Celtic tiger Kitchen Utencles

ocokev · 25-05-2010 01:38PM

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

WalterMitty · 25-05-2010 01:40PM

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 · 25-05-2010 02:01PM

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

kylith · 25-05-2010 02:55PM

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 · 25-05-2010 02:59PM

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 · 25-05-2010 03:01PM

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 · 25-05-2010 03:26PM

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 · 25-05-2010 03:28PM

Stee wrote: »

Me two

Maybe you shud use it then ' Me too '

Dont mind me I'm bored

bijapos · 25-05-2010 03:40PM

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 · 25-05-2010 03:53PM

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 · 25-05-2010 04:26PM

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 · 25-05-2010 04:42PM

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 · 25-05-2010 04:45PM

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 · 25-05-2010 04:47PM

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.
George Foreman used about 3 times in 4 years.

Electric carving knife used at Christmas only.

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 · 25-05-2010 04:48PM

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.
George Foreman used about 3 times in 4 years.

Electric carving knife used at Christmas only.

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 · 25-05-2010 04:51PM

Sofiztikated wrote: »

So...

Like a pot and a blender then?

In 1 Though!

ncmc · 25-05-2010 05:23PM

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 · 25-05-2010 05:26PM

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

What more does a man need to serve himself?

gamgsam · 25-05-2010 05:37PM

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 · 25-05-2010 05:40PM

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

wobblyknees · 25-05-2010 06:04PM

Bonito wrote: »

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!

So you turned the George into a frying pan? Interesting.

GTE · 25-05-2010 07:11PM

biko wrote: »

Slow rice cooker

An odd product to have in the hustle and bustle of modern life.
Super Mega Turbo Rice Cooker FTW!!!

Sofiztikated · 25-05-2010 07:26PM

bbk wrote: »

An odd product to have in the hustle and bustle of modern life.
Super Mega Turbo Rice Cooker FTW!!!

I think you may have misunderstood him.

Its not a rice cooker that's slow, it a cooker for cooking slow rice. You know. As in special.

I think.

Scarinae · 25-05-2010 07:40PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

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

Ew, seriously? Would it not get manky really quickly?

starbelgrade wrote: »

- Soda streams

I always wanted one of these! My friend had one and I thought it was the best thing ever, my parents wouldn't buy one though

You don't see as many sandwich toasters around anymore, maybe the George Foreman has taken over that niche in the market?

We have a juicer and an ice cream maker somewhere in the house

Coriolanus · 25-05-2010 07:58PM

Fishie wrote: »

Ew, seriously? Would it not get manky really quickly?

Well, yeah, that's sort of the point. Black deep fried bits were an important food group in the 80s and early 90s. Used to get a serving of them from the chipper and with your fry on a Sunday. Me, I blame their absense for all of modern societies woes.

You don't see as many sandwich toasters around anymore, maybe the George Foreman has taken over that niche in the market?

It certainly has in my house!

Bonito wrote:

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!

I see your fried egg and raise you an egg cracked into the middle of a potato waffle!
I like to crisp up my waffle first though, that's important.

Sofiztikated · 25-05-2010 08:02PM

Fishie wrote: »

Ew, seriously? Would it not get manky really quickly?

I always wanted one of these! My friend had one and I thought it was the best thing ever, my parents wouldn't buy one though

You don't see as many sandwich toasters around anymore, maybe the George Foreman has taken over that niche in the market?

We have a juicer and an ice cream maker somewhere in the house

Not manky, just well used. Obviously you change the oil now and again, and give it a rub of a cloth occasionally to get the crap of it.

The best pan I have ever used and eaten from was one my ma had. The thing had no handle, was BLACK with burnt bits, but always turned out the best bacon, sausages, eggs, steak, burgers, whatever. Was a brilliant pan.

RE: Soda Streams, never even knew anyone that had one, but saw that Heston Blue Menthol Soda Stream some Blue Nun, and apparently 'twas nice. I really want to give that a go, maybe with some nice whisky or a rum or something.

gingelion · 25-05-2010 08:13PM

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

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....

I have a savage set of knives my sister got me for christmas. They're great, dunno how i ever cooked without them but i tend to cut myself a lot. even cut my finger opening the box

Celtic tiger Kitchen Utencles

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