Corona Cleaning - Pantry
So sometimes, when, say, you are at home a lot more than usual you notice you have pantry moths. And then you wander into your pantry and think "I wonder where those moths are coming from?" while simultaneously admiring that you are so wonderfully prepped for situations where you have to shelter in place, because your pantry is so full of delicious food.
And then it hits you like a load of bricks that the moths are coming out of said food, and have somehow gotten into tightly sealed containers and bags. And so you start to clean through it and realize that sure, you were ready for a pandemic — 3 years ago when all of this food expired.
(the side shelves had been packed as well, but I always forget to take before pictures)
It actually took us a couple of days to clean through things, to decide what we did not need, and to, sadly, throw away a lot of food. I'm still trying to suss what to do with the food we just don't want, so if anyone wants a bottle of sweet potato syrup, I'm your gal!
However, the pantry is now much improved:
We even added a coffee and tea shelf:
As an added bonus, we cleaned out the area above the kitchen cabinet:
We have a lot less food that we thought, but we know where it all is and will actually eat it, so that's a win.
It will just take another eleventy-million years of stay-in-place until we get the rest of the house covered....
And then it hits you like a load of bricks that the moths are coming out of said food, and have somehow gotten into tightly sealed containers and bags. And so you start to clean through it and realize that sure, you were ready for a pandemic — 3 years ago when all of this food expired.
(the side shelves had been packed as well, but I always forget to take before pictures)
It actually took us a couple of days to clean through things, to decide what we did not need, and to, sadly, throw away a lot of food. I'm still trying to suss what to do with the food we just don't want, so if anyone wants a bottle of sweet potato syrup, I'm your gal!
However, the pantry is now much improved:
We even added a coffee and tea shelf:
As an added bonus, we cleaned out the area above the kitchen cabinet:
We have a lot less food that we thought, but we know where it all is and will actually eat it, so that's a win.
It will just take another eleventy-million years of stay-in-place until we get the rest of the house covered....
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