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Cooking at work

My office is right next to the buildings tiny kitchen, equipped with an interesting rag tag bunch of appliances. There is, 1 microwave, 1 dishwasher, 3 fridges, 1 with an icebox compartment, 3 kettles, 3 toasters, a george Forman mini grill and a scary toaster oven contraption legend has it someone brought as part of a science experiment.

I'm guessing it's all donated items, or scavenged, and there's a good selection of crockery and cutelery. No one is stupid enough to leave prized mugs there but it's a nice space even if no one ever eats there. But then there's only 6 chairs and there's hundrads of people in the office do maybe that's a good thing. We'd have to take it in shifts.

Since I'm vowing not to move office again, I did that enough last year, I've gotten quite attached to my new office location, and I've been exploring exciting ways to combine that collection of equipment into new and exciting ways in ever increasing elaborate lunches. My eventual goal is a 3 course meal or maybe a Christmas party, until then I've really only explored toasted sandwiches ( both in the George Forman grill, and using a poundland toasty bag in the only toaster with a digital display) I've also taken to stocking up on expensive american imported pop tarts for a bit of excitement. I also know you can cook things in a dishwasher.

So, what else can I make in my little office kitchen (that looks like this - because I was bored and playing with Skitch on the ipad)


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