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Kitchen towels.

(59 Posts)
lixy Fri 17-Feb-23 20:26:31

Hand towel and tea towel in my kitchen - I seem to wash my hands 5 or 6 times while cooking. Both AC have towels and tea towels too.

AGAA4 Fri 17-Feb-23 19:50:28

I have a small hand towel and a tea towel in my kitchen but only one of my children uses a kitchen towel.

CanadianGran Fri 17-Feb-23 19:37:21

I keep hand towels and dish towels, and wash them daily. There's one of each always hanging on the oven handle.

I did notice at my DD's that she keeps only one hand towel, and doesn't have many replacements. I think because they use their dishwasher, but I am always reaching for a towel!

I haven't noticed at both son's houses, but then I am not in their kitchens as often.

MaizieD Fri 17-Feb-23 19:36:55

What do people dry their hands on if they don't have a hand towel in the kitchen?
I have a hand towel, tea towel (mostly used for holding hot pans, I don't dry stuff with it because airdrying is more hygienic) and an oven glovey thing which Mr M likes to use. I couldn't work without the towels.

rubysong Fri 17-Feb-23 19:35:00

Same at DS2 and family's. There is a clean tea towel but no hand towel. I use kitchen roll to dry my hands when I'm there.

Yammy Fri 17-Feb-23 19:34:35

Dare I admit it I use paper towels from the roll. Not very environmentally friendly but certainly hygienic. I wouldn't go near our teatowel goodness knows what DH will have used it for.

kircubbin2000 Fri 17-Feb-23 19:30:24

How do you dry your hands?

Grandmabatty Fri 17-Feb-23 19:19:23

I have a small towel in the kitchen which was given to me as a housewarming gift, otherwise I wouldn't have any. My daughter has never had towels in her kitchen. I'm not that it is normal to have kitchen towels these days

kircubbin2000 Fri 17-Feb-23 19:15:17

I always have a couple of towels in the kitchen which are also used to lift hot dishes and wipe spills. However none of my children have towels. I bought my dil a set which immediately disappeared and were never seen again even in the hotpress.They don't seem to use drying cloths either. Dishwasher or left to drain.
I often need to rinse my hands when preparing food or cleaning but in their houses there is nothing to use. Is this not odd?