{"id":8002,"date":"2013-02-07T17:17:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T23:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncobrief.com\/?p=8002"},"modified":"2013-02-07T17:17:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T23:17:13","slug":"kitchen-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncobrief.com\/index.php\/archives\/kitchen-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Trissie<\/a>

Trissie the cat, resting in the Nesco Roaster Oven & Slow Cooker<\/p><\/div>\n

A news story in an English tabloid<\/a> rather amused me today, as it listed the top ten little used kitchen appliances which might (or might not) be in the average English kitchen. Being the owner of a house with a painfully small kitchen, but one who still enjoys cooking \u00e2\u20ac\u201c from scratch, yet \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I will plead guilty to owning some under-used gadgets. Of course, at one time or another, things like the slow-cooker got a great deal more use. And before we began experimenting with the paleo-style diet, we did get a lot more use out of the bread-making machine. But at lease we can plead that we did not waste money on purchasing most of the underused gadgets. In some cases, we bought them second-hand, or at rummage sales, and so paid mere pennies, compared to the original price.<\/p>\n

Looking down at the list, though \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I wonder how some of these gadgets aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t used more. I mean \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a blender? I use the blender all the time, and the food processor, too. From the top of the list \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a toasted sandwich maker. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have, although I think my daughter had one, living in the barracks. And my father was very fond of making sandwiches in the stove-top non-electric croque-monsieur iron. A George Foreman-type grill is another kitchen tool which apparently 17% of English purchasers never use again \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which is sad as I would really like one, especially the model which has the interchangeable, dishwasher-safe grill plates, and which can either lay out flat or be used as a Panini press. I do have a rather nice little one, picked up on sale at Williams-Sonoma; nice to use, a bear to clean afterwards, though. Kitchen scales \u00e2\u20ac\u201c unused by 16%? Say what, then? Sorry, I have a cheap little one which I use all the time, and would love to replace it with a nice Victorian-style antique one with the interchangeable weights. Juicers are unused at the same rate as kitchen scales, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good and healthy thing that this means 84% of English owners of juicers are using them regularly. Bread-maker (also going %16 unused in England); we plead guilty to several, all of them bought at yard or rummage sales. <\/p>\n

They seem to have been the gadget of choice for wedding presents, about fifteen years ago; they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re everywhere at second-hand sales, and usually barely \u00e2\u20ac\u201c if ever- used by the original recipient.
\nHand-blenders are next on the little-list, at %15 unused. That is one I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have, or even thought about buying. Seems kind of pointless, when I have a selection of balloon whisks handy. And finally, rounding out the little-used list, at %14 percent \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a coffee machine. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have one \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 for the very good reason that I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t drink coffee. Lately though, the very high-end cappuccino machines seem to have taken the place of bread-making machines as the go-to gadget for up-scale presents, so my daughter \u00e2\u20ac\u201c who does drink coffee and is known as the Queen of All Garage Sales – looks forward to seeing them available at thrift shops and yard sales. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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