Kitchen Utensils That Are Rarely Used Nowadays

Kitchen Utensils That Are Rarely Used Nowadays
Click to expand...
Everything mentioned so far(and yet to be posted) in triplicate. If there was any doubt- married a pack rat, 60% of our kitchen storage is occupied by items not used on a daily basis / for years / never have been used in the 22 years we've been together.
 

Nathan said:
Everything mentioned so far(and yet to be posted) in triplicate. If there was any doubt- married a pack rat, 60% of our kitchen storage is occupied by items not used on a daily basis / for years / never have been used in the 22 years we've been together.
Click to expand...
@Nathan, do you have waffle makers? I had one back in the day and was manic to make waffles. The love affair ended and after several years of moving that thing around I finally dumped it. Now, I wish I had one again!
 
First it was
3db7e3dd32026a5c3bdc48b93f58bd5d.jpg
Then
swing-a-way-407bk_1.jpg
A couple nights ago I wanted canned Tuna and to look in and dig for this...the old reliable. :)

il_fullxfull.3550508987_bjpq.jpg
 
RadishRose said:
@Nathan, do you have waffle makers? I had one back in the day and was manic to make waffles. The love affair ended and after several years of moving that thing around I finally dumped it. Now, I wish I had one again!
Click to expand...
Yes, a couple of them, one that makes regular square waffles, one that makes heart shaped waffles. Neither one has been used in close to 20 years, but they both are still way in the back of a bottom cupboard. :unsure:
 
Judycat said:
A rice cooker. It said it makes perfect rice. It makes lousy rice.
Click to expand...
RadishRose said:
I wondered about those! I can make a decent pot of rice on the stove top with Uncle Ben's rice.

Just lower the heat and keep tightly covered for 20 minutes.
(I do add salt)
Click to expand...
We have both, I can make perfect rice just like @RadishRose mentioned, but also have a rice cooker. It does just fine, but cleanup is not worth the hassle. Because of my health fanaticism we don't eat white rice anymore.
 
Lawrence said:
My wife has a rolling pin that was a present from one of the kids. It is made from rock and polished and looks nice. It is very heavy, so it is not used very much.
Click to expand...
I have 2.. one is a regular wooden one and the other is a vintage wooden type with handles and is black in colour... with red handles

I don't use the vintage one , but my wooden one which i've had for many years gets used for rolling out dough, prob once a a month or so... and regularly and more often used for bashing steaks before cooking, or breaking up frozen packs of vegetables..
 
If I need a can opener, I still use an electric one. I keep it in the cupboard.

My Cuisinart (George Foreman type) has the waffle iron plates. I had to have them. Maybe use them every couple of years. They’re in a box in the basement. Maybe as an experiment I should make note of when they get used.
 
I have 2 rolling pins I never use. Only keep them because one belonged to my mother, the other to my mother-in-law. I had great plans of displaying them on the wall. Never did that either.
 
I have a food processor I rarely use, even though it allegedly saves lots of time. I hate cleaning it, so I do the things it does by hand. I use my mixer more often, although it is heavy to move into place. Cleaning it is only an imaginary hassle.
 
WheatenLover said:
I have a food processor I rarely use, even though it allegedly saves lots of time. I hate cleaning it, so I do the things it does by hand. I use my mixer more often, although it is heavy to move into place. Cleaning it is only an imaginary hassle.
Click to expand...
I'm like you. I have a food processor that I keep so that I can make my Grandmother's carrot salad recipe. It's a real pain to clean!
 
This is a great thread! It just reminded me of all the unused stuff that's stored in hard-to-reach places and that hasn't been used in years. I have just about everything listed here and ironically, I really don't use anything but two crock pots most of the time! Dang - I wish I had read this thread before the garage sale two weekends ago!
 
We have a vintage Kenwood Chef mixer that is only used for large mixes such as Christmas cake. Otherwise we have a hand held mixer.
We don't go much for gadgets, but we do make good use of the food processor and the bread maker. About the only thing we rarely use is the spatzle maker.
 
Trila said:
I'm like you. I have a food processor that I keep so that I can make my Grandmother's carrot salad recipe. It's a real pain to clean!
Click to expand...
My thing is that when I make scalloped or au gratin potatoes (which I love but am too lazy to make), the food processor can slice those potatoes extra thin, the way I like them. It can also shred cheese for cheese biscuits since the pre-shredded has cornstarch in it to keep the shreds separated. What difference does the cornstarch make? IDK. I read it somewhere.

We have so many potatoes I will make scalloped potatoes tomorrow (hopefully, tomorrow will come instead of always being tomorrow). I am firmly against potatoes rotting.
 
WheatenLover said:
My thing is that when I make scalloped or au gratin potatoes (which I love but am too lazy to make), the food processor can slice those potatoes extra thin, the way I like them. It can also shred cheese for cheese biscuits since the pre-shredded has cornstarch in it to keep the shreds separated. What difference does the cornstarch make? IDK. I read it somewhere.

We have so many potatoes I will make scalloped potatoes tomorrow (hopefully, tomorrow will come instead of always being tomorrow). I am firmly against potatoes rotting.
Click to expand...
I understand that! LOL
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top