Cook, Eat, and Drink

Basics

Help yourself to anything in the freezer or pantry, including ice cream, ice, rice, instant pancake/waffle mix, snacks, etc. The pantry is the far left cabinet, to the left of the refrigerator. It opens, then opens again. The bottom shelf is where you'll find the dry uncooked rice and pancake/waffle mix. There's also Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Avocado oil in there, if you need to refill the oil dispensers out on the counter.

We have everything for baking, cooking, and drinking. We also have the Asian things.

Please note we generally do not keep perishables in the refrigerator (e.g. milk, eggs), but if we're here before you and I know you're coming, I may leave stuff in the fridge. We will almost always have ketchup, salted butter, maple syrup, chili crisp, and sweet soy sauce in the refrigerator.

The usual:

measuring cups and spoons with mixing bowls
pots, pans, spatulas, knives
silverware, drinkware
Keurig and drip coffeemaker
toaster oven, microwave
bottle openers, wine cork screw
drink mixer
plus much more!

Additional, uncommon things

large electric mixer
Zojirushi 3-cup rice cooker
rotating waffle maker
- Please do not overfill the waffle maker. Remember, it expands!
- Fill it to about 75%-85% with mix, then immediately rotate.
- The Ready green light will come on when it's done. Rotate back, open, and enjoy
electric hot water kettle
sweet soy sauce, garlic powder, Trader Joe's Chile Lime seasong blend
Grilling sheets
Ice cream scoop x 2
- Help yourself to the ice cream in the freezer!

Using the electric LG Range

Please note there are up to three LO/HI sections for the front burners. These select how many heating elements are used per burner. On the example to the left, going clockwise, the first LO/HI section turns on ALL heating elements, the next section only the inside two, then the next section only one. In other words, to maximize heat output, use the section on the right, to minimize heat output (and maximize efficiency), use the section on the left.

Note that the diameter of the heating elements that will be activated are shown on the burner.

If the description above is not clear, simply experiment without placing anything on the burner, you'll see the heating elements light up so you can understand.

Grill

Do not use the grill in the courtyard. When I find the means, I will be disposing of it. There's a new Weber grill in the garage. The garage door opener can be found in the game closet next to the upstairs bathroom.

Water

Drinking water is available in the left door of the refrigerator as well as in a standard filtered pitcher in the refrigerator. The built-in door pitcher filter is maintained regularly and the pitcher auto-fills itself when you put it back, so it's quite convenient.

Eating Out

Restaurants in the area we like:

Sea Harvest Moss Landing
- Excellent outdoor seating, great food
- The calamari is excellent
Trolley Car Rotisserie / Grill
- Also excellent calamari, but also great brisket
Lucky Pho
Sakura Buffet in Salinas
- similar to Natsumi
I'm Thai Cuisine
local markets - see Misc.

Kitchen

Some kitchen photos below. It's a Samsung Smart Refrigerator and an LG range.

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