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[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

We're a family of three with a 19 year old, so our cutlery drawer looks just like this unless we ask him to bring all the dishes from his room.

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 4 points 1 hour ago
[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago
[-] Loce@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Been there done that

[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago

He never has dishes

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

lol two spoons and a fork, what a waste. i only use one spoon for everything.

edit: ooh i get it now, they have a significant other who sometimes visits. (big spoon, small spoon)

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago

Is your friend Bill Dauterive?

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

No pie server - what kind of barbarian is this?

[-] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 hours ago

They live alone, why have a pie server if you are just gonna eat it yourself?

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

For when that special someone comes over. Of course if you have a special someone you'd have 2 sets of silverware. Okay I see the point.

[-] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

They are more likely to be just eating the whole pie in one sitting, too.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I did that a few times - not in one sitting but just eating pie as my only food for a couple days (I'm not a big eater). I remember standing in line at Albertson's in my early 20s, seeing a rack of peach pies and suddenly realizing I could just buy one for myself. I was an adult. I could get a whole pie and eat as much of it as I wanted. Another time I ate almost nothing but Cap'n Crunch all weekend. A friend of mine had a summer job at a pizza place where she got to take home one pizza per day. She put them in her freezer and lived on pizza all summer, zero grocery expenses.

[-] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago

Oh, I have had more than one "I am gonna just sit here and eat this whole thing" nights.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I made a cake last night to get rid of a few eggs. Realized I am slipping back into batchelor life when I just put the whole thing on a plate, put one utensil on it, And put the whole thing back in the fridge. Healthy.. probably not .. any of it. But not having to look for a clean utensil every time is nice. The sad part is it was a spoon I grabbed, not because I thought it would double for ice cream if I wanted some... But because it was closer

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

And yet, to get rid of a few eggs you made cake, where others would just make eggs. We are not worthy!!!

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I have my own hens out back... So I give away a dozen to my neighbors weekly, on either side because they free roam and I have to many Currently about 4 dozen on the counter. Messier than usual, started a new job working far away and a lot more hard labor than I'm used to, so I've basically done fuck all to keep things managed around here as I get into a routine. Thankfully when you are 1 person, you only have to clean 1 pot, 1 fork, and 1 plate usually. (Edit: forgot to add, 1 good silicone/rubber/? Hybrid temperature resistant spoon, I always hated the plastic ones and visited my mother a year ago and she had them, just place it over the top of the pot no matter how hot, no issues. Worried about sauce getting on the stove, just leave the fucker in the pot, not sure what it's made of, but I intend to reuse it till I die and hopefully pass the fucker on so it doesn't go in a ditch)

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

Holy crap, if I had that many eggs I'd probably eat eggs benedict with hollandaise every morning - cholesterol be damned!

[-] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

As long as it isn't a sink full of nasty dishes, and a PC surrounded by plates, cups, and empty cans, you are good.

[-] ALilOff@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

Did they borrow these from a restaurant. I just find it more menacing to just buy 1 of each, searched online and I can’t find a single reasonably priced utensil set that only sells 1 of each in the set.

[-] rabber@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Dollar stores sell singles

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

2 words: Thrift. Shop.

[-] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 hours ago

Walmart sometimes sells utensils individually in store, they're loose in bins with a little plastic price barcode attached

[-] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

In some Europe countries the all Chinese shops offer that option

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

you can honestly get by with just a spoon. need a butter knife? use the spoon handle. need to jab something? just scoop it instead. need to cut something? just cook it a little more so it gets soft

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

You cannot convince me this man is not a serial killer.

[-] cellardoor@lemmy.world 31 points 10 hours ago

Excuse me, it goes: Fork->Knife->Spoon->tea spoon.

I don't know what this is but it's certainly not in keeping with the lord's way.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 23 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Right chopstick -> left chopstick -> porcelain soup spoon -> packets of unused plastic foldable forks that came with the instant noodles

[-] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

God, I love Asian soup apoons!

[-] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Me too, the shape is just so perfect for so many things. I bought some recently at the Vietnamese market nearby. They have fancy little roses surrounded by a filigree pattern printed on them and say "English" on the handle in some Victorian-looking cursive font lmao. I love them.

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[-] Outokolina@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Finnish mnemonic: Haaveilu. Haarukka=fork, veitsi=knife, lusikka=spoon.

Haaveilu=daydreaming, reverie

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[-] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago

OP is a fancy one with their actual silverware. When i was a bachelor, it was box of plastic forks, box of plastic spoons, and box of plastic knives.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago

Saving up for singular silverware would probably save you money in the long run

it's not even silver, more like stainless steel around here.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Same here. My poitn being you can get a fork knife and spoon for under 5 bucks. Saves on the single use cutlery.

[-] randombullet@programming.dev 6 points 7 hours ago

I usually get them from take out places or the cafeteria. Never bought any single use items during my bachelor years.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 6 points 7 hours ago
[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

And less trash to take care of.

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 19 points 10 hours ago

I was so bad at keeping on top of washing my dishes in Uni that I absolutely decided to have exactly 1 plate, cup, mug,and each cutlery. Can't have more dirty dishes than you have dishes.

[-] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago

This is the way. Friends think I really like this one bowl. Truth is I like an empty sink, so I force myself to wash it by only owning one bowl.

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[-] PDFuego@lemmy.world 84 points 13 hours ago

I've got 2 of everything just in case. Dirty dishes can't pile up if they don't exist.

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

I was given so much stuff when I bought my house. My one aunt had a shopping addiction and just gave me all of the kitchen shit. I live alon and my house is too small and laid out too weird for me to comfortably have guests. Idk what to do with everything, so it just stays in a cabinet. I don't want to throw it out because it's nice, but I have no use for it

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