This is a database of kitchenware, researched to give you the pros and cons of each item.
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The evolution of kitchenware
- 2.1 AGA Stoves
- 2.2 Alambic Stills
- 2.3 Bags
- 2.4 Baskets
- 2.5 Batterie de Cuisine
- 2.6 Biscuit Brake
- 2.7 Boards
- 2.8 Bowls
- 2.9 Branding Iron
- 2.10 Bread Bins
- 2.11 Brushes
- 2.12 Cans
- 2.13 Chopsticks
- 2.14 Cloths
- 2.15 Coffee Makers
- 2.16 Contact Paper
- 2.17 Cookware
- 2.18 Corks
- 2.19 Corkscrews
- 2.20 Cutters
- 2.21 Dishwashers
- 2.22 Egg Cups
- 2.23 Egg Timers
- 2.24 Esky
- 2.25 Fat Separators
- 2.26 Food presses
- 2.27 Forks
- 2.28 French Butter Crock
- 2.29 Funnels
- 2.30 Griddles
- 2.31 Kitchen String
- 2.32 Kitchen Tongs
- 2.33 Knives
- 2.34 Mats
- 2.35 Measuring Tools
- 2.36 Meat Cooking Tools
- 2.37 Microwave Food Covers
- 2.38 Microwave Ovens
- 2.39 Milk Cellar
- 2.40 Mills
- 2.41 Mixers
- 2.42 Moulds
- 2.43 Oxo Good Grips
- 2.44 Pans
- 2.45 Paraffin
- 2.46 Pots
- 2.47 Rolling Pins
- 2.48 Salamanders
- 2.49 Salt Cellar
- 2.50 Salt Pigs
- 2.51 Spatulas
- 2.52 Spoons
- 2.53 Steamers
- 2.54 Strainers and Sieves
- 2.55 Tea Trappings
- 2.56 Thermometers
- 2.57 Tortilla Warmers
- 2.58 Treen
- 2.59 Tupperware
- 2.60 Turkey Basters
- 2.61 Uchiwa
- 2.62 Whisks
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The evolution of kitchenware
In looking at kitchenware, it’s interesting to see what has come and gone over the centuries and millennia. Butter churns, grape scissors and frying pans with legs have come and gone; corkscrews and can openers have appeared on the scene and are now considered basic must-haves.
The 1800s approaching the 1900s were a time of great innovation in culinary tools, but that came thudding to a halt with the start of World War One, with metals everywhere being diverted to the war effort. Innovation picked up again afterwards, but then ceased again during the period of World War Two. [1] “It is important to mention that all metals were in short supply between 1914 and 1918, during the First World War, therefore very few new house wares were developed at this time.” — Kay, Emma. Vintage Kitchenalia. Gloucestershire, England: Amberley Publishing. 2017. Google Ebook edition.
With all these items, it can sometimes be challenging to know exactly how to categorize something. Is a chinois, with its pestle, closer to a mortar and pestle, or to a strainer? What would you file microwave food cover under?
Emma Kay, author of “Vintage Kitchenalia”, wrote about the dilemma:
“One of the hardest things about writing this book was how to classify the objects. For instance, should an ice-cream scoop be included in dairy or utensils, and should cake and biscuit moulds go into bakery or the specific chapter on moulds?” [2]Ibid.
AGA Stoves
Alambic Stills
Bags
Baskets
Batterie de Cuisine
Biscuit Brake
Boards
Bowls
Branding Iron
Bread Bins
Brushes
Cans
Chopsticks
Cloths
Coffee Makers
Contact Paper
Cookware
Corks
Corkscrews
Cutters
Dishwashers
Egg Cups
Egg Timers
Esky
Fat Separators
Food presses
Forks
French Butter Crock
Funnels
Griddles
Kitchen String
Kitchen Tongs
Knives
Mats
Measuring Tools
Meat Cooking Tools
Microwave Food Covers
Microwave Ovens
Milk Cellar
Mills
Mixers
Moulds
Oxo Good Grips
Pans
Paraffin
Pots
Rolling Pins
Salamanders
Salt Cellar
Salt Pigs
Spatulas
Spoons
Steamers
Strainers and Sieves
Tea Trappings
Thermometers
Tortilla Warmers
Treen
Tupperware
Turkey Basters
Uchiwa
Whisks
References
↑1 | “It is important to mention that all metals were in short supply between 1914 and 1918, during the First World War, therefore very few new house wares were developed at this time.” — Kay, Emma. Vintage Kitchenalia. Gloucestershire, England: Amberley Publishing. 2017. Google Ebook edition. |
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↑2 | Ibid. |