Anyone travel with kitchen utensils? lol. I know it sounds ridiculous but I stay in each spot for 6 months, get a local apartment and eat as healthy as possible so cooking is important.
What I have been doing is just buying what’s missing each time, usually around $200-300. Blender, spatula, knife sharpener, non aluminum fry pan, food storage containers, 2 large plastic cups for my smoothies (I make 2 days at a time), stuff like that.
But I also make my own desserts, to avoid white processed sugar and feed my addiction, and this gets a little more complicated. Today I bought 2 metal bowls, measuring spoons/cups and I want to buy a food scale and an oven thermostat. 😁
I usually donate the stuff to friends or the apartment owner when I leave.
But lately I have been thinking out might be easier/better to just bring another bag with me like a rolling suitcase and pack a small but complete kitchen so I don’t have to buy every time. I think an extra bag was $35 each way.
It’s an enormous amount of time finding all these things in a new place as well, although it helps me figure where to get supplies quickly.
Any other people out there living similar and encountering the same struggle?
I did take some stuff when i still checked a bag. Chef's knife + sharpener, a mini cord spun food processor, and a moka pot, to make hostel cooking nicer when i first get to a place. then once i have an apartment that ill be in for 2-4 months i make sure it has/buy a blender, a quality pan.
That said knowing what i know now, the cost and ease of getting everything locally just doesnt make sense to check a bag for the small time/cost savings.
I don't bake, so a blender, a Pan, a Knife, a sharpener, and a moka pot are $100 total which is the cost of a checked bag.
It would also depend on where i'm staying. Remote less developed area with not a ton of people, probably worth bring stuff. but in my mind the utility of the short term purchase works out.
if I use the stuff multiple times a day for 3 months what's $100-$200 vs the utility gained.