We've joked for the last 10 years about our 'easy bake ovens' and the half size fridge & freezer. In Abu Dhabi we had a decent size fridge/freezer combo that had to sit in the 'maid's room' because it was too big for the kitchen. But the stove in AD was when we started using 'easy bake oven' to describe the size. In Bristol, the oven was a little bigger, but only because it had and upper and lower oven - still only the width of an easy bake and in fact, the cookie sheets and roasting pan I finally shipped over from the US didn't fit! The fridge/freezer was even worse. First, they were separate and both under the counter models so shorter and narrower - think of a dorm size fridge and double it. The fridge was on one side of the kitchen and the freezer on the other. And during a pandemic when we limited our grocery shopping trips to once a week, that was a challenge!
So, imagine our delight to find a 'normal' size fridge/freezer and oven in our new apartment in Kent, WA. The space! The room! The noise! (not sure why, but our fridge sounds like a freight train when it cycles) But now that we'll have to go back to refrigerating our eggs, I know I'll have room for them. And once my cookie sheets and roasting pan arrive, I'm sure they'll fit with room to spare!
Side note: you may have noticed the egg reference and you read that right. In the UK (and many parts of the world) there is no need to refrigerate eggs. And, the common eggs are brown - you pay a premium for white eggs (or duck or blue or quail). It felt a bit strange at first, but being able to store your eggs in the pantry is actually really convenient and, for me, preferred. Apparently, it has something to do with how eggs are washed here in the states that removes a protective covering on the shells that then requires them to be refrigerated. So, back in the fridge they'll go - but at least now I have room for them.
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