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Spent somewhere in the vicinity of $100 but my what a difference! sw's post
about the good deal on knives at Costco got me yearning for some new knives. But those were sold out. So I began searching around. I got this set in red. Good reviews from Wayfair but some at Amazon did not like them at all. http://www.wayfair.com/Ragalta-12-Pi...t-RGX1132.html But I also needed something else for my utensils. Every other place I have lived at has had enough drawer space for them. But not here. I do have one small drawer. It holds things like the cherry pitter, peelers, ice cream scoop, etc. But it is too short and shallow to hold things like the potato masher, large spoons and pancake flippers. Not long after we moved in, I bought some insufficient, bamboo utensil holders. They were too short and small but they were super cheap. I made do with those until I began having the knife troubles. I hated my Wusthoff set so much that I began buying odd knives in sheaths. Those went into a chrome, wire caddy. It didn't work so well either and it didn't match the others. So I got these: http://www.surlatable.com/product/PR...Utensil+Crocks Three large and two small. The large are enormous! I wound up having to shift things around. The new knife set is too tall to push back under the cupboard. I could not get the larger knives out when it was back there. So... I got rid of a few things, some of which were gifts and I never really used. Now I have more counter space, I can get to the utensils easily and I don't have to get ticked off because the holder fell over or other utensils flew out. And I can fit everything in with no worries. I did keep the odd knives with sheaths just in case these don't work out. But they sure are purty! |
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On 12/19/2015 7:08 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> Spent somewhere in the vicinity of $100 but my what a difference! sw's > post about the good deal on knives at Costco got me yearning for some > new knives. But those were sold out. So I began searching around. I > got this set in red. Good reviews from Wayfair but some at Amazon did > not like them at all. > > http://www.wayfair.com/Ragalta-12-Pi...t-RGX1132.html > That's a nice looking set and it's nice to have things match in the kitchen. Do you really need those steak knives? The knife block I use contains a chefs knife, a carving knife, a boning knife, a couple of different size paring knives, kitchen shears and a steel. I have steak knives but they go in the drawer caddy with the regular table knives. > But I also needed something else for my utensils. Every other place I > have lived at has had enough drawer space for them. But not here. I do > have one small drawer. It holds things like the cherry pitter, peelers, > ice cream scoop, etc. But it is too short and shallow to hold things > like the potato masher, large spoons and pancake flippers. > Got any wall space? I have an ancient rack that hangs on the wall next to the stove. From it hangs a pancake flipper, a spatula, a couple of large spoons (one slotted), a soup ladel and the potato masher. ![]() > Not long after we moved in, I bought some insufficient, bamboo utensil > holders. They were too short and small but they were super cheap. I > made do with those until I began having the knife troubles. I hated my > Wusthoff set so much that I began buying odd knives in sheaths. Those > went into a chrome, wire caddy. It didn't work so well either and it > didn't match the others. So I got these: > > http://www.surlatable.com/product/PR...Utensil+Crocks > > Three large and two small. The large are enormous! > > I wound up having to shift things around. The new knife set is too tall > to push back under the cupboard. I could not get the larger knives out > when it was back there. So... I got rid of a few things, some of which > were gifts and I never really used. > > Now I have more counter space, I can get to the utensils easily and I > don't have to get ticked off because the holder fell over or other > utensils flew out. And I can fit everything in with no worries. > > I did keep the odd knives with sheaths just in case these don't work > out. But they sure are purty! I'm glad you're happy with it... so far. ![]() Jill |
