How do you store your pots and pans?
marileekay
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Comments (5)Agree with Ron. Keep them covered to avoid contamination. I usually mix when I need it, so I can sort of customize it to the plant. Also it will be smaller batch, so I can add warm or hot water and mix by hand to avoid getting it too soggy and rotting my cuttings. Mix in water just until nice and damp, but no water can be squeezed out. This is used in a humidity chamber situation. For under mist, I use straight sand for most plants. I may be changing over to coarse composted pine bark soil conditioner directly in pots for roses....See MoreHow do you store your pots & pans
Comments (11)I have one lower cabinet, 14" wide. Traditional depth, with two roll out shelf/drawers. Top drawer has a 12" pan I use almost daily with lid kept on the pan. Two small stainless saucepans with lids on in front of big pan. Second drawer has 8" skillet with the 4 quart pot on top of each other. They are the same size, so the don't nest, just stack. The lid fits both and kept on which ever pan is on top. Medium saucepan in front of that with the lid on. Cast iron skillet is kept in the broiler. Are the pans you are nesting really being used on a daily basis? Can you remove any of those not frequently used and stop nesting? I cook almost every day of the year and it's important to me to just reach in and grab what I need without having to move something. I need new pans and HD wanted to pick up a set at Costco. Nope, says I. I'd rather pay more at a specialty shop and get just the size pans I need and will fit in my storage. Gloria...See MoreHow do you store your pot lids, especially the glass lids?
Comments (13)Mine are stored as Lars said. The lid is on the pan upside down, And they are stacked. Always have the right lid for the pan that way. My Corning ware is stored the same way. Can't say as I've had any problems with breakage, either. So Dcarch must be right, about them being made of tempered glass. I happen to like glass lids. Have never had a problem seeing through them. Even when they are covered with water droplets, One can still tell how well the contents are simmering, Or sizzling, as the case may be. Rusty...See MoreHow do you wash your dishes, pans, and pots?
Comments (72)Just a note for people who think that having runnels or a flat drainer on the side of the sink will do the trick. It won't if you have more than a few items. You need the containment of a dish drainer with sides and vertical racks or slots in order to contain the items safely. I don't find the look of a neatly filled dish drainer to be messy looking. It's an art, almost a pleasure to fill one so that the set of items you've washed looks workmanlike -- and is stable and no water is trapped among the items. It's the same thing as when I hang out my clothes (which I do for all my wash, year-round). Just having them pinned up is not the only goal. Having them pinned up so they dry in the most efficient and wrinkle-free manner is the first step. But I also get pleasure and often take the trouble to arrange them in pleasing assortment of shapes and colors. For instance, if I have a load of cotton turtlenecks (a garment I wear daily) I'll hang them in a prismatic succession, just for the pleasure of seeing them display against the white sheets. There is the same opportunity when filling a dish drainer with my kitchen stuff. I like to have my plates in graduated ranks. My pots and bowls are arranged like overlapping scales of a pinecone. My flatware is sorted into separate slots, of gleaming knives/forks/spoons. So, no my dish drainer doesn't look messy, or a hodgepodge. It looks like a place where someone has given thought and judgement to best placement of the items, in both the pratical and aesthetic realms. I have tried Trailrunner's hot soapy bowl method, but I find in my chilly northern house the water gets cold and icky too fast. If something is particularly sticky I might fill it with water, but mostly I just stack things on the dirty dish side of the sink until I get have the time to wash up. Depending on the pace of the meal prep, that might be after we are finished eating or at some other interval during the work flow. I am often struck by how many epople (who use DW) advocate "cleaning up as you go". That's fine if your cleaning up means loading the item in the DW. But for those who hand wash everything, it's more efficient (time and energy needed to for hot water) to amass a mid-sized group of items, before beginning the washing up. I am not troubled by the look of dirty items awaiting cleaning. After all these items were clean a few moments ago, and what's in them is the remnants of my food prep. I plan on eating the stuff that was made in them and I don't eat dirt! L....See Morepatches123
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