Cookers, Microwaves Kitchens and a Cheese Delivery

This morning thus far has been one of deliveries.

My microwave has arrived.  It is a Panasonic one with buttons, a large family sized one with all sorts of idiot functions on it.  Well I am an idiot, but OH is not familiar with the microwave and so it may encourage him when he is on his own to be able to use it.  My mum had a lovely all functioning all singing and dancing microwave.  A Panasonic but it was one of these touch button ones with like a plastic film over it and that part of it went caput so there was no way of using it.  I have not unwrapped the new one yet. Have bought this online from John Lewis.  We did have a look in the Hotpoint shop the other day to see if they had anything but nothing that I was seriously interested in.  I had seen this microwave previously when in town, so had a good look around on the Internet and decided to go with this.  It is stood on top of the new cooker. Both are boxed up and thoroughly wrapped. Both of them should be going into the kitchen later on today once the old one goes out.

Quite a lot of progress has been made in the kitchen, but am going to be back in there later today reorganising the cupboard that is at the side of the cooker to items I do not use as much as it is not always easy to drag the cooker out or has not been with the older one.

The new cooker is a Hotpoint Gas cooker.  It has a double full sized main oven and small top oven with a grill but at least it is new and I am looking forward to cooking on it.  It also has a glass drop down cover so that means I may be able to use the top as a worktop with my big kitchen tray when doing other things apart from making pastry when I shall use the tray over the sink.  So slowly things are pulling together.

We have also had our first delivery of cheese from the Fine Cheese Company Fine Cheese Company.

We are very impressed. The cheese has arrived in a sturdy and well packed box with green packing.  The cheese itself is in a waxed wrap.  There is a lovely little instruction book on how to keep your cheese.  On reading this little booklet it seems thus far I have been doing everything right.  That is a result.  This particular parcel held the 1kg of Westcombe Cheddar.  A traditional and one of the original Somerset Cheddars which is made by traditional methods and can have a natural blue vein running through it.  Neither of us had tried this cheese before and so the naughty Elves had to have a pre-Christmas nibble.  It is delicious, lovely and creamy with a beautiful tang that does not blow your mouth away.  Very impressed.  I think we may be using this company throughout the year and not just for Christmas.

Please note that this is not a sponsored post. Just my own take and personal opinion on products we have tried. We are, still waiting for a second delivery which I think is due on Monday, which should consist of The Baron Bigod Brie, the Stilton and the Gorgonzola. I am a Gorgonzola freak. We are very much looking forward to this delivery also.

We have since I started typing this post unwrapped both the Microwave and the new cooker. Very pleased with both of them and once the kitchen is fully done up should fit in very nicely and look good. Still a lot of work ahead but getting there.

Right upwards and onwards.

Hopefully catch up later on.

Pattypan

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