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>
> Admit however that even when we go away for our annual 3 weeks holiday
> nearly half of my kitchen comes along too. I will NOT put up with
> crappy kitchen appliances/tools even for a brief holiday, though I cull
> the list of 'must take items' for weekends away.
>
> First to be packed:
> Sunbeam deep sided (about 4") electric frypan AND POWER CORD!!!
> 3 essential Fury knives (bread, cleaver & utility)
> the spare set of plastic utensils - slotted spoon, serving spoon,
> masher & egg slice
> butter knife & a tablespoon & whisk
> veg peeler
> ss stockpot - versatile for soup, pasta, stew, casserole
> bamboo skewers for the bbq
> hand mixer & fp attachment
> 1 ss baking dish
> 1 silicon cake pan
> 1 small cutting board (can bear the thought of using one who's history
> I don't know)
> ss coffee plunger
> and our two favourite mugs for morning coffee
> salt & pepper grinders (small acrylic variety)
> couple of micro-safe containers (reason?ditto cutting board)
> Just as well we've got an 8 seater van is all I can say! (Which seems
> ridiculous now there's only the two of us... hehehe)
>
> LadyJane
> --
> "Never trust a skinny cook!"
>

This sounds like EXACTLY what I do when we go to to Florida (condo a couple
of times a year. Redneck Niveria is NICE if you've never been). The list
is different, but the thought is EXACTLY the same. Can't cook w/out *some*
of my stuff.

helen