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![]() "jmcquown" > wrote in message ... > On 12/19/2015 7:08 AM, Julie Bove wrote: >> Spent somewhere in the vicinity of $100 but my what a difference! sw's >> post about the good deal on knives at Costco got me yearning for some >> new knives. But those were sold out. So I began searching around. I >> got this set in red. Good reviews from Wayfair but some at Amazon did >> not like them at all. >> >> http://www.wayfair.com/Ragalta-12-Pi...t-RGX1132.html >> > That's a nice looking set and it's nice to have things match in the > kitchen. Do you really need those steak knives? The knife block I use > contains a chefs knife, a carving knife, a boning knife, a couple of > different size paring knives, kitchen shears and a steel. No. I haven't had any steak knives in over 20 years. In fact I think we only ever used them once. I gave my steak knives to my husband before we were married. I have no clue what he did with them. I never got them back. They had been my parents. > > I have steak knives but they go in the drawer caddy with the regular table > knives. > >> But I also needed something else for my utensils. Every other place I >> have lived at has had enough drawer space for them. But not here. I do >> have one small drawer. It holds things like the cherry pitter, peelers, >> ice cream scoop, etc. But it is too short and shallow to hold things >> like the potato masher, large spoons and pancake flippers. >> > Got any wall space? I have an ancient rack that hangs on the wall next to > the stove. From it hangs a pancake flipper, a spatula, a couple of large > spoons (one slotted), a soup ladel and the potato masher. ![]() No. There is so little room between the bottom of the cupboards and the counter. > >> Not long after we moved in, I bought some insufficient, bamboo utensil >> holders. They were too short and small but they were super cheap. I >> made do with those until I began having the knife troubles. I hated my >> Wusthoff set so much that I began buying odd knives in sheaths. Those >> went into a chrome, wire caddy. It didn't work so well either and it >> didn't match the others. So I got these: >> >> http://www.surlatable.com/product/PR...Utensil+Crocks >> >> Three large and two small. The large are enormous! >> >> I wound up having to shift things around. The new knife set is too tall >> to push back under the cupboard. I could not get the larger knives out >> when it was back there. So... I got rid of a few things, some of which >> were gifts and I never really used. >> >> Now I have more counter space, I can get to the utensils easily and I >> don't have to get ticked off because the holder fell over or other >> utensils flew out. And I can fit everything in with no worries. >> >> I did keep the odd knives with sheaths just in case these don't work >> out. But they sure are purty! > > I'm glad you're happy with it... so far. ![]() We shall see about the knives. I haven't had to use them yet. |
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Cheryl wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> jmcquown > Wrote in message: > > > > > > Got any wall space? I have an ancient rack that hangs on the wall > > next to the stove. From it hangs a pancake flipper, a spatula, a > > couple of large spoons (one slotted), a soup ladel and the potato > > masher. ![]() > > > > That's something I miss in my kitchen. There is no usable wall space. Grin, the cabinets end right over the edge that starts the freestanding oven/stove top gas unit. On the side, I have 2 nails which we hang the cutting boards on. -- |
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On 12/19/2015 12:38 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Cheryl wrote in rec.food.cooking: > >> jmcquown > Wrote in message: >> >>>> >>> Got any wall space? I have an ancient rack that hangs on the >>> wall next to the stove. From it hangs a pancake flipper, a >>> spatula, a couple of large spoons (one slotted), a soup ladel and >>> the potato masher. ![]() >> >>> >> That's something I miss in my kitchen. There is no usable wall >> space. > > Grin, the cabinets end right over the edge that starts the > freestanding oven/stove top gas unit. On the side, I have 2 nails > which we hang the cutting boards on. > Don't get me wrong, I prefer the cabinet space but it would be nice to be able to hang something like a magnetic knife rack but no space for that either. I've started using the inside of cabinet doors to hang some racks on that aren't deep and can hold things like spices, or rolls of foil, ziplock bags, things like that. -- ღ.¸¸.œ«*¨`*œ¶ Cheryl |
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![]() "Cheryl" > wrote in message eb.com... > On 12/19/2015 12:38 PM, cshenk wrote: >> Cheryl wrote in rec.food.cooking: >> >>> jmcquown > Wrote in message: >>> >>>>> >>>> Got any wall space? I have an ancient rack that hangs on the >>>> wall next to the stove. From it hangs a pancake flipper, a >>>> spatula, a couple of large spoons (one slotted), a soup ladel and >>>> the potato masher. ![]() >>> >>>> >>> That's something I miss in my kitchen. There is no usable wall >>> space. >> >> Grin, the cabinets end right over the edge that starts the >> freestanding oven/stove top gas unit. On the side, I have 2 nails >> which we hang the cutting boards on. >> > Don't get me wrong, I prefer the cabinet space but it would be nice to > be able to hang something like a magnetic knife rack but no space for > that either. I've started using the inside of cabinet doors to hang some > racks on that aren't deep and can hold things like spices, or rolls of > foil, ziplock bags, things like that. I'd be afraid of a magnetic knife rack with cats. And I can't use the inside of any of my cupboard doors because the shelves and pullouts come all the way to the edge. I just wish I had a place to keep all of my spices together. I don't. I have the smaller things in the cupboard but the larger ones have to sit out. |
