THE VARGAS’S KITCHENTY MOSBY

ANTHROPOLOGY 102DR. WOLFE10/3/2013

When I walked in the Vargas Family kitchen Mrs. Vargas was making Albondigas which is a Mexican soup that has meatballs, potatoes and zucchinis in it on top of the stove. Inside the Stove Mrs. Vargas stored her pots and pans that were to larger for her to put in the cabinets.

Inside their refrigerator the had multiple items like milk and orange juice for the family for breakfast. They also had bagels, cream cheese, some left over's from the night before, lot of butter, a 12 pack of Cokes, and some creamer for their coffee. Inside their freezer they had different kinds of meat, cheese, ice cream, ice cube trays, and some Hennessy for when the parents wanted to have a drink.

They stored food in their pantry. It was filled with different kinds of cereal, chips, fruit snacks, rice, coffee, crackers, potatoes, coffee, hot dog buns, bagels, cooking oil and cups of

noodle soups.

In one of their cabinets they utilized the space for multiple purposes. On the first shelf they had a blender in the back, napkins, box of stuffing, box of macaroni and cheese, crackers, sugar, hot sauce and soy sauce. On the second shelf they had so glass plates and bowls and some more napkins in a napkin holder. On the third shelf it where they stored all of heir different kind of seasonings, some on circler plates that you can turn.

In the other cabinet they stored their glasses and some more bowls and kids plates. On the first shelf they had wine glasses, shot glasses and collectors cups from different places they had visited. On the second shelf they had a mix of glasses, kids cups, coffee mugs and plastic cups. On the third shelf they had glass bowls, kids plates and paper plates.

They had a storage pantry where they store their laundry supplies on the first shelf like different laundry detergents, fabric softeners, and ammonia. Some the second shelf there were some toilet tissue rolls, paper towel rolls, a box of plastic forks, spoons and knifes, a bag of candy and some sales papers. On the thirds shelf they had two cases of waters, apple juices, some gallons of water, and paper and plastic cups.

In their drawers in the kitchen they stored their eating utensils in the first drawer. It contained multiple sizes of sliver spoons, forks and knifes. The was also some fun straws for the kids. They stored their dish towels and cooking mittens in the second drawer.

In the sink Mrs. Vargas had some dishes that she had washed drying. Under their sink is where they stored their cleaning products, cleaning towels, a half full gallon of water and trash pages.

They utilized their counter spaces with a decoration of fresh fruit: pears, kiwis, mangos, pomegranates and bananas, a blender, a paper towel holder, three containers: one filled with rice, one filled with sugar, and the other filled with flour on one counter. On the counter they had a toaster over and a microwave. And on the last counter the had a coffee pot, a container filled with sugar, a toaster and a kitchen decoration.