Husband and I decided a while ago that when we moved into the Dallas/Plano area, we were going to Kasher our kitchen. We have been moving toward a more observant lifestyle, so this fit our new way of thinking. I don't think either of us knew exactly what this would entail.
After the sale of our house, when we moved into the apartment, we started only buying kosher packaged foods. Upon moving into the house, it was all kosher all the time. The Kashering Rabbi came to our house for a preliminary meeting. He checked our pantry, fridge, and freezer. In all of these places combined, he only found 5 items that were not Kosher.
Last week he came to the house to Kasher it. Husband spent 5 hours with him preparing everything, cooking dishware, immersing dishes in boiling water, and getting things ready for the Utensil Mikveh. I came home to wet towels all over the floor from kashering the counters and boxes upon boxes of dishes waiting to be toveled (dipped in utensil mikveh).
We took our last set (other than our good crystal that still has labels on them) to the Mikveh yesterday. Our dishwasher has been running a ton of loads to wash the toveled dishes. Since a Mikveh is fed from rain water, the dishes were quite dirty and needed to be re-cleaned. We are still washing dishes and placing them in the cabinets labeled with "Meat", "Dairy", and "Parve" stickers, but there is an end in sight. The best feeling was knowing that we cooked our entire Shabbat dinner and break the fast meal completely Kosher. We used Kosher dishes, on the Kosher counters, with Kosher food.
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