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On Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 9:24:51 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Cheryl" > wrote in message > eb.com... > > On 12/19/2015 12:38 PM, cshenk wrote: > >> Cheryl wrote in rec.food.cooking: > >> > >>> jmcquown > Wrote in message: > >>> > >>>>> > >>>> Got any wall space? I have an ancient rack that hangs on the > >>>> wall next to the stove. From it hangs a pancake flipper, a > >>>> spatula, a couple of large spoons (one slotted), a soup ladel and > >>>> the potato masher. ![]() > >>> > >>>> > >>> That's something I miss in my kitchen. There is no usable wall > >>> space. > >> > >> Grin, the cabinets end right over the edge that starts the > >> freestanding oven/stove top gas unit. On the side, I have 2 nails > >> which we hang the cutting boards on. > >> > > Don't get me wrong, I prefer the cabinet space but it would be nice to > > be able to hang something like a magnetic knife rack but no space for > > that either. I've started using the inside of cabinet doors to hang some > > racks on that aren't deep and can hold things like spices, or rolls of > > foil, ziplock bags, things like that. > > I'd be afraid of a magnetic knife rack with cats. And I can't use the > inside of any of my cupboard doors because the shelves and pullouts come all > the way to the edge. I just wish I had a place to keep all of my spices > together. I don't. I have the smaller things in the cupboard but the > larger ones have to sit out. I pull the rare earth magnets out of hard drives and stick them on my workbench to hold tools and drill bits. It's fairly unsightly but highly effective. |
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> I'd be afraid of a magnetic knife rack with cats. Lol, natural selection favors the fast... |
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On Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 1:24:51 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> > I'd be afraid of a magnetic knife rack with cats. > I'm not going to comment on such a silly statement. Think it over and maybe you'll see why it's such a silly statement. (Cats with knives, run for your life!!!) > > And I can't use the > inside of any of my cupboard doors because the shelves and pullouts come all > the way to the edge. > Mine do too but I hang things on hooks that will rest in that space on the door *between* the shelves. There is one cabinet door that I have put an L hook on that will hold two cutting boards. They're handy but still out of the way. > > I just wish I had a place to keep all of my spices > together. I don't. I have the smaller things in the cupboard but the > larger ones have to sit out. > When those pull out spice shelves were everywhere two or three years ago I bought 2 of them. They work quite well for holding and organizing the smaller bottles. The larger bottles reside in another cabinet grouped together. Not an ideal situation but that's what works in my small kitchen. |
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On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 23:24:43 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: > >"Cheryl" > wrote in message web.com... >> On 12/19/2015 12:38 PM, cshenk wrote: >>> Cheryl wrote in rec.food.cooking: >>> >>>> jmcquown > Wrote in message: >>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Got any wall space? I have an ancient rack that hangs on the >>>>> wall next to the stove. From it hangs a pancake flipper, a >>>>> spatula, a couple of large spoons (one slotted), a soup ladel and >>>>> the potato masher. ![]() >>>> >>>>> >>>> That's something I miss in my kitchen. There is no usable wall >>>> space. >>> >>> Grin, the cabinets end right over the edge that starts the >>> freestanding oven/stove top gas unit. On the side, I have 2 nails >>> which we hang the cutting boards on. >>> >> Don't get me wrong, I prefer the cabinet space but it would be nice to >> be able to hang something like a magnetic knife rack but no space for >> that either. I've started using the inside of cabinet doors to hang some >> racks on that aren't deep and can hold things like spices, or rolls of >> foil, ziplock bags, things like that. > >I'd be afraid of a magnetic knife rack with cats. And I can't use the >inside of any of my cupboard doors because the shelves and pullouts come all >the way to the edge. I just wish I had a place to keep all of my spices >together. I don't. I have the smaller things in the cupboard but the >larger ones have to sit out. Rubbermaid has some very nice storage cabinets. http://www.rubbermaid.com/CategoryDi...atalogId=30051 You may want to consider plastic tool boxes/fishing tackle boxes. I store a lot of things in plastic tool/tackle bxes... I have more than a dozen Plano storeage boxes, there are so many styles and sizes, choices for every situation, and they are very inexpensive: http://www.planomolding.com/ |
