Delicious UK - (02)February 2020

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FROM:MARKRIGBY

Debora’sarticlewastimely:mywifeandI are

havingthisverydebate.Doweextendthe

kitchenintoa kitchen/dinerorkeepourdining

room?Wedida ‘prosandcons’list.Pros:no

cookingsmellswhileeating,a special-occasion

ambience,youcanclosethedooraftera dinner

andworryaboutthemesslater.Cons:chef(me)

isolatedfromguestswhilecooking,thedining

roomcouldbecomeanofficeandsoon.

Theclincher,though,is thatweprefer

informalrelaxedsuppers,withfriendsfeeling

partofthecookingexperience– notsitting

waitinginanotherroomtobeserved.In 2020

we’vedecidedtorelaxmore.Lifeis tooshortto

beformalinyourownhome.We’llstilleat

arounda table,butintheheartofthehouse:the

kitchen.It’ssmallbuthastheadvantageof

allowingsomeonetoreachforanotherbottleof

wineoropenthecutlerydrawerwithoutleaving

theirseat.It’swarmertoo.Asforthatsense

ofoccasion,wecanputa cleantableclothon!

Dining room matt

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Debora Robertson’s piece on the decline of the

dining room [Jan, p20] sparked conversation

USELESS GADGETS

FROM: TINA MCDONALD

Oh, how I agree with Andrew Webb’s

suggestion to rid ourselves of kitchen clutter

[Jan, p130]. I have a dinky guillotine that slices

hard-boiled eggs. Takes seconds – and then a

good five minutes to wash up. The battery-

operated stirring spoon totters about like a

drunken dancer in a tutu and then falls over,

splattering sauce all over the hob. But the

biggest waste of space has to be the electric

soup maker – a soup maker is surely someone

who just chops up vegetables and puts them

in a pan with some stock. Simple as!

Andrew is right: empty your drawers and

just get a good knife!