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Thanksgiving on the move
This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for a new house, a new yard and all the people who helped us move.
And the fireplace.
Our landlord failed to tell us last week that the gas wasn’t turned on, which has left us without heat, hot water and, possibly worst of all, a stove or oven.
It feels a little like camping with a microwave.
Good thing for all those Thanksgiving leftovers to keep us fed. One non-turkey-day highlight was the meatballs I picked up on the requisite post-move trip to IKEA over the weekend. (In case you were wondering, you can make gravy from a packet in the microwave. Stuffing, which we also made in the zapper, wasn’t as good as in the oven, but it went well with the store-bought rotisserie chicken and canned green beans.)
I’ve also been torturing myself by flipping through magazines and cookbooks, marking the first recipes I want to make as soon as I can fire up the gas stove, which, God willing, should be tomorrow.
Until then, it’s cereal, toast, cheese quesadillas, microwaved pasta and whatever else we conjure up. I know there are entire cookbooks written about microwave cooking, but after four days of it, I’ll be thrilled to have my good old stove back.
Not to mention a shower.
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By thehungryengineer (april)
December 1, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this
Yeah, I think I’d go nuts without a stove. Do you have a grill? That might serve as a nice change of pace, and it’s really not too cold here yet.
By Addie Broyles
December 1, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this
No grill. It’s on our wish list though if anyone has one they’d want to sell :)…
I’ve been thinking though about which utility would be worst to live without, but I guess it depends on the season. Over Memorial Day a few years back, we went a long weekend without water, which I think was worse than no gas. We eventually had to pack up and live with relatives for a few days. For our troubles, the apartment folks (the ones we just happily said farewell to) were so kind to write us a check that just barely covered that month’s water bill.