(Sorry about the mask thread
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I’m bored so I’m organizing. I have to keep things moving and in use, or my wife will donate it.
My kitchen is just about where I like it. Humble, simple, mix match, hodgepodge of stuff that just works for me.
Only deficit is a great paring knife. I think I want one with a slightly longer blade. 4.5”
I think I can distill it down to a single favorite piece of gear. My MVP of the kitchen. It’s a friggen aluminum sheet pan. I bought four of them from a restaurant supply house decades ago. I used to try to keep them clean. Now? Eff it. Total usefulness. Total multitasking tool. Lid to a big stockpot, roasting pan, oven drip tray, I put a small cutting board in one to slice drippy roast meats, cooling rack, camp skillet for bacon. I use one everyday.
My runner up: CHEAP bamboo chopsticks. I use them more than tongs. Coffee stirring stick, beating eggs, tomato plant stick supports, dip them into hot oil to check for fry temps, put 4 of them parallel to each other on a plate or utting board and use them as a cooling rack for a resting steak (keeps it out of the juices), same move for a hot plate trivet. I dip them into stews to taste for seasoning. TOTAL multitasker. I even used one as a shotgun tube magazine stick to legalize a hunting shotgun to get it to a 3-shot maximum. (It just drops into that hole in the end of a Remmy1100 magazine). Kept my friend hunting and violation free on a NM dove hunt. Knucklehead.
What yours?
