Chive blossom risotto

I added chicken as well. I had two bundles of chive Blossoms from Blue Gate. With that, I thought I might need more, and I was right. It was still pretty good, as risotto generally is.

Spicy Sweet Sambal Pork Noodles

Delayed! I thought that I needed to not produce leftovers, as the next day a new fridge was coming into the house.. I made pork burgers instead.

Taco Salad

So I guess this was infused with some Indian flavors, as I used the leftover Channa Masala instead of beans. It worked out pretty well. I was doing my best to get things used up and have less to transition to the new fridge.

Egg Dish

I ended up making scrambled eggs with sour cream. Served over bagels with some deli meat. I thought I had bacon, but did not have any out.

So the install went fine for the most, it was not easy to task to say the least. I took the effort to measure all the ways into the kitchen:

Kitchen front door: 31”
Front door 33.5” > 32.25 > 30.25”
Deck 40.5” > 38” > 28” > 27.5”

And even then there was some magic that had to happen. They did a good job getting the old one in the house and the new one inside the house. The only frustrating thing was they stated that there was a connection mismatch between the copper line and the plastic input. However when the plumber came in (weekend rates), it took him less then 5 minutes to hook them up (he also showed me where the shut off valve was for the fridge (good to know, I suppose). I had the water for the house turned off so I didn’t know that. I suppose this made sense.

The other part I found frustrating was the ice manufacturing. I sitting here thinking something might not be quite right. Until I found a passage int he manual where it stated:

It takes about 12 to 24 hours for a newly installed refrigerator to begin making ice.

I mean great that I found it. and I see cubes in there this morning (which will need to be gotten rid off, as they’re of the first batch. But it was certainly a source of anxiety. Thinking something was wrong, but it was just part of the process I guess

The idea of getting the new fridge is a couple fold. First, the old has had a few problems here and there. Clearly having the knife hold up the ice door, is annoying. Second, there have been some clear temperature inconsistencies from shelf to shelf, where some stuff where frost over and others wouldn’t. There were also missing and/or broken shelves in the freezer, making it hard to organize things. New fridge has all the shelves, newer technology and etc. Getting the French door style pushing all the fresh things up so they’re easier to see. Plus everything is clear and easy to see through, and properly lit by led. Shelves are also split, which will make my large brining or etc projects a lot easier to do without disrupting so many things in the fridge.

Things are transferred in there. I’m pretty happy so far.