We've moved production out of the house and into a new kitchen above the office. It's a beautiful space built from wood sustainably harvested from the farm along with a fine slab of pilon from a friend. We splurged rather heavily on new appliances and so have a spanking new 13 cubic foot fridge, a 3 ring gas stovetop and a small convection oven. We also have a built in incubator for the tempeh and a built in dehydrator for many things. And there's hot water from solar collectors in the roof!! There are many windows - with screens, and I'm right above the nursery and the medicinal garden, quite a lovely work environment. This may well mean that I'll finally get out of the kitchen and back into the dirt, it's been a long while . . .
It's hot and sunny here at last and working in the kitchen is a bit of a bikram experience: with the stove and oven on, the incubator and dehydrator going and the ambient temperature in the 80s, I must be dropping pounds in sweat alone. But it feels really good.
Oh!! Wow!! You choose wonderful new appliances for your kitchen... Great choice!!
ReplyDeleteYour new kitchen sounds great! I have enjoyed reading through your posts and hearing about all you're doing on your finca. My family and I are moving to a finca in the Tileran area in late May. We are very excited. I am used to purchasing my organic staples like wheat berries and soybeans, in bulk, do you have any suggestions as to where I can find them in Costa Rica?
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