DIY Housewarming Gift - Your Most-Used Kitchen Utensil?

Pollycat

BrassicWoman wrote: »

crinkle cut chip cutter

Almost 50 years ago I was a Saturday girl in the hardware section of a large department shop and these were new in.

I bought my Mum one for Mother's Day, she was made up with it.

Poppy9

BrassicWoman wrote: »

crinkle cut chip cutter

My mother had one of these. I'm sure it had different cutters to slot in so you could have straight or crinkle chips! Strangely my mother made it mine and my sister's job to cut the chips and it took some effort!

Does anyone make homemade chips now? I rarely do but growing up it was a once a week meal.

FrugalWorker

I wonder could you fold some microfiber clothes in to flowers?

Serendipitious

BrassicWoman wrote: »

crinkle cut chip cutter

Very handy for chopping cooked vegetables too.

Eenymeeny

FrugalWorker wrote: »

I wonder could you fold some microfiber clothes in to flowers?

Great idea! or tea towels? Like the measuring jug idea. (I like the tall white jugs from Ikea)
I searched 'housewarming bouquet' and found them presented in oven gloves, plant pots, utensil holders(!)
Love this idea OP and will try to remember it for the future, Thanks

Pollycat

Poppy9 wrote: »

My mother had one of these. I'm sure it had different cutters to slot in so you could have straight or crinkle chips! Strangely my mother made it mine and my sister's job to cut the chips and it took some effort!

Does anyone make homemade chips now? I rarely do but growing up it was a once a week meal.

We had home-made chips maybe 3 times a week - and they were cooked in lard. :eek:

But that was the tradition then and we did eat lots of fresh (from the allotment) vegetables.
And did lots of excercise.

I do home-made wedges in the oven (usually tossed in 2 tablespoons of olive oil but am currently using up the beef dripping left over from Christmas - and by God, do they taste fab) usually once a fortnight.

Pollycat

This is the type I mean. Really hi-tech, eh? :rotfl:

gentlepurr

Omg we had one of those pollycat! I had completely forgotten all about it, I wonder what ever happened to it.....

Poppy9

Home bargains had some nice grey spotty spoon rests and matching tea bag holders. They were something like 70p each.

ALIBOBSY

Poppy9 wrote: »

Totally redundant since I discovered this

Not much use for us that grow our own garlic tho

But I do like the lazy type garlic when I run out and sometimes process my own into ice cube trays for later use.

For me a garlic crusher would defo make the list and an ice cream scoop-not the one with a sort of weird extra scraper bit just a plain outfashioned scoop, also great for scoops of biscuit/cookie dough to make hm biccies even sizes

Ali x