{"id":40093,"date":"2018-12-10T18:27:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T02:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/?p=40093"},"modified":"2018-12-11T05:27:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T13:27:17","slug":"the-return-of-the-monk-and-a-preppers-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/10\/the-return-of-the-monk-and-a-preppers-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"The return of the Monk and a prepper’s problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wandering Monk and I (mostly the Monk, as usual) are building a pantry. <\/p>\n

We started this morning. It was good to see the Monk again; he’s doing much better this season than the last time the days got short and dark<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the last few years most of my food — bulk, freeze-dried, and otherwise — along with related equipment, has been wedged onto two bakers’ racks and a small bookcase at the back of the sunroom, hidden from street view by a shoji screen.<\/p>\n

The 7 x 2.5-foot space was crammed full. It held a lot, but so much stuff was on top of stuff or underneath stuff or behind stuff that it was hard to get at or even to remember where to look when a specific item was needed.<\/p>\n

Finally, that space will become an official pantry. With doors and everything! Whoohoo. And double the shelf space, plus a goodly amount of floor storage for larger items.<\/p>\n

We’re using a design adapted from one Commentariat member Pat created (thanks, Pat). I’m sure I’ll have pix as we go. But here’s the only pic for now — not of the pantry-to-be, but of about 2\/3 of what used to be in the un-pantry. It’s currently heaped on every available spot in the kitchen and sunroom.<\/p>\n

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The other 1\/3 is teetering and leaning all over my previously tidy living room.<\/p>\n

My preps are far from comprehensive and they’re for one person, not a whole family. I assume (and hope) you folks with larger food storage requirements have garages, basements, storage sheds, spare rooms, bunkers, or cleverly concealed spaces between your walls. <\/p>\n

Me, I’ve got 7 x 2.5 feet at the back of the sunroom. I don’t even have a full compliment of cabinets in my kitchen to handle the overflow, just drawers and a few open shelves on a single wall. But thanks to the Monk, in a few days I’ll be making the most of that sunroom space. <\/p>\n

We estimate 2.5 days for his part of the construction and a day or so for me to caulk and paint. Until then, no cooking, no elaborate food prep of any kind. Fine dining will consist of squeezing EZ-heat items through the tiny space left in front of the microwave door.<\/p>\n

I’ll be sooooooo looking forward to getting all those goods and goodies off tables, counters, and floors, and having the opportunity to organize everything properly.<\/p>\n

More later, but for the next few days, blogging will be catch-as-catch-can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wandering Monk and I (mostly the Monk, as usual) are building a pantry. We started this morning. It was good to see the Monk again; he’s doing much better this season than the last time the days got short and dark. For the last few years most of my food — bulk, freeze-dried, and otherwise — along with related equipment, has been wedged onto two bakers’ racks and a small bookcase at the back of the sunroom, hidden from street view by a shoji screen. The 7 x 2.5-foot space was crammed full. It held a lot, but so…<\/p>\n

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