Quirky kitchen items

Treacle

Treacle

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I love my egg friars ('scuse the pun'). Had it for years. It is a task to fit the right size of egg into the right size friar which adds to the fun (hearing a chorus of get a life Treacle) :LOL: It just cheers me up seeing their bald heads. It just makes me :D
 

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Are the friars for storing raw eggs on the counter or for bringing boiled eggs to the table?

I looked around my kitchen and couldn't see much that I would consider quirky.

Maybe this old plate that I rescued from a charity shop years ago will fill the bill. I often wonder how it safely made such a long journey only to be abandoned.

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I have two of these butter warmers that I saved from my Jewel wood cook stove when it was dismantled to get rid of. I saved them and wasn't sure what I would do with them here. I put them up in the space above my stove for decorating purposes only. I loved that stove and cooking on it, so this is a reminder to me of something I will never forget.
 
Aunt Bea said:
Are the friars for storing raw eggs on the counter or for bringing boiled eggs to the table?

I looked around my kitchen and couldn't see much that I would consider quirky.

Maybe this old plate that I rescued from a charity shop years ago will fill the bill. I often wonder how it safely made such a long journey only to be abandoned.

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Used for storing raw eggs on the counter Aunt Bea. I've never put raw eggs in the fridge -oooh that might be a post for discussion. Fridge or counter?:unsure: ☺
 
I have a couple of quirky items but not on display. They are up in the top kitchen cabinets. I do have this in the kitchen though. A rooster we bought when we moved here.
 
I thought keeping eggs cool was the key to keeping them fresh longer. Please don't tell me I've been doing it wrong all these years.
 
gennie said:
I thought keeping eggs cool was the key to keeping them fresh longer. Please don't tell me I've been doing it wrong all these years.
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I've never kept eggs in the fridge but in an article on the internet it does say they keep fresh longer. Another article said Americans keep them in the fridge but European's tend not to because European egg producers don't damage the eggs natural protective barrier by washing them????? :unsure: Too much science for me gennie. Whatever works for you. ☺
 
Treacle said:
I've never kept eggs in the fridge but in an article on the internet it does say they keep fresh longer. Another article said Americans keep them in the fridge but European's tend not to because European egg producers don't damage the eggs natural protective barrier by washing them????? :unsure: Too much science for me gennie. Whatever works for you. ☺
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I've always kept eggs in the fridge. Not butter though (when I still ate butter). Kept it on the counter and never had it spoil.
 
When I was a kid we kept butter eggs and cheese at room temperature.

We never had a problem with spoilage but we used all of those items every day in one way or another.

I still have one of these old sanitary cheese keepers in my kitchen. The cheese sits on those glass fins and allows the air to circulate around it. You put a little water and or apple cider vinegar in the bottom and change it periodically. The moisture helps to keep the cheese from drying out and the vinegar helps to prevent mold from forming.

I also have one of these Sandland silver luster covered cheese dishes. Covered cheese dishes used to be a permanent fixture on kitchen tables across the country. These days we settle for individual slices of artificial cheese wrapped in plastic. :(

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Aunt Bea said:
When I was a kid we kept butter eggs and cheese at room temperature.

We never had a problem with spoilage but we used all of those items every day in one way or another.

I still have one of these old sanitary cheese keepers in my kitchen. The cheese sits on those glass fins and allows the air to circulate around it. You put a little water and or apple cider vinegar in the bottom and change it periodically. The moisture helps to keep the cheese from drying out and the vinegar helps to prevent mold from forming.

I also have one of these Sandland silver luster covered cheese dishes. Covered cheese dishes used to be a permanent fixture on kitchen tables across the country. These days we settle for individual slices of artificial cheese wrapped in plastic. :(

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These cheese dishes are fascinating. I've never heard of the vinegar in the bottom! I've had the cheese keeper with the glass dome over the marble slab you put the cheese on, but never saw anything like yours.
 
JaniceM said:
I never heard of cheese dishes. When I was kid there was always a butter dish- kept in the refrigerator except at mealtimes.
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My mother kept butter in the fridge, but my mother-in-law did not. Since my FIL grew up on a midwestern farm that included cows and my parents grew up in Brooklyn, I opted to follow my in-laws' lead.

Spreading hard, cold butter was a p-in-the-a. So much easier with room temp butter.

I've never kept any kind of cheese at room temperature other than while serving it.
 
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