blessings and curses

[cellio]

Blessed is she who, with respect to Pesach, can say "ok then, I just won't use 75% of the kitchen cupboards (or their contents)". If you don't open it at all for the week, you can include it in the sale of chametz and thus just forget about it.

Cursed is she who buys some new utensils but cannot free them from their plastic prisons. Oh well; maybe Dani will be able to meet the challenge.

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[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

We decided not to kasher our kitchen this year because we're away for the sedarim, away for shabbos, and away for the last two days. Not worth all the trouble. So we're going to live out of a mini-fridge and a microwave for a couple days. The perfect solution!

Obviously, I know that won't work for you, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. ;)

[cellio]

Yeah, it sounds like it wouldn't be worth it for you. Congrats!

We'll actually be here for the intermediate days (including Shabbat) and the end of the Chag, so for me I had to do something a little more involved. But I've been slowly building the collection of Pesach gear over the last several years, and I'm willing to just pile a lot of it up on a section of counter rather than moving things in and out of cupboards (that I would then have to scrub). I have one large (6') pantry cupboard that holds all the Pesach dry goods and the dishes; the pots/pans/utensils/flatware are on the counter, and the fridge is, well, the fridge. And I'm willing to have a less-elaborate meal for Shabbat.

If I were making a seder I'd have to do more work, of course, but the in-law situation pretty much dictates that I'll never do that.

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

yeah, I'm normally very scrupulous in turning over my kitchen and we have quite the collection of Pesach cookwear etc. But I'm not sorry that I'm not going through it this year.