i don't usually wax poetic about things like kitchen utensils, but i am so happy with this find that i feel the need to document my delight. i bought this at a local thrift store last summer. i'd never seen anything like it. i was intrigued with the fact that it was made in hong kong. the asking price was a dollar and i gladly paid it. i brought it home, cleaned it up, plunked it into the utensil crock next to the stove, and promptly forgot about it - until thanksgiving. in the rush of meal prep, as the pile of spatulas and slotted spoons built up in the sink, i grabbed for the --- what
was it, anyway?
long after it had drained the potatoes for mashing, scraped the turkey bits from the bottom of the pan for gravy, and whipped the squash into a puree, i googled it and found it was often referred to as a
kitchamajig. knowing its quirky name made me even more enamored of it! it's now my go-to utensil - it beats, it drains, it mixes, it strains. i still get giddy using it.
winters like this one, it doesn't take much to make me happy!
Have a Meery Christmas and a Kitchamajid New year.
ReplyDeleteI have a similar one more round shaped and use it for stir fry. Nice to learn that funny name.
ReplyDeleteNow that's cool. Never heard of it, never used one, but I think I need one of those.
ReplyDeleteWow. That brings back an instant memory of my mother using one. I should say "having one". I can't actually remember her using it for anything. But it was in her utensil drawer for years!
ReplyDeleteHmmm, I found another interesting use for this handy kitchamajig on the internet. Read this : http://hubpages.com/hub/The-KItchamajig-A-Useful-Utensil-Reviewed
ReplyDeleteMichelle, I knew it looked familiar but I just couldn't place where I knew it from. Now, thanks to you, I can! I think ours was plastic - and it was always hanging right next to the cat's box.
ReplyDeletei love finding the names for things i just always lumped into the family of "hand-me-that-thingamajig" or the whatchamacallit family. :)
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