Sunday, May 29, 2016

My Kitchen Essentials, Within Reach

I love having these things on my kitchen counter in plain sight, within easy reach when I'm cooking or assembling my food. Left to right you will see: pepper grinder, balsamic vinegar, fine sea salt, himalayan pink salt, cinnamon in a salt shaker, seasoned salt next to that, red pepper flakes, and a sugar bowl filled with raw turbinado sugar. There's also a ginger grater and a milk glass container with my measuring spoons and a wooden honey dipper. Mixing bowls are underneath the splayed-leg stool in old red paint. I love my English china transferware sugar bowl covered with architectural engravings. I unearthed the massive pressed moulded glass shakers with pewter tops tucked in a corner of one of my kitchen cabinets recently. They are beyond fabulous with lots of trapped air bubbles. I had to soak the tops in a strong solution of Bragg's cider vinegar for days to get the corroded tops back to their original condition. I use the one for pepper for fine sea salt and the one with the larger holes for coarse pink salt. For me, things out of sight are also out of mind. I like to have my stuff where I can see it. So far this morning I have used the pink salt and ground pepper for my fried egg and a few shakes of ground cinnamon in my Greek yogurt. Enjoy your Sunday and the long Memorial Day weekend. See you later. xo

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I struggle between tidy and convenient. This looks like aa attractive compromise.

jusaweecatnap said...

I'm at a point where I'm starting to clean out my mother's house. I was commiserating with a cousin who is cleaning out my aunt's house. So much nice stuff tucked away, never used. It makes me happy to read that you DO use your treasures, and that they bring you moments of joy every day. We all need go throw open the cabinet and closet doors and look for our own treasures and enjoy them.

GrammaGrits said...

Love this idea! I have a really neat small stool that a friend made for me years ago, and this is a marvelous idea!!!

annette said...

Very practical and so charming all at once. Hope you are enjoying your long week-end.xo

Deb said...

Handy and pretty. Love the idea of cinnamon in a salt shaker. I keep mine close by, too.

Jacqueline said...

Beautiful !!

The Queen Vee said...

I love everything about this post and photo....the description, the organization, the items themselves and how you use them, the stool as extra counter space. You're so clever, appreciative of well made items and practical Rosemary. Thanks for sharing this tidy, useful and visually lovely spot in your kitchen.