Celtic tiger Kitchen Utencles

Lando Griffin

A recent inventory at home of kitchen utensils and appliances threw up some very interesting facts.
Apart form the necessary kettle, microwave and toaster, we also have a few kitchen appliances that are rarely used.

1. George Foreman used about 3 times in 4 years.
2. Electric carving knife used at Christmas only.
3. An electric can opener that still has the packaging around it hasn’t a clue where it came from.

Do you have similar items lying around waiting for usage?

Feeona

I've a dictionary I never use

Danbo!

Feeona wrote: »

I've a dictionary I never use

Me two

WindSock

A smoothie maker. It is not mine, I hate smoothies, but what the hell is wrong with using a blender? Hmmmm?

Coriolanus

Wtf, the George is God. I pretty much only eat George'd chicken and sambos since getting a present of one.

Electric carving knives have a secondary utility if you put the blades in upside down. Freak children the fack out when you pretend to hack your hand off.

Minstrel27

I would use a George Foreman grill regularly if I had one.

biko

Slow rice cooker, never used it.
Massive food processor, never used it.
Hand blender bought solely for making milkshakes, used twice.

kylith

A slow cooker. I'd use it all the time but OH doesn't like stews, the weirdo.

Biko, I'll take that rice cooker if you dont' want it

syklops

A few years ago I was in the audience of the tubridy show(Dont ask), and the gift we got was this blue cylinder with Kitchen Utensils. When i got it home I opened it up and for the life of me could not figure out what any of them was for. There was a thing like a lidle with holes in it and spikes at the front, and another was a spoon with a large hole in the middle. There truely was no spoon.

Never used any of them. Ended up giving them to my mum for christmas, and she is still to find a use for them.

Lando Griffin

syklops wrote: »

There was a thing like a lidle with holes in it and spikes at the front, .

Resembles some sort of spagetti lifter.

Bonito

I use all my stuff. As for George, ya can toast bread and everything on that. Fry eggs, you name it, George can do it.

NothingMan

I use George all the time. Perfect for a quick burger, sausages, toasties or bacon bagels.

We have a hand blender my girlfriend uses to make soup but since we realised that Aldi's canned soup for 30c is delicious we haven't used it much.

I never use the toaster or kettle so I could live without those, my gf couldn't though.

We have a cake tray we never use that's about it really.

SuperGrover

syklops wrote: »

A few years ago I was in the audience of the tubridy show(Dont ask), and the gift we got was this blue cylinder with Kitchen Utensils. When i got it home I opened it up and for the life of me could not figure out what any of them was for. There was a thing like a lidle with holes in it and spikes at the front, and another was a spoon with a large hole in the middle. There truely was no spoon.

Never used any of them. Ended up giving them to my mum for christmas, and she is still to find a use for them.

The ladle with holes and spikes is for lifting spaghetti from the pot of water. It does the job quite well, actually.

The spoon with the hole in the middle was a bit of a mystery for me too. We have a wooden spoon with that design. Turns out it is designed for measuring a portion of spaghetti (or linguini, I suppose) suitable for one person. You drop the bunch of spaghetti on to the spoon and whatever fits through the hole is one portion. I've never actually used it for this, though.

NothingMan

Bonito wrote: »

I use all my stuff. As for George, ya can toast bread and everything on that. Fry eggs, you name it, George can do it.

Ok, You had me til the eggs bit, surely the eggs just run off into the drip tray!

kylith

syklops wrote: »

There was a thing like a lidle with holes in it and spikes at the front, and another was a spoon with a large hole in the middle. There truely was no spoon.

Probably salad servers. The spoon part often has a hole in it, don't ask me why.

http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00HeNEnqSlZtcf/Plastic-Salad-Fork-Spoon-HX1412-.jpg

Bonito

No seriously! Wait until it's at full temperature and crack the egg on it and it cooks near instantly! If you want the yoke even in the middle and not on the side then just prop the front legs of George up on a book, that's what I do! Then it's flat and nothing can run off!

SuperGrover

We were given a pressie of a bread maker one time.

Used it a few times. Went back to using the oven.

Lando Griffin

SuperGrover wrote: »

You drop the bunch of spaghetti on to the spoon and whatever fits through the hole is one portion. .

