I have new cast iron pans. A mini cake pan and a muffin tin by Lodge, and an omurice pan by Iwachu (that might be too shallow for the use I want to put it to but I digress).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a wonderful thing — except we really don’t have the space to store all the new things. Particularly as cast iron isn’t something I like to stack. You could call it weight lifting when you heft up a griddle, a muffin tin, and the mini cake pan to get at the deep skillet underneath, but it’s just not that fun of an experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, as much as I complain that a lot of modern minimalism is based around wealth and privilege, it’s not a bad thing to have less things, as long as it suits the life that works best for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I’m going to try an experiment: I’m going to keep track of what pans, utensils, and ingredients I use most of on a regular basis and try to see if that will help me pare things down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As it is, I already have some idea in my sieve-ish brain of what I do and don’t use. For example: I don’t really need both a computerized rice cooker and a Datung one-lever wonder. If push came to shove, I’d probably choose the Datung because it’s great for refreshing frozen\/stale bread and I could also make rice in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I haven’t used the 8 inch cake pan in ages and our household currently struggles to finish off a six inch cake before Taiwan humidity and temperatures turn it into a potential biohazard, so that’s going into the donation pile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have a lovely Pyrex set that is sort of like a glass Dutch oven — it looks lovely and serving food in it is great, but I tend to use the pans that have handles more so it’s now holding a bunch of rock salt chunks and a bulb on a cord masquerading as a salt lamp. Doesn’t look too shabby, but my bias as the creator is showing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don’t know how frequently I’ll manage to do this and how long I’ll remember to try and keep it up…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note that it’s not “how long I can keep it up” but “how long I’ll try to remember to try and keep it up”…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most days I’m ready to be done done done by the end of the night; who wants to think about all that record-keeping in this stage of end stage chronic exhaustion….<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But trying to be mindful is never a bad thing. So here we go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I have new cast iron pans. A mini cake pan and a muffin tin by Lodge, and an omurice pan by Iwachu (that might be too shallow for the use I want to put it to but I digress). This is a wonderful thing — except we really don’t have the space to store all… Continue reading