son loves mashed potatoes.

 
At 12:07 AM, Blogger Kristin said...

By the way, your pantry looks great! I hope your kitchen counters are spotless too!

 
At 1:02 AM, Blogger Chelf said...

Old nuts taste gross because the oil in them goes rancid. I learned that from Rachael Ray, who says to keep peanut butter in the refrigerator.

I could fit half my kitchen in your pantry! I am also trying not to be jealous.

I have to clean my kitchen anyway. We have hordes of those stupid little sugar ants again. YUCK. Caulking all the cabinets is my next huge project. Yay for me.

 
At 10:28 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

LOL Denise, i share a house with ONE other person and my pantry is like at least twice as full as yours. we have soooo much food in there! i have a part time 3rd person i guess (the fiance who eats here a lot) but still... we have way too much food.

AND we have 2 fridges plus a chest freezer too. and they are all full. we're hopeless.

but i wish my pantry was tidy like that.
when my roomie moves out and my hubby moves in (less than 5 months to go) it will get better, less clutter around i think. and one less fridge!

 
At 11:36 AM, Blogger Rachel Overton said...

Now you know, guys, I'm sure Denise *knew* she told us she'd cleaned out her panty--she just wanted to see how long it would be before some one of all these authors (and editors...ahem!)caught the "error."

Right, Denise??!!

 
At 2:57 AM, Blogger Ausjenny said...

I clean for a friend and i found some of those things my self.
I didn't ask after the first several lots i just diced.
i love you found a blender.

 

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