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Please help resolve a disagreement in our home (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by canitendtherabbits to c/asklemmy

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My wife says every family has this drawer. I do not believe every family has this drawer. Do you have this drawer? Do you know a good solution to this drawer?

We have a silverware drawer, organized, maxed out. A sharps drawer, organized, maxed out. Ziplocs, organized, maxed out. Bbq tools and oven mitts, organized, maxed out. But all this shit has no particular category so fuck me right. I gotta have an awkward necessary crap drawer. Maybe I should post all my drawers and crowdsource me some sense into my kitchen.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I don't have this drawer. The ambiguous items just get a place assigned to them with their less ambiguous brethren. And some of these more three dimensional things I keep in a cabinet, like the funnels. I usually keep my scale out on the counter at all times because it's part of my coffee setup in addition to just baking/cooking

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Sepparate utensils into three groups. Prep and baking tools should be near the largest counter space. Cooking tools should be near the stove. Single use tools should be near the curb.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Most of my drawers are junk drawers. IDK how I find anything

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

This is all of the drawers in our kitchen.

[–] SirMaple__ 1 points 2 months ago

I have 2 of these drawers. 1 in the kitchen and 1 in the garage.

[–] MintyFresh 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'd just point out that most of that drawer could be replaced with a good knife. I mean is cutting garlic really so onerous you need a fancy doodad? Even the zesters functionality could be done with a knife. I hate to be judgey bastard, but that drawer smacks of consumerism and excess. With the exception of the mixer prongs and the scale I'm not seeing anything needed in a residential kitchen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It can be sorted quite nicely if you get an organiser division thingy. Even if you're only going to keep one thing in each section, it's nice to have each thing in its own place. The difficulty with that is remembering where it's supposed to be, and that it takes more space.

A little basket is suitable for keeping most of those things if you simply accept that them being in the same basket is actually the correct placement for them.

[–] angrystego 1 points 2 months ago

One basket is practically the same solution as one drawer.

[–] tanisnikana 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I’ve got four of those.

Edit: wait, that’s a useful disorganized kitchen drawer. I’ve got two. I should do something about my four junk drawers, and today’s the day, goddammit!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

We have like 3 junk drawers. The get filled with so much shit that we don't know what to do with that we just find another drawer

[–] Postmortal_Pop 0 points 2 months ago

Planer, pizza cutter, egg cutter, and scraper go in the knife drawer. Funnel goes with measuring cups, scale goes on the counter or take the stuff out from under it so it sits flat. Garlic press and that chacram looking thing go in the trash.

In our house this is similar to the spoons drawer, the drawer that holds all the stirring utensils for cooking.

[–] MissJinx 0 points 2 months ago

Yes we all have it.

[–] ikidd 0 points 2 months ago

First thing I'd do is recycle that stupid plastic whatsit and the egg slicer that got used once.

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