There are some strong indications that our kitchen is abnormally cold by the standards set in the Western world in 2006. First, we bought bananas last week and have left them on the counter to ripen. Only, they haven't ripened. I think the refrigeration unit that is our kitchen has slowed the ripening to a near stand-still. The upside is that I went to Waitrose and got a reduced price on a couple of bananas that were already ripe and needed getting rid of.
The second indicator is that Ange's plant never needs watering and seems to be in a state of non-activity. By contrast, the same type of plant she took into her office needs watering daily. Over a week and not a drop needed for the one in our kitchen. It's like being in the fridge at the florist. Maybe we should buy some cut flowers for the rest of our stay here?
Wearing shoes in our kitchen is simply a must. Not to do so borders on painful after a short time. And, in the morning, walking into the kitchen almost takes your breath away as if you've jumped into a cold swimming pool... the breath you do manage to let out is clearly visible.
So, what's interactive about this silly complaining? Well, we're going to do an experiment. It can generally be characterised as such:
Is our kitchen colder than the inside of our fridge?
I can honestly say that I think this will be incredibly close. We may have to go to fractions of a degree to declare a winner. Here's the plan: on Friday morning, we will have left a thermometer out all night, and we will measure the temperature as we come in (before we boil the kettle or run the toaster). After recording the temperature, we will put the same thermometer in the fridge for 30 minutes or more before measuring the temperature of the fridge. We will declare the coldest (the fridge or the room in which the fridge sits) on Friday before Canadians are done work.
So, you just have to post on this blog which you think will be colder. Of those who get it right, we'll draw for the chocolate! Now, I've got to get my toque before preparing dinner...
5 comments:
Hello Fitch-family!
Ben, this blog is hilarious!
To answer the very first question, ZUCCHINI!! They have funny names for a lot of things, here - then again, people like to eat fries on a bun, here!
Although you provide evidence that may suggest otherwise, I vote for your fridge being colder than your kitchen... my theory is that the plant wouldn't have survived "actual fridge temperatures".
It comforts me to know that there are others, like me, who are suffering through hockey with nothing but online clips. If you're ever in Edinburgh, a friend of mine has convinced a bar-owner to play the early games on Saturday nights (the 730pm Ontario games)...
go fridge go!
:)
shivani
All of me wants to say the fridge, but we are talking about Ben and Angela here. Nothing in your lives is ever average or ordinary, therefore my vote is for the kitchen.
hmm, Erin has a good point. And I did see the window in the kitchen...some pretty sketchy gaps. Toss of the coin lands on: fridge! I say the fridge will be colder. By a hair.
I'm guessing that the kitchen is colder than the fridge. I couldn't beat Erin's logic.
I think it would be fun if you put the plant in the fridge and see if it gets any healthier (with a few hours allowed for sunlight, of course).
--Lisa
Hi Ben and Angela (and Anna)!
Given the steadily dropping temperature outside, I "reckon" (good use of Britishism, eh?) that the kitchen is going to be slightly colder than the fridge.
I was thinking... if you guys need help moving whenever it is that you're moving, Dave and I could likely be around to help. I don't imagine it's easy to carry boxes and Anna at the same time.
Let us know.
Love the blog, by the way. The whole zuccchini/courgette thing is actually a bit weird given that Canada is English/French. Surely we should have gone for the French-sounding name. Do Quebeckers call zucchini "zucchini"?
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