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[sherron0]

Who was it that gave me the wonderful "box of kitchen gadgets" idea? Mara G maybe? 

I put all the things from two drawers and two flower pots (tey make lovely holders for wooden spoons and such) in a box.  And told the guys that they could keep anything they used in the next month.  And that if it wasn't worth digging in the box for, they didn't really need it. 

A couple of things came out immediately e.g., spatulas and spatulas.  Both the egg turning kind and the cake mix scraping kind.  Why do those have the same name? anyone know?  And I took out a couple of things that I don't use that often, but do use, and for which there is no substitute.  Like my boiled egg slicer.  Shoot me, I like my boiled eggs sliced in dainty little circles and lightly salted and peppered.  And one of the potato/carrot peelers.  But just one of them. And a couple of large serving utensils that we only use at big holidays, but do use them then. However, said large utensils went down to the storage closet to live with their matching bowls, trays, and fancy napkins.

And I'm going to rescue one of the the three sets of measuring spoons. Probably the one that actually has all the spoons still. No one's used one in a month, but that's the kind of thing that when you do need one, there is no subtitute.

So it's been a month, and there's still LOTS of stuff in the box.  It turns out that I had 17 spatulas (batter scraping kind) and I'm now down to four, in different sizes/shapes.

I had 4 whisks.  Haven't used one this month, but I think I'll keep one.  I do use one every once in a while.

I have things left in the box that I can't quite identify.  It's kind of scary, but nice to actually be able to find what I'm looking for in a drawer now.

Comments

[maliciastarling.livejournal.com]

gah you make me feel guilty I have SOOOO MUCH CRAP in my room...
But I'm glad you're getting your house all spiffied :)

[the-theorist.livejournal.com]

John and I got in an argument about the spatulas recently. We've been cooking together a lot and one time I asked him to hand me the spatula... he was like, "We don't have one." (I was referring to the cake batter type) And I grabbed it and waved it in his face, "Spatula." "No, that is NOT a spatula!" He said. And we went back and forth until finally he said, "A spatula is what you flip an egg with." I was like, "ooooooohhhhh" Yes, but this is also called a spatula. I had NEVER thought about the two utensils at the same time. I just knew THIS was a spatula, and THIS was a spatula... it didn't even occur to me that they had the same name. I was really distraught from then on trying to figure out why two completely different objects had the same weird name. And why John had never heard of the cake batter-scraper kind. He never ceases to amaze me with his ignorance sometimes. And he feels the same way about me. hahaha!

[sherron0.livejournal.com]

So what did he think the cake batter type were called?