Friday, April 21, 2006

Kitchen inventory (or "Following through")

Due to popular demand, I will here post an inventory of my kitchen utensils (including eating and/or food preparation utensils). In some way categorised, here goes:

Crockery
12 plates
12 side plates
1 serving plate (huge)
12 bowls (z.B. für Müsli)
3 bowls of different sizes

Drinkware
8 glasses
1 larger glass
5 coffee cups
1 pitcher
2 Italian espresso cups

Knives
1 vegetable knife
2 bread knives
1 meat knife
1 smaller knife

Cutlery
5 forks
4 knives
7 spoons
5 small spoons
4 wooden butter knives
2 butter knives (stainless steel)
2 pair of Ramen style chopsticks

Food preparation utensils
1 potato ricer
1 cutting board
1 cheese slicer
1 potato peeler
1 grater
1 balloon whisk
1 potato tester

Cookware
3 saucepans (different volumes)
2 frying pans (different circumference)
2 spatulas

Miscellaneous
3 serving mats
1 colander
2 things liek, for mixing purposes
2 ladles
1 funnel
1 can opener
1 sandwich toaster
1 pair of scissors

Coffee, tea, etc.
1 coffee percolator (Moka pot)
1 'Gravity type' coffee percolator
1 tea set (teapot, creamer, sugar bowl)
2 tea 'cages'
1 thermos

Measuring equipment
Measuring spoons (teaspoon, tablespoon, the whole shebang)
1 measuring cup (1 litre)

7 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous had the audacity to say...

You missed a small spoon, have a look on the top of the cupboards. I forgot it last night.

Best of luck!
minisu

00:23  
Anonymous Anonymous had the audacity to say...

What's a potato tester look like? A long metal pick w/ handle?

Very impressed that you have a ricer. I think I may te only person I know who has one. I don't think they're too popular in the States.

02:21  
Anonymous Anonymous had the audacity to say...

I think a potato tester is a long metallic stick with a small plastic handle. It's used to test if potatoes, among other things, are done.

I don't think I know anyone without a ricer... :o

minisu again

14:11  
Blogger J.R. Libel had the audacity to say...

I knew that "potato tester" was sort of a nonexistent expression. minisu is right, however.

16:47  
Blogger J.P. Reed had the audacity to say...

I can testify on the sharpness of the vegetable knife.

19:58  
Anonymous Anonymous had the audacity to say...

Okay, I feel like a dumbass, but do you use your ricer mostly for potatoes?

Most people in the States use an electric handheld beater to mash potatoes, but the potatoes then need to be way overcooked and they tend to get gummy. It makes a good mortar for laying brick, however.

00:00  
Blogger J.R. Libel had the audacity to say...

'Tis true that the ricer is of the sort "potato ricer", and the few times that I've used it, it has mostly been for this purpose. The ricer was also once involved in a failed attempt on crushing avocados.

I can imagine that some sort of electric appliance does the job fairly better. The main concern with the ricer is that a small layer of the material tends to get collected and stuck at the bottom.

15:08  

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