@John Brunner your cooking has become a science project I for one, use as little outside gadgets as possible
I miss all the kitchen equipment stores they used to have at the malls. Bed Bath & Beyond is a poor substitute for some of the ones there used to be.
I can only cook a few things right most every time one is biscuits all home made totally I have mother's mother's pan, cutter and rolling pin and still use all of them, the pan is from the 1800s' not sure on the rest. It still has the marks from being picked up so many times with pliers.
We recently had our kitchen re-done, and wife decided the kitchen gadget she missed the most was the kitchen sink. We were without one for a week and had to do all the sink chores in the downstairs bathroom--no fun.
I love handed down utensils, tools, etc. I treasure that stuff way more than I would care about inherited paintings and statues. It has such a personal connection to everyone who cooked or repaired in the past.
I've visited homes in the country that completely lacked indoor plumbing. I'm sure lots of us have had the experience, if not the lifestyle. I bet there's still more than a few homes like that in my part of the state, and in others. "Gadgets," indeed.
Where Yvonne hails from, Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho, a lot of people have to haul water from the community center to their property. Whilst having our restaurant in Moyie Springs, people would often come to fill up their drums from our well tap.
I started using flexible cutting mats a while ago. You can buy 4 pak at Walmart for under $10, or get 6 of them for the same price, including shipping (there may be a quality difference.) I really like these. Chopped hard veggies (carrots, radishes) do not fling off of them as you cut them because the top is textured, and you can curl up the mats to "pour" into containers or pans with corralling the stuff from the edges. And it's nice to have so many cutting boards on hand for so cheap. Plus they're so thin, they take no storage space whatsoever.
I like them because they go into the dishwasher fine, thus ensuring everything is clean and no residual contamination.
I agree. I don't hand-wash these. Since there are 4 of them, I put each used one in the dishwasher and just pull another one out. They can get bent in weird ways just from the hot water (I always air dry), but are easy enough to fold back. I only use my legacy boards when I need something sturdy to slice fresh-baked bread on, or I need to carry stuff to & from the grill.
I put the plastic ones on top of the legacy boards when I need something more substantial. It saves the surfaces of some of the prettier boards as well.
I got my light bar.Now am going to order one or two more. Work great but was smaller than I had expected. Oh and the box spring cover. Happy happy