Kitchen Thoughts and Annoyances

Beeping phone - PIE maker

Bought a spiralizer when we were in SW as they kept banging on about eating vegetables that way. bought it it is now gathering dust on top of the cupboard never opened.
mandolins are lethal would never have one in my kitchen!
to be honest if I cannot do it with a spoon and a bowl I don't do it!

Oh yes … have a lovely one in the shape of a blackbird!

Don't worry - my arms are too short for reaching out..... am forever looking for taller people in supermarkets who can reach up to the top shelf for me!
Just a thought - if you have a TK Maxx nearby, they usually have a lot of Kitchen devices.
Never heard of a pie maker - am having some weird visions of a robot with pastry.

Hum - Like people who 'share' rather than just telling me!

It is The Law (or should be) that no-one should use the phrase "reach out" unless they are a member of the Four Tops.

Do you get four and twenty blackbirds to bake in a pie with the Blackbird gadget and a recipe on how to make pastry and cook it?

Did not know that pie makers existed.Sound like a real palaver.
I bet the servants and cooks in Upstairs Downstairs and Downton did not have them!

As for the cringeworthy Reaching Out. It is so phoney that is should be banned.

A few years ago l even found my Solicitor using it in correspondence to me about my case.

Reach out and touch somebody's hand . Make this world a better place. Tacy song Supreme.

I also hate Heads Up, Smashed it and So. The last one is used by people who think they have something interesting to say and you are a bit thick.

Rant over.

Have a nice day. Ho Ho.

Ha I don't eat meat. I don't cook pies. I don't like gadgets they look untidy and as I shy away from cooking( hate it) I don't have the need

I had no idea what a pie maker is so Googled it and discovered it is like a toastie maker only obviously with pastry and filling. The blurb says it is good for pies because you don’t need to precook the bottom of the pie and it will be brown and crispy. This is a gadget I can manage without!

Paperbackwriter

It is The Law (or should be) that no-one should use the phrase "reach out" unless they are a member of the Four Tops.

Agree

The Four Tops can repeat it as often as they like.

Of course people can manage without any sort of gadget, but it's not morally superior to do so.

Yes, they are basically like a toastie maker, except you line the moulds with pastry instead of bread. They produce evenly sized single portion pies in an uncomplicated way (far from a palaver), and save on energy as there is no need to put the oven on. I don't think mine came with a recipe for pastry. Why would it? Anyone making her own pies can probably manage that without a recipe, or there is always Google if not.

Fine, if that's not something that appeals to you, and no, servants in the days before electricity won't have used them, but there is nothing wrong with them for people with 21st century kitchens. They needn't make the kitchen untidy either - all you do is put them away after use.

Why the need to put other people down? The OP was asking if they work, and those of us who have them have said that they do.

Maremia* Not a funnel but a ceramic blackbird still goes into any savoury pies I make.

My pet hate of is "you know" being added on to nearly every line of speech. There is a radio presenter who seems to be able to say nothing else.

Reach out - no thanks. Seems like "contact" is a dying or dead word.

Only The Four Tops should be allowed to ‘Reach Out!’
As for cutting up a chicken, my local butcher does it in a couple of minutes. When I tried, it was not a success.

Maremia

Do people still use those little ceramic 'funnels"?

Only for deep steak & kidney - I have my grandmother's

4allweknow

My pet hate of is "you know" being added on to nearly every line of speech. There is a radio presenter who seems to be able to say nothing else.

or "like"

WithNobsOnIt

Do you get four and twenty blackbirds to bake in a pie with the Blackbird gadget and a recipe on how to make pastry and cook it?

Did not know that pie makers existed.Sound like a real palaver.
I bet the servants and cooks in Upstairs Downstairs and Downton did not have them!

As for the cringeworthy Reaching Out. It is so phoney that is should be banned.

A few years ago l even found my Solicitor using it in correspondence to me about my case.

Reach out and touch somebody's hand . Make this world a better place. Tacy song Supreme.

I also hate Heads Up, Smashed it and So. The last one is used by people who think they have something interesting to say and you are a bit thick.

Rant over.

Have a nice day. Ho Ho.

Actually, I bet that they did have a ceramic funnel. It was a normal thing in my grandma's day and my mum used hers all the time - she was a deep pie maker

Sleepyhead52

Erm ... what's a pie maker? Anyone ...

Just what I was going to ask! The only pie maker in this house is me…

TwinLolly

Reach out - no thanks. Seems like "contact" is a dying or dead word.

Could always try to contact the dead maybe?

No poultry scissors will be involved.

Gogo84

My favourite "gadget" a plastic thingy which opens ring pull cans ie sardine tins. Impossible for my old fingers

I've got one of those! Great for everything except it will not work on my occasional can of Kopparberg

The Four Tops are the only ones who can reach out for me.

Shel1951

All those new expressions make me cringe...reaching out,
On a journey,
Find myself...
Well if you don't know where you are you shouldn't be left out alone.
And finally starting every sentence with a prolonged loud sigh and the word so...

I'm getting old

I agree with you 100%. Unfortunately, I don’t suppose it will ever go, or if it does, it will be replaced by one equally annoying.
I’m getting old too!

Doodledog Of course people can manage without any sort of gadget, but it's not morally superior to do so.

Agree 100% I don't have many gadgets because I have a tiny kitchen in a tiny house so no room for them all, but I've tried lots over the years, a few kept but many discarded

Those servants of long ago didn't use washing machines or vacuum cleaners either but who amongst us would argue to give those up? I don't actually make many pies although I love them. perhaps a pie maker that makes individual sized ones would encourage me to make more. It's good to read they work and people use them. I shall investigate.

Don’t know anything about poultry shears, my husband likes a pie so I bought him a pie maker, think he used it once ! Reaching out these days isn’t a physical thing, people use it where most of would say ‘we’re contacting you’, in a letter or email for example. I think most people mean their journey through life or their emotional journey, and another of my hates is the use of ‘narrative’ all the time!