10 Aug A Soup Ladle?

I’ve always used a soup ladle for more than just soup, but as sort of a general-purpose “serving spoon” for many things that were hard to dish up with a serving spoon.  Soup, chili, spaghetti sauce, shaped pasta, gumbo, jambalaya . . . well, you get the idea.

With just Dave and me at home, I tend to serve up in the kitchen.  And so a deep serving “spoon” — the soup ladle — was great for transferring lots of things from the pan to the plate.

And then we moved aboard Que Tal.  And I discovered something interesting as I brought my box of kitchen stuff aboard.  There wasn’t a single drawer anywhere on the boat, let alone in the galley, that was long enough to hold a soup ladle.

Oh my.  I can’t really overstate the feeling that went over me.  That’s when it really hit me that we were making a huge change in our lifestyle.  Were we up to it?  Yeah, I know.  Over a soup ladle.

A few days later, as I was making cookies, I realized that I did have a short-handled “soup ladle” on the boat.  My measuring cups.

You know what?  They work perfectly.  In lots of ways better than a long-handled soup ladle since the short handle means that I’ve got more control over it (and control is always good on a boat).  The one-cup measure holds about the same amount as my old soup ladle.

Better yet, not only do they fit in the drawer, I already had them!  Nothing new to find a place for.

And with that, it hit me again that yes, cruising was going to be different than living on land.  But we’d find solutions to the problems.