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On 12/20/2015 2:24 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > I'd be afraid of a magnetic knife rack with cats. And I can't use the > inside of any of my cupboard doors because the shelves and pullouts come > all the way to the edge. I just wish I had a place to keep all of my > spices together. I don't. I have the smaller things in the cupboard > but the larger ones have to sit out. I have pull-out shelves inside my larger lower cabinets, too, but I installed them myself and they aren't deep. I measured and hung the racks on the inside of the cabinets so that they are higher than the pull out shelves. The only loss of space is a few inches at the very outside edge of the shelves. -- ღ.¸¸.œ«*¨`*œ¶ Cheryl |
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![]() "Cheryl" > wrote in message eb.com... > jmcquown > Wrote in message: > >>> >> Got any wall space? I have an ancient rack that hangs on the wall next >> to the stove. From it hangs a pancake flipper, a spatula, a couple of >> large spoons (one slotted), a soup ladel and the potato masher. ![]() > >> > That's something I miss in my kitchen. There is no usable wall space. I think I've only ever had two kitchens with wall space. Both were military housing. |
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![]() "Janet" > wrote in message .. . > In article >, says... >> >> "Cheryl" > wrote in message >> eb.com... >> > jmcquown > Wrote in message: >> > >> >>> >> >> Got any wall space? I have an ancient rack that hangs on the wall >> >> next >> >> to the stove. From it hangs a pancake flipper, a spatula, a couple of >> >> large spoons (one slotted), a soup ladel and the potato masher. ![]() >> > >> >> >> > That's something I miss in my kitchen. There is no usable wall space. >> >> I think I've only ever had two kitchens with wall space. Both were >> military housing. > > All my kitchens have had walls. Just lucky, I guess. I didn't say they had no walls. Just no wall space. The walls are taken up with cupboards, appliances and a window. |
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On Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 6:18:21 PM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says... > All my kitchens have had walls. Just lucky, I guess. My current kitchen has walls, of course. It's 9' x 9', and three of the walls have a door one of which is a wide opening to the dining room. Most of the rest of the wall space is taken up with cupboards or appliances. We did manage to eke out some space by the back door, where we hung slatwall: <http://www.ukshopfittings.com/category-Slatwall-Panels-Inserts.html?source=ppc&gclid=Cj0KEQiAqemzBRDh2vGK mMnqoegBEiQAqJPuyCkdo9l_PoFFQLS8tp4skOyTgOkA0XlSTL cHVq9-F88aAixI8P8HAQ> We fitted it with hooks, and that's where we hang most of our pots and pans. Although I frequently disagree with Julie, having no wall space in the kitchen is something I can sympathize with. Cindy Hamilton |
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On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 6:23:08 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > We did manage to eke out some space by the back door, where > we hung slatwall: > > <http://www.ukshopfittings.com/category-Slatwall-Panels-Inserts.html?source=ppc&gclid=Cj0KEQiAqemzBRDh2vGK mMnqoegBEiQAqJPuyCkdo9l_PoFFQLS8tp4skOyTgOkA0XlSTL cHVq9-F88aAixI8P8HAQ> > > We fitted it with hooks, and that's where we hang most of our pots and pans. > > Cindy Hamilton > > That is a great idea! Tiny kitchen here with no wall space; about 4 or 5 years ago I purchased an over the window pot rack. For me, it works great but I do like your slats on the door. |
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On 12/22/2015 6:18 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says... >> >> "Cheryl" > wrote in message >> eb.com... >>> jmcquown > Wrote in message: >>> >>>>> >>>> Got any wall space? I have an ancient rack that hangs on the wall next >>>> to the stove. From it hangs a pancake flipper, a spatula, a couple of >>>> large spoons (one slotted), a soup ladel and the potato masher. ![]() >>> >>>> >>> That's something I miss in my kitchen. There is no usable wall space. >> >> I think I've only ever had two kitchens with wall space. Both were >> military housing. > > All my kitchens have had walls. Just lucky, I guess. > > Janet UK > You sure are! My kitchen is small. I mean it *has* walls but just not empty ones. LOL -- ღ.¸¸.œ«*¨`*œ¶ Cheryl |
