Things found in your kitchen. - Page 4

Holdfast · October 2 2012, 06:43 PM

RoJoHen wrote:

Holdfast wrote:

I have one of those wine bottle foil-cutters. It was a freebie with something or other, not sure what. Completely useless; I always use the tip of the corkscrew to prise/peel off the top of the foil before taking the cork out.

I had no idea such a thing existed. I have a corkscrew with a small knife in it, but I didn't know they sold foil-cutters as a separate tool.

It's a really stupid device that doesn't work properly. I would never pay for something like it; it was a corporate freebie of some sort. I actually want to say a drug rep gave it to me after a presentation they did on an anti-alcoholism drug, but that's probably just my memory confabulating a better origin story for it...

It's sort of like this one I just googled up: http://www.chinadong.com/upload/2009...oil-Cutter.jpg

trekkiedane · October 2 2012, 06:46 PM

I have no idea how they got to have such a thing... my parents used to have this monster of a cork-screw -it came with a foil cutter.

While the thing(s) now rest somewhere in my kitchen I prefer using the good old-fashioned waiter's cork-screw, that has the little knife for cutting foil:

ETA: Just found mine... it seems to be parked in the cork of a bottle of LBV Port from 2006

Tora Ziyal · October 2 2012, 09:49 PM

Holdfast wrote:

Apart from that, I don't think there's much pointless gadgetry in my kitchen, apart from the usual blender that's never used sitting in a cupboard. Sometimes I think people shouldn't bother taking those with them when they move; if everyone did the same, they'd just find one ready & waiting to be ignored when they move into their new place...

Excellent idea.

I had one when I was married. Might've used it twice? Left it behind when I left my husband. Eventually bought another one (God knows why, and actually he's probably not sure either). Didn't use it at all. Gave it away after a couple years.

Hmm... Just to clarify, I eventually bought another blender, not another husband.

Holdfast · October 2 2012, 10:00 PM

Kreacher wrote:

Holdfast wrote:

Apart from that, I don't think there's much pointless gadgetry in my kitchen, apart from the usual blender that's never used sitting in a cupboard. Sometimes I think people shouldn't bother taking those with them when they move; if everyone did the same, they'd just find one ready & waiting to be ignored when they move into their new place...

Excellent idea.

I had one when I was married. Might've used it twice? Left it behind when I left my husband. Eventually bought another one (God knows why, and actually he's probably not sure either). Didn't use it at all. Gave it away after a couple years.

I blame it on the commercials where you're shown all these healthy, quick & tasty things you can make. But somehow you never have the desire, or never have the enough of the raw ingredients handy even if you do think of using it.

Hmm... Just to clarify, I eventually bought another blender, not another husband.

Just as long as the first husband wasn't disposed of using the blender...

Tora Ziyal · October 2 2012, 10:11 PM

Holdfast wrote:

I blame it on the commercials where you're shown all these healthy, quick & tasty things you can make. But somehow you never have the desire, or never have the enough of the raw ingredients handy even if you do think of using it.

Yeah, those healthy, quick & tasty things sound good, but they don't satisfy cravings, as least not mine. Ice cream is my drug of choice. There is no substitute.

Davros · October 2 2012, 10:22 PM

This can be found in my kitchen

Holdfast · October 2 2012, 10:23 PM

Kreacher wrote:

Holdfast wrote:

I blame it on the commercials where you're shown all these healthy, quick & tasty things you can make. But somehow you never have the desire, or never have the enough of the raw ingredients handy even if you do think of using it.

Yeah, those healthy, quick & tasty things sound good, but they don't satisfy cravings, as least not mine. Ice cream is my drug of choice. There is no substitute.

Nigella Lawson made an awesome-looking, very easy, home-made coffee ice cream in her new series yesterday: http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/...ICE-CREAM-5550

Talking of things I'd like to have in my kitchen, Nigella probably comes fairly near the top of the list.

CorporalClegg · October 2 2012, 10:36 PM

Holdfast wrote:

Talking of things I'd like to have in my kitchen, Nigella probably comes fairly near the top of the list.

I don't know who she is, but she looks just like Jamie Murray. I approve.

If I didn't make smoothies, I probably wouldn't have need for a blender either since I make margaritas by hand.

Tora Ziyal · October 2 2012, 11:22 PM

Davros wrote:

This can be found in my kitchen

Such basic kitchen equipment that even I have two. But yours is a particularly attractive model.

Holdfast wrote:

Nigella Lawson made an awesome-looking, very easy, home-made coffee ice cream in her new series yesterday: http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/...ICE-CREAM-5550

Ooh, that does look good.

Holdfast · October 4 2012, 02:17 AM

CorporealClegg wrote:

Holdfast wrote:

Talking of things I'd like to have in my kitchen, Nigella probably comes fairly near the top of the list.

I don't know who she is, but she looks just like Jamie Murray. I approve.

I never noticed that before, but I reckon you're right. Curvier, mind, in a tasty way.

Kreacher wrote:

Holdfast wrote:

Nigella Lawson made an awesome-looking, very easy, home-made coffee ice cream in her new series yesterday: http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/...ICE-CREAM-5550

Ooh, that does look good.

Yes, she does.

Wait, that's not what you wrote, was it...

T'Preea · October 4 2012, 03:06 AM

I've got crap I don't use, like a rice cooker. I don't even like rice.

October 2 2012, 06:46 PM	#47
trekkiedane Admiral Location: I'll let you know when I get there.	Re: Things found in your kitchen. I have no idea how they got to have such a thing... my parents used to have this monster of a cork-screw -it came with a foil cutter. While the thing(s) now rest somewhere in my kitchen I prefer using the good old-fashioned waiter's cork-screw, that has the little knife for cutting foil: ETA: Just found mine... it seems to be parked in the cork of a bottle of LBV Port from 2006 __________________ You just assume condescension because I'm European and we're known for not taking Americans seriously. It's a curse. { Emilia }

October 2 2012, 10:22 PM	#51
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October 4 2012, 03:06 AM	#56
T'Preea Commander Location: Stimulating Data's Synaptic Pathways.	Re: Things found in your kitchen. I've got crap I don't use, like a rice cooker. I don't even like rice. __________________ Who said sexy had to be human?

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