On Wed, 09 May 2007 11:54:36 -0500, notbob > wrote:

>Ran across this I-can-do-it-for-only-$200 kitchen utensil article:
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>http://tinyurl.com/37mp5u
>
>Not my choices by a long shot. No microwave? "Teach yo' grandma
>ta....!"
>
>What do you think?

It's not my kitchen, that's for sure... a microwave is ESSENTIAL! My
kitchen is still bare-bones and I don't have half the stuff he thinks
you can't live without, but somehow I haven't missed it. My most basic
kitchen has a pair of saucepans (big and little), two frypans (big and
omelet-sized), a set of pyrex mixing bowls, a cheap colander, a square
grater, a wire whisk, some pyrex or ceramic bakeware, a glass
measuring jug and a set of plastic measuring cups, two cookie sheets,
a muffin pan and a cake pan, a couple of cheap knives, a veggie
peeler, a can-opener, and a bunch of plastic cooking utensils
(lifters, slotted spoon etc) from the Dollar Tree. Oh, and a wooden
spoon and a potato masher. DH lashed out and bought me a
blender/mini-food processor so I could make meatloaf and crumbcrusts,
but I did okay without it.
Absolutely NOTHING in my kitchen came from one of those fancy
stores... it's all courtesy of Walmart, Kmart, The Dollar Tree, and if
we were feeling really extravagent, Target. I'm sure I'd love to have
better stuff, but this will do for now...