FRC: How did I ever accumulate so much kitchen "stuff"?

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cynupstateny

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I don't know about you folks but I really have too much kitchen stuff. I don't mean cool appliances that I don't really need...I mean odds and ends that you use once a year.

I just cleaned kitchen storage cupboards. I have 22 in my kitchen plus a pantry and they're all full.

Among other things I have:

4 ice cream scoops

3 devilled eggs holders

5 oyster knives (and I'm too clumsy for any of them)

6 small decorative empty boxes that "I might use to give someone cookies or candy"

3 lemon peelers

2 ravioli sealers

And we just had a garage sale where I got rid of a bunch of "stuff".

Is it my age creeping up or do all of you have too many kitchen odds and ends, too?

 
Yup, happened to me too. Recently cleaned out the kitchen cabinets

and had enough stuff to almost supply a friend's daughter going to college, living on her own. It felt great to clear it out and help her set up her kitchen.

Also got rid of several hundred cookbooks and over 200 foodie magazines. Buying new living room and bedroom furniture recently opened my eyes to making the house alot lighter. It's been fun decluttering.

 
Magazines! I did a huge purge a few months ago, and though I got it all...wrong!

I looked in one of my closets a few days ago, and there was a gigantic mystery box. Opened the top - smileys/surprise.gif

Magazines!

Grrr....

 
I keep trying to untangle the mess, but...it's winning!!

Especially when I run across a papaya peeler/shredder. Now...if you don't make green papaya salad very often, you might not want one, but it's one of my favorite salads. Go figure. I think I've got about 4 or 5 oyster shucking knives...mostly to keep hubby away from my paring knives. Then, of course, we found really good ones in Point Reyes. Again, go figure.

 
I just bought a motion detector that attaches to the garden hose.

When the chippies or rabbits come around it's supposed to shoot them with a jet of water and deter them from coming onto the property.

DH says he can't wait until we have friends over for dinner. He plans to tell them to take a walk out back and check out the garden. Then stand on the porch and laugh.

 
I am relieved! And I think this is a funny deterent. We had a watergun for birds in our saskatoon

tree but unfortunately, the motion detector did not run on auto. (Now the tree is big enough that we don't mind sharing)

 
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