May 2, 2007
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| Last week, I created Mitchell and Kerri‘s farmhouse for you, but didn’t do it totally Cribs style, by showing you what’s in their refrigerator. By popular demand… not just their fridge, but foods found in their pantry, as well.
Here you go. 1. orange juice, beer, and Mountain Dew (Mitchell’s drinks of choice, in order of preference, by and large) 2. pancake mix (This is important in the opening chapter of Trevor’s Song.) 3. coffee (Yeah, Kerri goes for it when M’s not around.) 4. brownie mix, as seen here 5. apples, oranges, grapes, and pears 6. Dragon Food — a box of catfood that Kerri recovered and that she uses to threaten him with when he shapeshifts from his usual, mild-mannered self into the dragon his fans know and love. 7. jarred mushrooms, as seen here 8. Salad fixings — varieties of lettuce, bell peppers, cucumber, carrots, broccoli, celery, cauliflower. Most of these make convenient snack foods, too. 9. bread that Val made by hand (no bread machine for her) and gave Kerri, who’d just finished the loaf she’d put in her bread machine. (You think an artist has time to knead dough?) 10. six kinds of balsamic vinegar, as seen here 11. random sketch pads and pencils that Kerri leaves places — the pantry, the kitchen table, the counters 12. potato chips (ever notice how Mitchell’s always eating them? They also have a part in the current WIP.) 13. ice cream, chocolate sauce, and other things that leave the sheets a disaster but are darn fun at the time. And because the voting’s not closed yet…
Yes, I’m totally going to torture you with this until the voting closes on May 22. So go vote, will ya? If you’ve already voted, why not register under another e-mail address? You’ll get to vote again that way! |
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Tink
May 2, 2007 7:34 pm
Always interesting to see what’s in someones kitchen. It tells a lot about people. 13… woohoo!BR/BR/My TT lists the 13 goals of a witch, with my thoughts on them.
Wylie Kinson
May 2, 2007 7:50 pm
Again with the AMAZING attention to detail! Your characters are becoming ‘realer’ than most of my friends!
she
May 2, 2007 7:55 pm
coffee AND pancakes *yum*BR/BR/So, when can I crash for breakfast?
Susan Helene Gottfried
May 2, 2007 7:56 pm
Yeah, Wylie, well… umm… you see, I have no life and therefore must spend hours and days on this sort of thing in order to keep myself amused…
Chelle
May 2, 2007 7:59 pm
I saw that brownie mix and immediately wanted chocolate! I am so hungry now.
Sue
May 2, 2007 8:28 pm
Thank you for stopping by, and your welcome to TT! That sure is a lot of vinegar! .. 🙂 And yes, we do share a pretty cool name .. 😉
Christine
May 2, 2007 8:43 pm
We always have pancake mix and chips around my place. I can really relate to your characters. :)BR/BR/And now I’m hungry!
dew
May 2, 2007 9:01 pm
It’s fascinating to see how fleshed out your characters are.
Janet
May 2, 2007 9:37 pm
Sounds like an awesome kitchen! I could deal with it 🙂
cheesygiraffe
May 2, 2007 9:48 pm
I know that the brownie mix is dark chocolate. 😉
Susan Helene Gottfried
May 2, 2007 9:50 pm
OMG, do you remember that?BR/BR/I finally found dark chocolate cocoa. I need to make brownies with it.
Joely Sue Burkhart
May 2, 2007 9:53 pm
Wow, oh, wow. But where’s the soy sauce? Giggles.
Susan Helene Gottfried
May 2, 2007 9:55 pm
Well, you knew THAT was there. Why repeat myself?
Nancy
May 2, 2007 10:03 pm
LOL! I love 13…..BR/BR/I forget that these are not real people. Well, they are real to you.
Thomma Lyn
May 2, 2007 10:34 pm
Sounds like a tasty place! Can’t beat Mountain Dew, pancake mix, jarred mushrooms and ice cream.BR/BR/Not all together, of course. ;-DBR/BR/Happy TT!
Christie
May 2, 2007 10:34 pm
at least some of it is healthy! wish i could say the same for myself!!! happy tt! thanks for coming by!!
Miscellaneous-Mum
May 2, 2007 10:49 pm
What do jarred mushrooms taste like? I’m spoiled, we get to buy them fresh all the time!
L^2
May 2, 2007 11:00 pm
I love the brownie outtake. It makes me want chocolate too. But #13 has to be my favorite of the list. :-)BR/Happy TT!
Alyssa Goodnight
May 2, 2007 11:29 pm
What a fun way to get people hooked on your book, and I agree–awesome detail!BR/BR/Happy T13!
scribbit
May 3, 2007 12:03 am
My dream kitchen would have a separate freezer full of Ben and Jerry’s.
SYH
May 3, 2007 2:00 am
that lots of food in the kitchen. I have non of them beside coffee. :p
Robin
May 3, 2007 2:10 am
Love the Dragon Food idea, and I cracked up when I got to number 8.BR/BR/Happy TT!
TopChamp
May 3, 2007 6:10 am
mmm….. all this TTing about food and I was already hungry.BR/BR/This pair sound ok to me!
Tilly Greene
May 3, 2007 6:40 am
Ummm, jarred muchrooms? I’m passing those by for the ice cream and chocolate sauce 🙂
Darla
May 3, 2007 7:01 am
So much fun, as always. And a great excuse to go back and read some previous scenes, too. 🙂
scooper
May 3, 2007 7:52 am
Brownies, yummy!p
Rhonda Stapleton
May 3, 2007 7:55 am
NICE–this is really such a good character-building exercise!!!BR/BR/Plus, you made me hungry, so thanks a lot. LOL
Jane
May 3, 2007 8:30 am
WOW, their kitchen is better stocked than mine!!! You should have her drink Venezuelan coffee…it is THE best!!! Of course, she will have to GO to Venezuela to get it. BR/Thanks for coming by my T13, have a great day.
