I revisited a couple boxes and I gotta tell you...not many were fun. Most had stuff I wanted to keep but chose to just seal and store.
The Kitchen had the most interest because of some of the things I'm doing with it.
First off, if your not up to speed: I started downsizing first when I moved in with a friend. Naturally I didn't need my own fridge, oven, ect ect cause I'm sharing in a HOUSE rather then renting a apt. So most all the kitchen ware was gone through and packed to store. I then went and got a camper. Not because I dislike my friend but because we both wanted out. She decided to sale and I decided I didn't want to go to a Apt but needed to save towards a house.
So here I am. Back in the kitchen stuff.
Being realistic... I bought this camper new so i'll be in it for ATLEAST 5 years paying on it and saving up for a new home (maybe).
So I decided a lot of my big appliances could go. I sold the big fridge, the oven, even the microwave.
I chose to hold onto the counter top toaster oven and mini fridge though since we haven't moved yet and because I can set those up where we'll be parking for abit. (We plan to stay with some family for the first year while we adjust and to give the puppers a chance to settle since this will probably be their second move in a years time) I can use the toaster oven outside when its hot and keep the less perishable items outside in the mini fridge (Think Water and Veggies/Fruits). Probably my Wine and Vodka too since theres no good place to put it inside.
Next I dumped everything and took sets of 4. Four Glasses, Four spoons, Four (butter) Knives, Four Plates, and Four wide mouth café style cups that can be used as bowls.
Theres only two of us but an extra set means we can have friends over and have spares. I know most things are sets of 6 or 8... But you might can SLEEP 8 people on that camper but it would be a tight squeeze to have 6 max at that LARGE dinette. Four seems like a comfy number. Especially when we have large pouches like my pitty.
Naturally the dog bowls had to stay, they need them for food and water...
Fun part, I had a DECENT cooking collection... But... If you didn't know, my friend turned me over to how great cast iron is for EVERYTHING and not just meat. So I donated my mix match set except for one medium pot for soup and boiling water. I then invested in a new dutch oven style cast iron that is a deep and shallow skillet that fit together. It barely fit into my tiny oven but it does.
Now I know you CAN make pasta in cast iron... But boiling water will pull seasoning off and it'll have to be clean or boiled off RIGHT after I'm done cooking to prevent rust... So I'll keep that extra pot. I'll make tomato sauce in the pot too since tomatoes can pull iron out of cast iron and become... Icky looking to say the least.
I'm also getting rid of my knives. I'll keep a cleaver, deboner, A all in one (That's what I call it atleast but its kind of a regular steak knife, but I use it for everything outside of raw meat), and this-what I assume-is a bread knife (because it wont cut much else, but it might be meant for fish...)
I actually use those four because I buy whole chickens, whole roast, whole everything really... Its just cheaper if you buy it uncut.. Which is where the deboner and cleaver work. I also enjoy making my own breads so that knife gets used often too. Weekly atleast.
I'm of course keeping my single serve blender (Its small and makes portable drinks. It gets weekly use and I can store it under the dinette). I already tossed the toaster... I'm keeping my two coffee makers. One does grounds and k-cups and the other does my espresso. I think these (though energy hogs) are worth the space because I drink coffee daily and make espresso shots often.. Twice a week maybe. Also my spice grinder... I still have whole coffee beans to use so its still needed. Plus we buy fresh or dried herbs too so I think the cup sized item is worth the space.
And yes, the French press. I like it for when I need to entertain because my other coffee makers make singles but sometimes you need 2-4 cups at a time. Also small and I wanna try nut milks.
Don't judge my coffee and tea needs.
Outside of that I have a hand mixer that sits on a stand, a food processor, a dehydrator, and a Deep Freeze.
I decided to give up the dehydrator and plan to get a solar one that's smaller.
I'm going to keep the mixer too even though my blender could do it too, but the mixer has a stand it can attach too and my blender cant do more then maybe pint and a half while the mixer can do a full bowl at any speed I need. Not to mention... I'm not putting a thick and sticky dough in my blender.
Food processor is going away. Why? Because my spice grinder can do dry and my blender can go wet. I got this thing as a gift and I rarely use it but I know it was probably expensive so I held onto it and used it for bone powder.
I'm keeping the deep freeze for now too since were all using it for the time being and if possible ill take it with me since I have a tiny freezer space in the camper. Plus its kind of new.
Next I tossed all the utensils. I kept one bamboo spoon, a Spatula, and a soup ladle. Fancy, aren't I?
Lastly was mixing bowls... I tossed the strainer and all but a medium mixing bowl and I got a silicone clip on strainer that fits my pot.
So, I sold some, donated ALOT and moved what I could onto the camper with places. Made a little running money that i'll be putting with my next payment so all in all, not bad. And after doing it I have a TON more room in the storage unit so I might not need a bigger one!
Win Win.
Wolfe
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