how can a kitchen guy spend 7 minutes

measuring a kitchen and not make any notation about windows/doors/outlets?
the kitchen guy cometh......
he spent more time out with the ducks then in the kitchen
i am going to keep shopping for kitchens
but what i really need is a certified kitchen designer, someone who knows code etc. this guy was going to move the stove down right next to the doorway.....no landing space, no buffer zone between traffic patterns and hot burners....
i can't afford dead space in the kitchen
they didn't even ask about where i wanted stuff located......pots and pans etc.....
i love my enameled cast iron and now have a good collection of it....
it can't be stored higher then my head or i am going to go to heaven because of it
and too low isn't good either. that stuff is heavy!
they didn't ask how i cook either.....that means a lot in terms of what type of hood i need.
so now i have to find a CKD that is up for a challenge, knows how to cook from scratch, etc........cause if i have a plan we can phase it in
there is going to end up being space for a utility closet (after we take that wall down) but, if it isn't done right there could be a LOT of wasted space. now due to WHERE the closet is going to be located, we can't use the other side of the wall for access........there is duct work in that wall..... so, we need to be able to pull out shelving in the front to get to the vacuum etc in the back. that means the front needs to have either non food storage or stuff that is in jars and cans......no boxes or plastic type thing.
considering that is prime kitchen real estate there, the jars/cans will have to do.
so the entire can pantry part (which is most likely my home canned stuff) has to be sturdy enough to pull out and on hardware that makes it easy to pull out.
oye

i tried to see if we could move the dishwasher down and swing it out like a tiny penninsula, then behind that and backed up to the sink...... we can put the vacuum/utility closet, and the first 'closet' space can be a total food pantry, with pull out BULK SPICE/BULK GRAIN in the front (in jars)
see what i mean?

i was pretty upset after the kitchen guy left.
so since i was pretty much finished with chores i sat and knitted on damask
BIG mistake
i was so upset my hands got tight and now my elbow hurts again
oye
i am thinking......back to the drawing board again
literally
i am going to have to hand draw floor plans
(i hate that).....i may even have to do them like blue prints.....( i REALLY HATE THAT)
and talk to one of the other kitchen shops around
AND we may have to go custom...... i was so hoping for semi custom as that means it gets done really really soon

i was so upset that i only made homemade mac/cheese with leftover pork chops last night.....
bernie chopped the cheddar for it
*** homemade mac and cheese is easy..... make a roux flour and butter, cook and stir it until it's a smooth paste
add milk off the heat and the chopped cheddar cheese........(say THAT three times fast) stir over medium heat until the cheese melts, it all combines etc....
then i add a dash of my dried powdered celery, and onion
plus a really tiny bit of mustard......use the already made up mustard not the powdered (if you use the powdered you'll need some lemon and that is going to try to curdle the milk a bit)
add the hot cooked elbow mac (well drained ) to the sauce and stir up well.
if you want, you can put 'crumbs' on the top and some extra cheese and bake a crust on it, but bernie just wanted mac/cheese which he got since he's been sick

i have to tell you all..... pampered chef makes a citrus basil rub.... jen got me a bottle of it
i used it on the pork.......WOWOWOWOWOW ( i love lemon anyway)
so now i am going to try to duplicate it with my home dried stuff
it's a balanced flavor........ without either predominating
plus there is pepper in it.... from the taste of it........black and green pepper corns
so later on this spring/summer i will play with that.
let's see what else?
oh i got a sore throat so it looks like bernie gifted me with his plague
tomorrow is his birthday, today i have to go get his card and maybe a cake for him
and i need to decide on his birthday dinner......

is this mercury retrograde over yet?