Oh yea. Then you must place it in the boiling water and when twisting the spoon the spagetti will twist into the saucepan. Clever.

sbsquarepants

Firstly the Gearge Foreman rules, i even call mine by a pet name, "georgey porgey". I need to get out more!

Have a juicer that's been used about 3 or 4 times in as many years, to make delicious "healthy" fruit juice, to which i then added a bottle of vodka on each occasion. I love health food:D

syklops

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Resembles some sort of spagetti lifter.

No, the holes were too big.

Probably salad servers. The spoon part often has a hole in it, don't ask me why.

No, the spikes were sharp and would shred any lettuce you try to pick up.

The spoon part wasnt really a spoon. It was more hole then spoon.

Thanks for trying to figure out what they are but my Mother is a Chef and even she was clueless as to their use.

Bonito

syklops wrote: »

No, the holes were too big.



No, the spikes were sharp and would shred any lettuce you try to pick up.

The spoon part wasnt really a spoon. It was more hole then spoon.

Thanks for trying to figure out what they are but my Mother is a Chef and even she was clueless as to their use.

My friends mam uses it for taking veg out of the pot. *shrugs*

admiralofthefleet

knives and forks

AnonoBoy

I've got one of those whatyamacallit thingies, y'know the ultimate Celtic Tiger utensil - the one you use for dividing up cocaine into lines?

Oh yeah, a credit card!

Never use that anymore.

pickarooney

Not really celtic tiger utensils but the big food processor rarely gets an outing since the tiny one was purchased and the fondue set and raclette grill only get rare outings.

Lando Griffin

AnonoBoy wrote: »

the one you use for dividing up cocaine into lines?

That reminds me we also have a rechargeable vacuum cleaner but we can only charge it in the car. Used three times.

lucylu

FTW
The biggest load of Junk we got as a present from my Dad a Cordless Electric Sweeping brush

confusticated

The spoon with a hole in it thing - would it be for lifting boiled eggs out of hot water by any chance? My friend has one of them.

Cheap Thrills!

This big weird silver thing under the kitchen counter, got a glass door and some confusing knobs and buttons on.....not really sure what its for but its good for hiding half eaten takeaways inside. :cool:

gravityisalie

confusticated wrote: »

The spoon with a hole in it thing - would it be for lifting boiled eggs out of hot water by any chance? My friend has one of them.

i agree , and for lifting spuds out of hot water

and walloping kids for not eating their asparagus

SuperGrover

I suppose it can be used for whatever you want but surely for a bolied egg or potato a multi-holed spoon would do the job grand.

The large-holed spoon is designed for spaghetti.

Bazzy

The £210 soup maker i INSISTED on getting and used once ... she still gives out about it !

ocokev

After briefly looking at Nevill Maguire on telly you would need the whole household department from Dunnes Stores to boil a feckin egg.

WalterMitty

lucylu wrote: »

FTW
The biggest load of Junk we got as a present from my Dad a Cordless Electric Sweeping brush

i have one and its great for small spills. Has to be the GTECH one though. I have a dog and its great at getting up dog hairs etc. Its no good on stairs though. Everyone on amazon gave it great reviews.

120_Minutes

I'm not in the habit of wasting money on things i dont need, so no. essentials only in our kitchen.

kylith

WalterMitty wrote: »

i have one and its great for small spills. Has to be the GTECH one though. I have a dog and its great at getting up dog hairs etc. Its no good on stairs though. Everyone on amazon gave it great reviews.

It's a pain to get dog hairs out of the roller brushes though.

Miguel_Sanchez

Bazzy wrote: »

The £210 soup maker i INSISTED on getting and used once ... she still gives out about it !

A soup maker? What's one of those do then that a big pot doesn't?

starbelgrade

I'm not sure that the Celtic Tiger got rid of these things, but over the years, the following things that used to be very commonplace seemed to have dissapeared from the Irish kitchen;

- Butter dishes

- Tea strainers

- Tea Pots

- Frying pans that were kept solely for the purposes of fry-ups & NEVER washed as it would ruin the flavour of the fry

- Soda streams

Bazzy

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

A soup maker? What's one of those do then that a big pot doesn't?

