Kitchen Supplies Meme from fen
Bold the ones you have and use at least once a year, italicize the ones you have and don't use, strike through the ones you have had but got rid of.
How many pasta machines, breadmakers, juicers, blenders,, deep fat fryers, egg boilers, melon ballers*, sandwich makers, pastry brushes, cheese boards, cheese knives, crepe makers, electric woks, miniature salad spinners, griddle pans, jam funnels, pie funnels, meat thermometers, filleting knives,, egg poachers, cake stands, garlic crushers, martini glasses, tea strainers, bamboo steamers, pizza stones, coffee grinders**, filter coffee machines, expresso machines, 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, gravy strainers, double boilers (bains marie), sukiyaki stoves, ice cream makers, popcorn machines, fondue sets, healthy-grills, home smokers, tempura sets, tortilla presses, electric whisks, cherry stoners, sugar thermometers***, food processors, stand mixers, mincers, bacon presses, bacon slicers, mouli mills, cake testers, pestle-and-mortars, gratin dishes, apple corers, mango stoners, cake slices, and sets of kebab skewers languish dustily at the back of the world's cupboards?
*It's called a PARISIENNE SCOOP. Actually, okay, in school, we called it "not a melon baller."
**I would use the coffee grinder if I could freakin' FIND the coffee grinder. I KNOW I own one.
*** If by "sugar thermometer" they mean "candy thermometer"
Um, some of these...I mean, I have a "mincer", it's called "a utility knife." A "bain marie" (which is NOT a double-boiler) just means "water bath" as in putting custards in a hotel pan with water half up and while I have seen deliberately sold sets of double boilers it's easier just to put a bowl over the pot.
How many pasta machines, breadmakers, juicers, blenders,, deep fat fryers, egg boilers, melon ballers*, sandwich makers, pastry brushes, cheese boards, cheese knives, crepe makers, electric woks, miniature salad spinners, griddle pans, jam funnels, pie funnels, meat thermometers, filleting knives,, egg poachers, cake stands, garlic crushers, martini glasses, tea strainers, bamboo steamers, pizza stones, coffee grinders**, filter coffee machines, expresso machines, 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, gravy strainers, double boilers (bains marie), sukiyaki stoves, ice cream makers, popcorn machines, fondue sets, healthy-grills, home smokers, tempura sets, tortilla presses, electric whisks, cherry stoners, sugar thermometers***, food processors, stand mixers, mincers, bacon presses, bacon slicers, mouli mills, cake testers, pestle-and-mortars, gratin dishes, apple corers, mango stoners, cake slices, and sets of kebab skewers languish dustily at the back of the world's cupboards?
*It's called a PARISIENNE SCOOP. Actually, okay, in school, we called it "not a melon baller."
**I would use the coffee grinder if I could freakin' FIND the coffee grinder. I KNOW I own one.
*** If by "sugar thermometer" they mean "candy thermometer"
Um, some of these...I mean, I have a "mincer", it's called "a utility knife." A "bain marie" (which is NOT a double-boiler) just means "water bath" as in putting custards in a hotel pan with water half up and while I have seen deliberately sold sets of double boilers it's easier just to put a bowl over the pot.