Kitchen gadgets!
rikibeth and gehayi both did this one.
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:
I wonder how many pasta machines, pasta rollers,* breadmakers, juicers, manual juicers, blenders, deep fat fryers, egg boilers, melon ballers,** sandwich makers, pastry brushes (silicon rules!), cheese knives, electric woks, miniature salad spinners, big salad spinners, griddle pans, jam funnels,*** meat thermometers, filleting knives, angel food cake cutters, egg poachers, cake stands, garlic crushers, food processors, martini glasses, tea strainers, bamboo steamers, pizza stones, coffee grinders, milk frothers, piping bags,**** banana stands, fluted pastry wheels, tagine dishes, conical strainers, microwave rice cookers, pastry blenders, steam cookers, pressure cookers, slow cookers, spaetzle makers, cookie presses, gravy strainers, double boilers, sukiyaki stoves, ice cream makers, egg slicers,***** egg beaters, and fondue sets languish dustily at the back of the nation's cupboards.
* This used to be used a lot, but it takes a lot more time to make pasta than to buy it from a store.
** This was my grandmother's.
*** The jam-making did not go well, and I haven't tried again.
**** Because this one I have really needs to be replaced so I can have one to use, but I keep forgetting.
***** This was also my grandmother's. It doesn't work very well ... I may be using it wrong.
I think I have more gadgets to add, but it's time for dinner.
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:
I wonder how many pasta machines, pasta rollers,* breadmakers, juicers, manual juicers, blenders, deep fat fryers, egg boilers, melon ballers,** sandwich makers, pastry brushes (silicon rules!), cheese knives, electric woks, miniature salad spinners, big salad spinners, griddle pans, jam funnels,*** meat thermometers, filleting knives, angel food cake cutters, egg poachers, cake stands, garlic crushers, food processors, martini glasses, tea strainers, bamboo steamers, pizza stones, coffee grinders, milk frothers, piping bags,**** banana stands, fluted pastry wheels, tagine dishes, conical strainers, microwave rice cookers, pastry blenders, steam cookers, pressure cookers, slow cookers, spaetzle makers, cookie presses, gravy strainers, double boilers, sukiyaki stoves, ice cream makers, egg slicers,***** egg beaters, and fondue sets languish dustily at the back of the nation's cupboards.
* This used to be used a lot, but it takes a lot more time to make pasta than to buy it from a store.
** This was my grandmother's.
*** The jam-making did not go well, and I haven't tried again.
**** Because this one I have really needs to be replaced so I can have one to use, but I keep forgetting.
***** This was also my grandmother's. It doesn't work very well ... I may be using it wrong.
I think I have more gadgets to add, but it's time for dinner.