Those of you who know me well or have been following this blog for an extended period of time will be aware that shopping is not a great love of mine. For the most part, I have pretty well everything I need. However, my plastic spatula which I have owned for at least 20 years met an untimely end courtesy of the blades of the blender. I realised that I definitely needed one so checked online and found that Big W had Pyrex brand large and small silicone spatulas on special so when we were out and about on Tuesday I attempted to get one of each size. The small ones were sold out so I will look again another day as GMan is keen for a small one to use when making sourdough.
In the meantime, here is the new addition to my collection of kitchen utensils.
Coincidentally, I had planned to clean out the utensil jars and drawer. Each time I do this there is usually something which I decide is no longer required but I have culled my collection of utensils to a point that everything is worthy of its place in the kitchen.
Like all decluttering/streamlining projects, there is no ‘one size fits all’ as we all have different needs in the kitchen.
I have 2 utensil jars. These hold the majority of frequently used utensils.
Here they are laid out on the bench.
The hand beater lives in the side of the regular cutlery drawer.
The contents of the utensil drawer. These are generally too small or too sharp to stand in a utensil jar. Some, such as the vegetable peeler and measuring spoons are used every day while most would be used at least once a month and a few less frequently.
I have an expanding bamboo divider which helps to keep them in some sort of order. Once I had wiped the drawer and the divider, I replaced all of the items.
There is one item missing from these photos. The pie slice which GMan is revarnishing the wooden handle.
I have not shown the sharp knives which I keep separately in a knife block.
I have multiples of a few things – measuring spoons, tongs, wooden spoons and pastry brushes but these are all used.
What are your essential kitchen utensils? Have you reviewed or reduced what you have recently?
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We have too many items. And doubles and triples of some. Mr S won’t let me let some go. I want enough. He wants too much.
Difficult but we do need to take partners views into account.
I’ve culled my utensils drawer recently and don’t have anything I don’t use. Do you have an apple corer Yvonne? The last twice I used a knife to cut the middle out I’ve sliced my finger. Do you think they are worthwhile buying?
I do have an apple cider. It is probably almost the least used utensil but definitely worth having in my opinion. Actually, it must be baked apple weather….. 🙂