What’s the next kitchen item you plan to buy (2025)?

[karadekoolaid]

Yes, I've got a whetstone, but it's getting on, and they're difficult to find. Plus, my wife wouldn't have a clue how to use it!

 

[Barriehie]

Yes, I've got a whetstone, but it's getting on, and they're difficult to find. Plus, my wife wouldn't have a clue how to use it!

After awhile they wear so they're not flat and that boogers the angle on the blade, like mine.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I ruined my knife with an electric whetstone. Totally my fault but it’s relegated to the back of the cupboard!

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I’ve ordered a couple of these.

I’m thinking they’ll be useful for two reasons. One I often cook a joint of meat for sandwiches and the joint goes in and out of the fridge and onto a chopping board usually more than once as the gannets look for something to graze on, this leads to and abundance of dirty chopping boards left out because they always get a new board and then there’s too many to fit in the dishwasher.
The plan is it stays on the board and the joint gets cut on it.

The other use will be for festivities like Birthdays, Christmas or Easter when the fridge is full of leftovers of precariously balanced clingfilmed plates waiting to tumble and ultimately too much goes to waste because they will just pick the dish with the meat on. This way they’ll grab the platter and the whole lot will be in front of them. Including the pots of houmous or dips, or quarter pack of paté or leftover olives etc that invariably get lost at the back of the fridge during the party season.

 

[badjak]

I like that idea SSOAP!

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I like that idea SSOAP!

Thanks
I have high hopes that all the little bits that get left and lost will now look appealing and get eaten.
It might also free up a bit of time because it won’t take long for them to get to grips with the idea they can just help themselves to what they’d like off the platter

 

[badjak]

Thanks
I have high hopes that all the little bits that get left and lost will now look appealing and get eaten.
It might also free up a bit of time because it won’t take long for them to get to grips with the idea they can just help themselves to what they’d like off the platter

If it doesn't work, you just end up with an extra cutting board

 

[badjak]

Just thinking, can that cutting board handle being in the fridge?
High humidity in there

 

[Barriehie]

Just thinking, can that cutting board handle being in the fridge?
High humidity in there

Fridges are usually low humidity; that's why they dry things out.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Just thinking, can that cutting board handle being in the fridge?
High humidity in there

What Bazza said

We shall see how it fairs. It’s bamboo which is hardy stuff, The bamboo spoon I have even (against advice) stands up to being dishwashered. Not that Id dishwasher this.
The join will be the weak spot.

 

[badjak]

Fridges are usually low humidity; that's why they dry things out.

I should have written relative humidity, as that's what I actually meant

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I thought it was all of them because of how they cool the air.
That’s why theres a salad drawer so theres a higher moisture area.
I dunno though. Don’t take any of that as definite!

 

[Barriehie]

I thought it was all of them because of how they cool the air.
That’s why theres a salad drawer so theres a higher moisture area.
I dunno though. Don’t take any of that as definite!

Like SNSSO says, Lesson Time...

As the air in the fridge moves over the cold evaporator the humidity condenses on the coil and eventually freezes. That's why they have defrost cycles and that's how they dry out food.
The salad drawer cools more by conduction than convection so it stays "wetter"/more humid than the rest of the box.

 

[msmofet]

Bought this for my vinegar.

KITCHENDAO Precision Pour Glass Oil Dispenser with 3 Modes, Drip-free Spout, Two Adjustable Flowing Speed, 12 oz Vinegar Dispenser Bottle for Kitchen, Borosilicate Glass Olive Oil Bottle for Cooking

 

[Barriehie]

Bought this for my vinegar.

KITCHENDAO Precision Pour Glass Oil Dispenser with 3 Modes, Drip-free Spout, Two Adjustable Flowing Speed, 12 oz Vinegar Dispenser Bottle for Kitchen, Borosilicate Glass Olive Oil Bottle for Cooking

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I have the splash and guess model...