Okay, if my boss would stand somewhere other than at the cube next to me, I could go home like I want to.

Pfft.

Hmm, I just read a Stephen King story where someone uses kitchen pans and cleaning utensils to protect himself from a knife-wielding lunatic. King didn't choreograph it very well though, the guy grabs a skillet full of boiling stuff to fling at the guy, and all the while I'm thinking "No, moron! Don't try to hit his head and expose yourself to that knife—crack him in the hand with your skillet and he'll be weaponless. THEN brain him!"

I broil to simulate grilling, but it makes my kitchen hot. I wnt a hibachi for the summertime, but then I have to build a fire. So I suspect an indoor grill would be good for me, if I had counter space, which I don't.

Also, I'm the cast iron skillet's bitch. It's a pan, And a weapon. You really can't ask more from any kitchen utensil.

Word. Up.

My other issue with the Foreman is that the cooked-meat smell seems to hang around for DAYS. Aeons. Eternities.

This got me to thinking - what gadgets do I have and which ones do I use out of those? Toaster - don't use. Blender - barely use. Hand mixer - barely use. George Foreman grill - don't use. KitchenAid? You will pry out of my cold, dead hands.

And now I want to bake cookies.

The gadget I don't use much is the ice cream maker, but I'm holding on to it. My lifestyle gets in the way of me using the waffle iron as much as I'd like, but I think I can tweak that. The mixer, the food processor, and the hand blender get almost weekly use. I no longer have a toaster, and do miss it. I do not have a microwave, and ... it's okay.

Frying pan. Gas stove. I'd be tempted by a GF grill if it weren't for the fact I've got the timing down just pat for everything. Except fish, but I don't cook fish. And I don't use a clock or anything. I think I go by how it looks and smells and feels. That's the only logical explanation.

Also, counterspace.

Mister Kitty is being a total shit tonight. Knocking breakable stuff off shelves. I moved the bookcase away from the breakables and he was doing crazy contortions to reach them. He knows he's being a shit too. Twit.

My hand mixer gets more use than anything in my kitchen except the Cuisinart. (Or, well, the toaster oven, since I toast my morning bagel in it nearly every day. But for cooking gadgets, the hand mixer and the Cuisinart win, with the KitchenAid right behind.)

I also want to bake cookies now. I even bought cookie-baking supplies last night. Why do I not have cookies yet?

We need a new microwave. Ours is old and yuk. I love our sandwich griller thing that isn't really ours. Maybe we'll have grilled ham and cheese tonight.

I use my toaster all the time - bagels, toast, english muffins, all musst be toasted. And I love my microwave - I find it so much easier to steam veggies in the microwave than on the stove, for some reason. I wish I had more time to make use of my Kitchen Aid mixer, for it is a thing of beauty that makes everything easy.

Oh, I forgot we have a Cuisinart. That never gets used. I have a pastry cutter, a chef's knife, and an Ulu, and that's as much as I need for chopping.