Kitchen meme

[vilakins]

I might as well do this while I have some time.

Bold the ones you have and use at least once a year, italicise the ones you have and don't use, strike through the ones you have had but got rid of. And add any unusual items that you have that aren't on the list.

I wonder how many pasta machines, breadmakers, juicers, blenders, deep fat fryers, egg boilers, melon ballers, sandwich makers, pastry brushes, cheese knives, electric woks, miniature salad spinners, griddle pans, jam funnels, meat thermometers, filleting knives, egg poachers, cake stands, garlic crushers, martini glasses, tea strainers, bamboo steamers, pizza stones, coffee grinders, milk frothers, piping bags, banana stands, fluted pastry wheels, tagine dishes, conical strainers, rice cookers, steam cookers, pressure cookers, slow cookers, spaetzle makers, cookie presses / pipers, gravy strainers, double boilers (bains marie), sukiyaki stoves, ice cream makers, fondue sets, healthy-grills, home smokers, tempura sets, tortilla presses, electric whisks (known as beaters here) languish dustily at the back of the world's cupboards.

I also have an espresso machine (which gets used several times a week along with the coffee grinder and has its own milk frother), two cast-iron skillets (big and small) which also get a lot of use, and I'n considering buying a pizza stone.

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, LJ, your memes are strange at times...

I am glad to see your kitchen is so well equipped, however. I am just wondering what half of these things even are. :lol: (I think I can own to a pastry brush, a garlic crusher and an electric whisk. And I think what people call blenders is what I call a liquidiser, but I'm not sure.)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure either. I had to ask an American what some of those things were. I think a lot of it depends on where you live too, and what one's mother used.

[lolmac]

I knew I liked you! I've had my own espresso maker for years, which gets daily use. MUCH cheaper than buying lattes!

At one point, I had two: one for home and one I kept at work.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

You took an espresso machine to work? That's dedication! Our office has one on each floor which has led to me drinking even more coffee.

This country has a huge coffee culture which we share with Australia, with our own names for some like long blacks and flat whites. They had no idea what I was talking about in England.

[lolmac]

I'm dedicated to coffee, but also to not going broke. I'm also dedicated to sleeping in as late as I can in the morning! It was cheaper to get a little espresso machine and keep it at work than it would have been to buy espresso, and it worked out better timewise to make my morning dose after I arrived.

Nowadays, my commute is much longer, and my partner makes me espresso first thing in the morning, because she is the Bestest Person Ever.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Lucky you! I get coffee made for me on weekend mornings. My first drink at work is tea; I have coffee mid morning and after lunch.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

I looked at yours, almost did it, and decided it was too much work ;)

I don't have a lot of specialized cookware, but I would like an immersion blender--I use the big blender now when I want to puree soups and it's kind of a pain in the butt. I've also thought about getting a mandoline, but since there's only two of us, I'm not sure it would save all that much effort.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

When I bolded blender, I meant the immersion / stick blender we have. It's great: I make fruit smoothies in a glass and blend soups in the pot.

I've had a mandoline for years and years; it's very useful and it just stands upright in a cupboard. I don't have a food processor due to lack of space and that's one thing I sometimes think would be good to have.