No you chop up veggies lash in a bit of stock it boils everything till ready and then you press a button and it blends it all and you can pour your lovely soup


http://www.cuisinart.co.uk/products-detail.php?ProductID=55&ProductCategoryID=0&ProductGroupID=18&DiscontinuedOnly=N

Bit cheaper now

Carra23

Stee wrote: »

Me two

Maybe you shud use it then ' Me too ' Dont mind me I'm bored

bijapos

Bazzy wrote: »

The £210 soup maker i INSISTED on getting and used once ... she still gives out about it !

£210 !! **** me!! :eek:

For that money I'd expect it to come with little wheels on it and head to the shop on its own to buy the veg!

... And wash up after itself.

Bazzy

bijapos wrote: »

£210 !! **** me!! :eek:

For that money I'd expect it to come with little wheels on it and head to the shop on its own to buy the veg!

... And wash up after itself.

Seemed like a good idea at the time :rolleyes:

Sofiztikated

Bazzy wrote: »

No you chop up veggies lash in a bit of stock it boils everything till ready and then you press a button and it blends it all and you can pour your lovely soup


http://www.cuisinart.co.uk/products-detail.php?ProductID=55&ProductCategoryID=0&ProductGroupID=18&DiscontinuedOnly=N

Bit cheaper now

So...

Like a pot and a blender then?

storm2811

Mam bought 3 coffee makers a while back,why 3,no idea:pac:

One was one of those "senseo" things that you put the coffee pods in,her sister in Belgium had one and she thought it was amazing,now we have 3 dusty coffee makers and about 30 bags of the coffee pod things..

Snowie

biko wrote: »

Massive food processor, never used it.

can i have it.

and if any one got a mini food blender feel free to pass it on

Guy:Incognito

Lando Griffin wrote: »

A recent inventory at home of kitchen utensils and appliances threw up some very interesting facts.
Apart form the necessary kettle, microwave and toaster, we also have a few kitchen appliances that are rarely used.

1. George Foreman used about 3 times in 4 years.
2. Electric carving knife used at Christmas only.
3. An electric can opener that still has the packaging around it hasn’t a clue where it came from.

Do you have similar items lying around waiting for usage?

The terms "celtic tiger" and "recession" should be banned because people seem unable to to buy or do anything without it being associated with one or the other.

We've had electric carving knives and tin openers for about 25-30 years, nothing to do with the celtic tiger.

People have been wasting money on barely used things the world over for as long as there was money.

Snowie

Lando Griffin wrote: »

A recent inventory at home of kitchen utensils and appliances threw up some very interesting facts.
Apart form the necessary kettle, microwave and toaster, we also have a few kitchen appliances that are rarely used.

1. George Foreman used about 3 times in 4 years.
2. Electric carving knife used at Christmas only.
3. An electric can opener that still has the packaging around it hasn’t a clue where it came from.

Do you have similar items lying around waiting for usage?

Nope

Electric carving knives are for people who cant use a normal Knife its noit that hard. plus they where around in the early 80s so hardly celtic tiger....
george formans are handy for cooking chickken in espechilly if its for a salad you can get the chiken peace perfectly MOiST.....

eletric can openers have been out years,

Tho id invite any body to tell me if they got one decenty knife in the house....

Bazzy

Sofiztikated wrote: »

So...

Like a pot and a blender then?

In 1 Though!

ncmc

OP you need to use the Georgie more often, does a killer toasted sarnie. Cheese gets all lovely melted but not volvanically hot so you can actually eat it without burning the mouth of yourself. Georgie toasties rock :cool:.

Dravokivich

I have 2 frying pans... and 3 of them flipping yokes...

What more does a man need to serve himself?

gamgsam

starbelgrade wrote: »

I'm not sure that the Celtic Tiger got rid of these things, but over the years, the following things that used to be very commonplace seemed to have dissapeared from the Irish kitchen;

- Butter dishes

- Tea strainers

- Tea Pots

- Frying pans that were kept solely for the purposes of fry-ups & NEVER washed as it would ruin the flavour of the fry

- Soda streams

The only decent fry I ever get is at my nans, and its the best part of my week! Lovely greasy pan too!

alwaysadub

The only thing i have that i don't really use is a slow cooker-used it about twice.
Only got a George Foreman at Christmas, but i use it a lot-my grill in the house is sh1ite so it's very useful