Survey #241—Full Response from Lynn
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| How often are you troubled by clutter in the kitchen and/or pantry? | It’s an occasional problem. |
| What sources of clutter or specific issues do you experience in the kitchen or pantry? | Things that get infrequent annual use, that I don't want to get rid of and have to buy again when needed for a cooking project. As long as I keep everything else in the kitchen within my clutter tolerance and have the empty cabinet space for it, things like canning supplies and baking equipment can stay. |
| What organizing solutions or strategies have you tried or used in the kitchen, and how have they worked—or failed to work—for you? | For condensing and decluttering my mother's things with my own, iI set up folding tables and boxes for sorting like with like items. It helped me see what duplicates I had and choose the best, most useful one to keep. I also got rid of a lot of single-use items not needed. I have two pantry areas, one in the kitchen has daily use amounts of ingredients in appropriate container sizes. The second pantry area is off the kitchen in the laundry room. I store bulk items in buckets with gama lids, and cases of canned goods. The two locations help me keep on top of the rotation of use-by dates. I only shop to restock the bulk storage area as needed when things go on sale. It saves me quite a bit of money, cut way back on expired food waste and I only need to shop once a month to replenish things as they are in season. |
| What “one-trick pony” resides in your kitchen or pantry? Why do you keep it? | Very few single use items left in my kitchen. I moved many of the seldom used appliances to my garage. Things such as canners, mixers, food savers, dehydrator, pressure cookers are all out there. They get used seasonally and don't need to take up real estate in my kitchen the rest of the year. |
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