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Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> Spent somewhere in the vicinity of $100 but my what a difference! > sw's post about the good deal on knives at Costco got me yearning for > some new knives. But those were sold out. So I began searching > around. I got this set in red. Good reviews from Wayfair but some > at Amazon did not like them at all. > > http://www.wayfair.com/Ragalta-12-Pi...t-RGX1132.html > > But I also needed something else for my utensils. Every other place > I have lived at has had enough drawer space for them. But not here. > I do have one small drawer. It holds things like the cherry pitter, > peelers, ice cream scoop, etc. But it is too short and shallow to > hold things like the potato masher, large spoons and pancake flippers. > > Not long after we moved in, I bought some insufficient, bamboo > utensil holders. They were too short and small but they were super > cheap. I made do with those until I began having the knife troubles. > I hated my Wusthoff set so much that I began buying odd knives in > sheaths. Those went into a chrome, wire caddy. It didn't work so > well either and it didn't match the others. So I got these: > > http://www.surlatable.com/product/PR...Utensil+Crocks > > Three large and two small. The large are enormous! > > I wound up having to shift things around. The new knife set is too > tall to push back under the cupboard. I could not get the larger > knives out when it was back there. So... I got rid of a few things, > some of which were gifts and I never really used. > > Now I have more counter space, I can get to the utensils easily and I > don't have to get ticked off because the holder fell over or other > utensils flew out. And I can fit everything in with no worries. > > I did keep the odd knives with sheaths just in case these don't work > out. But they sure are purty! Looks nifty! They'd match my red rice maker. Meantime, we have a 7 and a 6 hook metal holder set, side by side (13 hooks), mounted over the stove on the wall. Spatulas, spoons, wire small strainers, soup ladles, potato masher, tongs, measuring cups and the TB/TS spoons sets on a ring, and so on. The metal hooks are long so you can get 2 things on each one. That option may not be available to you but works well for us. Carol -- |
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![]() "cshenk" > wrote in message news ![]() > Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking: > >> Spent somewhere in the vicinity of $100 but my what a difference! >> sw's post about the good deal on knives at Costco got me yearning for >> some new knives. But those were sold out. So I began searching >> around. I got this set in red. Good reviews from Wayfair but some >> at Amazon did not like them at all. >> >> http://www.wayfair.com/Ragalta-12-Pi...t-RGX1132.html >> >> But I also needed something else for my utensils. Every other place >> I have lived at has had enough drawer space for them. But not here. >> I do have one small drawer. It holds things like the cherry pitter, >> peelers, ice cream scoop, etc. But it is too short and shallow to >> hold things like the potato masher, large spoons and pancake flippers. >> >> Not long after we moved in, I bought some insufficient, bamboo >> utensil holders. They were too short and small but they were super >> cheap. I made do with those until I began having the knife troubles. >> I hated my Wusthoff set so much that I began buying odd knives in >> sheaths. Those went into a chrome, wire caddy. It didn't work so >> well either and it didn't match the others. So I got these: >> >> http://www.surlatable.com/product/PR...Utensil+Crocks >> >> Three large and two small. The large are enormous! >> >> I wound up having to shift things around. The new knife set is too >> tall to push back under the cupboard. I could not get the larger >> knives out when it was back there. So... I got rid of a few things, >> some of which were gifts and I never really used. >> >> Now I have more counter space, I can get to the utensils easily and I >> don't have to get ticked off because the holder fell over or other >> utensils flew out. And I can fit everything in with no worries. >> >> I did keep the odd knives with sheaths just in case these don't work >> out. But they sure are purty! > > Looks nifty! They'd match my red rice maker. > > Meantime, we have a 7 and a 6 hook metal holder set, side by side (13 > hooks), mounted over the stove on the wall. Spatulas, spoons, wire > small strainers, soup ladles, potato masher, tongs, measuring cups and > the TB/TS spoons sets on a ring, and so on. The metal hooks are long > so you can get 2 things on each one. That option may not be available > to you but works well for us. I'd not want anything over the stove. Too much chance of it falling behind there. Plus the stove gets hot and I wouldn't want to have to reach over it. |
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