Kitchen Clutter

While browsing through a kitchen catalog the other day, it occurred to me that the number of appliances and gadgets that you can purchase for your kitchen is infinite. Every week a new kitchen gadget is advetised on television. The other night I saw an ad for color-coded knives. One for vegetables and another for meat. I thought "that if you need your knives color-coded you should not be cooking." Slicing your finger is one of the easiest kitchen chores. No color-coding needed, thank you. However, since the commercial continues to run, the knives must be selling or the company would pull the ad.

Okay, back to the kitchen catalog. There were deep fryers, power juicers, meat-ballers, fat mops, popsicle cake pans,  tortilla bakers, corn bread skillets, pancake warmers, bacon presses, ice cream makers, corn steamers, grating mills, fruit socks, egg slicers, fruit ripeners, fruit wedge slicers, salad blasters, bean slicers, shish kabob baskets, bread buddies, and thousands of other kitchen-type things.

Yikes! It's no wonder that so many kitchens are bursting at the seams with stuff.

Do you want to increase the space in your kitchen? A sure-fire way is to get rid of the gadgets and appliances you never use.

Many of these types of kitchen paraphernalia are purchased on impulse. You see the item on a store shelf, in a catalog, or on TV and you think that it might be useful. Then, you get home, use it for a few days, and the novelty of it all wears off. Or, it doesn't work the way the ad said. The item then generally gets a permanent home on your countertop or in a cabinet, where it gathers dust and cooking grease for the next 2 generations of your family!

Time to rid yourself of these space bandits. I know. I know. You paid good money for that fork warmer and cream separator. However, if you never use them, they're just taking up valuable space. They are space bandits. Give them to a local charity. Perhaps someone else will make better use of them. Or, put them in your next yard sale or friend's next yard sale.

Think a second before you buy. If you make bread all the time, you may want to buy a bread maker--and you may even actually use it. But the next time you see a gadget or appliance that you feel sweet, ask yourself how often you're going to use it-- and be honest with yourself. Ask yourself where am I going to put it so it's not in the way when I'm not using it. Chances are, you're not going to eat car-shaped quiches more than once a year. If you do, then that car-shaped quiche pan may be just what you're looking for. But, if not, save your money and keep your available kitchen space free for something you're going to use all the time.

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