Finish Your Kitchen With A Complete Set Of Kitchen Utensils
2010
No kitchen is complete without a complete set of common kitchen utensils such as knives, spatulas, sieves, and so forth. At times it might be open to interpretation what is a utensil and what’s more properly considered equipment (in the sense of “hardware”) when it comes to something like fancy electric eggbeaters and pots and pans, but most people seem to consider a utensil anything that may be held in the hand, requiring no countertop or other such support in order to use properly.
Some will even classify kitchen timers and cooking thermometers as kitchen utensils, along with hand-operated can openers and corkscrews. Cooling racks, cookie sheets, and measuring cups and spoons are also generally considered utensils. But whatever the taxonomy, there is no denying that everyone who cooks will need them.
Unless of course you plan to never bake or in any other case work with flour, you’ll need a rolling pin. And while a knife is a knife, it’s often easier to use kitchen shears instead.
And even while a knife is the right tool for the job, different kinds of knives are designed for specific tasks, such as those with serrated edges for especially tough (and likely rough!) cuts, while fruits could really use the gentler paring knife.
It may also be more practical to get multiple sets of a certain utensil, such as measuring spoons or cups, so that you needn’t constantly wash your only one while cooking. It is also probably desirable to own several kind of spatula – not only in various sizes to handle different loads, but also of different constructions, made out of various materials or produced according to different designs, for example rubbery coating and hard plastic or solid and with holes, respectively.
Finally, it is also recommended to put quality ahead of quantity – better to own two really good knives than seven mediocre ones!