ChupieandJ'smama
May 3, 2007 8:40 am
Great list! We have a lot of that in our pantry too. Especially the chips and that’s a problem for me. I have no will power.BR/I wondered about the signing for voting under another e-mail address. Hmmm, interesting….
Emma Wayne Porter
May 3, 2007 8:45 am
mmmmm brownies.BR/BR/Darn you — I have brownie mix in my own cupboard and now it’s all I can think about.
julia
May 3, 2007 9:37 am
I love #11, the sketch pads and pencils Kerri leaves behind like Hansel Gretel’s bread crumb trail.
karen!
May 3, 2007 9:50 am
Happy Thursday!BR/Another fun TT. Glad to see Kerri’s showing her colors (at least where coffee’s concerned :P). Love the Dragon Food and how you’ve referenced your outtakes.
Sparky Duck
May 3, 2007 10:34 am
Mountain Dew is the bomb. But what kind of coffee, chips and ice cream
Robyn Mills
May 3, 2007 10:53 am
Salad, coffee and Pancakes and a notepad and pencils…. hmmmm sounds like a plan.
Denise Patrick
May 3, 2007 11:20 am
What a great idea for a TT! I’ll have to do that for my July release.
Barbara
May 3, 2007 11:33 am
We could not go without the salad makings! My husband could not do without tomatoes or ice cream! Good list!BR/BR/Check out my TT today.
Starla
May 3, 2007 12:09 pm
Jarred mushrooms? Really?BR/BR/That sounds horrible. Of course, I’m not a fan of mushrooms…
Daisy Dexter Dobbs
May 3, 2007 12:15 pm
I had to laugh when I read your wonderful kitchen list, Susan, because it so clearly reveals how we writers get thoroughly wrapped up in the lives of the characters we create. LOL I know for me it’s like they’re real, living, breathing individuals. And I can see it’s the same for you. 😉
Rashenbo
May 3, 2007 2:12 pm
Yes yes… but what kind of potato chips? Salt and Vinegar? Sour Cream and Onion? BBQ? 🙂
Susan Helene Gottfried
May 3, 2007 2:39 pm
Plain tater chips, of course. Kerri won’t kiss him when he has sour cream and onion breath. Well, she WILL. She just gives him grief about it.
Rashenbo
May 3, 2007 3:09 pm
Plain? Does he at least get some queso or bean dip 🙂 Then people can harass him about his need for beano :DBR/BR/Oh, saw a blog post I thought you might get a kick out of reading:BR/BR/http://inforquestioning.blogspot.com/
Sanni
May 3, 2007 3:53 pm
Well, I haven´t had a Montain Dew for ages, but a beer a few minutes ago *blushing* – it´s 09:50 pm in my part of the world.BR/BR/You´ll always find coffee, orange juice, various kinds of balsamic vinegar (4 at present), different kinds of salad and potatoe chips (for Frank) in my kitchen. So Mitchell and Kerri´s kitchen is stuffed perfectly for me – another great reason to move into the farm house =)
Ann(ie)
May 3, 2007 4:00 pm
no chips here. pancake mix, though.
FRIGGA
May 3, 2007 4:30 pm
Happy TT13!!
Julia
May 3, 2007 4:50 pm
It interesting to take peek at what in people kitchen *grin*..BR/BR/Thanks for inviting us to see your character kitchen…it was fun! Coffee and pancake…yummmm
Andrew
May 3, 2007 5:08 pm
Mmm! Most of that stuff is quite delicious! BR/BR/But wow, how do you keep track of all the food items you’ve used in the story and outtakes? I’m guessing you have a really good memory. 🙂
Susan Helene Gottfried
May 3, 2007 5:38 pm
I keep VERY careful notes.
Rhian / Crowwoman
May 3, 2007 6:08 pm
Pretty much what my kitchen has…except the dragon food. Where can i get that?
MommyBa
May 3, 2007 7:22 pm
Lots of yummy stuff in your kitchen :)BR/BR/Coffee…give me lots of coffee…LOL!BR/BR/Happy Thursday 🙂
Kuanyin
May 4, 2007 12:18 am
Your posts are so much fun that I’m gonna go try and track you down in that awful Bloggers Choice and vote for you! I wish it was easy and if you clicked on the link to vote, you’d just find your person to vote for…but no!!! Whoever created this design should be spanked! Oh, that’s my other blog–Blog-Blond. I guess there was a brief possession! 🙂
Peter
May 4, 2007 11:03 am
Hi Helen…thanx for visiting me earlier on. Love your site and I am very jealous of that kitchen..It’s a great mix of ingredients and goodies!!!
Shephard
May 4, 2007 6:38 pm
Contents sound very familiar. Fun idea to list. BR/BR/Michele says hello!BR/~S
Sophisticated Writer
May 5, 2007 4:26 pm
# 4, 6 and 13 are things I really love too. Thought I’d get out of my mood and read your T13 list which is oh so yummy (I asked for a peek in their kitchen last time ;)BR/BR/Take care.
alisonwonderland
May 6, 2007 1:56 am
#9 is making me hungry, and #13 made me smile! i love the attention to detail!BR/BR/thanks for stopping by!