You may think it is over the top, but Ray and I liked the way our cutlery drawer was organised. What we didn't agree about was what cutlery should go where. I maintained it should be as you set the table, that is forks on the left, knife and then dessert and soup spoons on the right. Ray insisted his way was correct. It was not an argument worth my energy to engage in, so it was as Ray liked it.
A few weeks ago I changed it to how I thought it should be, but then when emptying the dishwasher, I was putting the cutlery in the wrong place. I am used it now. I do not know why The Boarder needs his own spoons and teaspoons. He uses my cutlery at times, and I don't want his tinny cutlery in my drawer, with its nice solid and weighty cutlery.
Ray's incorrect arrangement.
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People of Gaza, Ukraine, Central Africa and Israeli hostages, I really wish you will have in the future something like this to concern yourselves with.
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I LOVE your final paragraph.
ReplyDeleteEC, I had a moment of thought and decided my post was a load of shite compared to what some people are going through.
DeleteAh, sorry, no, but those are both wrong. Of course it must be knives on the right, then forks, then soup/dessert spoons then fruit/butter knives on the far left. Teaspoons go in the smaller section at the bottom. Everyone knows that 😉
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I agree with your last paragraph too.
JayCee, you are simply wrong, but I will wear teaspoons in the smaller section. When you cook me a meal, I hope you set the table better than you arrange your cutlery drawer.
DeleteI agree that our problems are a blessing compared to many others' concerns. Whenever my doctor asks how I am, I reply that I'm better than 99 percent of the world; the living conditions of so many people is heartbreaking. Be well, my dear.
ReplyDeleteDarla, that gives a good sense of perspective and while I am not sure about 99%, the figure would be very high.
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DeleteWe have 3 cutlery drawers, with a hierarchy. You need a lot of expertise to understand it. Sometimes you find the posh ones slumming it with the cheap ones. I'd just put them all in the same drawer if it were up to me.
ReplyDeleteThree?? Who has that much cutlery?
DeleteTasker, your Household Management has things very well sorted. You just need to the spoon in the correct place.
DeleteI do the same thing keeping my utensils like that!
ReplyDeleteI feel reinforced, Roentare.
DeleteYour last paragraph said it all.
ReplyDeleteSadly Bob, it did.
DeleteFirst world problems …😂we too have 3 cutlery drawers like Tasker but more compartments . Your big spoon arrangement suits me and is in the right position but my forks are in the last position. I do not like random placement of cutlery. Both yours and Rays pass muster, they are ordered
ReplyDeleteOur Hungarian/ Italian friends….when they set the table always put the knives on the left hand side and forks on the right hand side. And we use serviettes… paper of course for lunch and dinner even for a simple sandwich.
The real world isn’t ordered and is in some countries diabolical . We should never complain
Italians get it way wrong then Anon, with cutlery, but of course everyone needs serviettes when eating. I am never without.
DeleteI had to go back to the last post to get caught up. I hope the boarder works out and is good company for you when he is around.Take good care.
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Sandra, yes it is working out ok, but I do have to do something about his overnighter friend. I will do so tomorrow.
DeleteWhoever washes the cutlery, gets to put the cutlery in the drawer. Whoever sets the table, gets to choose where the cutlery goes on the table.
ReplyDeleteRay set the table Hels, his choice. I emptied the dishwasher of cutlery, then it should have been my choice where the cutlery goes...but never upset the cook with minor matters.
DeleteGreat closing line, Andrew!
ReplyDeleteKirk, it was a last minute addition as I realised how ridiculous my focus was.
DeleteGreat closing paragraph. It broke my heart, a little. Do you have an extra drawer in your kitchen? Can you clear out one for him, maybe? Ray or you are both far more organized than I am. I tend to throw my silver ware in the slot that they belong in, all willy nilly. That is a vast improvement over my mother who had a very large drawer that all her silverware got tossed into (multiple styles, as well.) You just pawed around until you found what you were looking for. Both of you would have fainted dead away, no doubt.
ReplyDeleteDebby, I did clear out some cupboard space for him but no, not a drawer. I wasn't brought up with such a sorted cutlery drawer, but somehow Ray and I gravitated to one, perhaps when we bought this high quality cutlery so many years ago.
DeleteWe bought high end cutlery just after we were married. (There was a sale....) I remember that Tim was quite sure that the very last thing that we needed in this world was new silverware, but it was so beautiful. When he used it, he said, "You know, I didn't understand why you wanted this so badly, but I can see that this is quality." He did not grow up with quality, and to this very day, he appreciates quality, now that he has been introduced to it.
DeleteIn my opinion you've got the whole thing back to front, that smaller spaces at the back should be at the front for the teaspoons. Like everyone else I know. but as long as you are happy with it, that's fine. Stay with what you are used to.
ReplyDeleteRiver, it is a drawer insert. I have go with the flow of how it is. Now if I designed a cutlery drawer...
DeleteNot the insert, the smaller space under it where you have something that isn't teaspoons.
DeleteI mean not that top tier, but you knew that. I hope.
DeleteAt least it is tidy. Seems the border likes to contribute which is a lovely gesture on his part.
ReplyDeleteOur spaces are wider than yours as the builder put partitions in.
We have knives + steak knives on the right, then forks both sizes, then sweet and soup spoons, then small sharp knives on the far left. In front long partition we have longer sharp knives (not all as most are in the block) serving spoons etc.
Margaret, we just made the best of what we had and it isn't how we would have designed it. I don't think I knew you had your house built for you.
DeleteYour blog post header was quite eye-catching. I was quite disappointed to see it was cutlery you were writing about.
ReplyDeleteOh JB, I am so full of disappointment to so many people. It's my life...
DeleteThat’s a very fancy cutlery insert you have there. Two tiered, I suppose it was part of the fixtures and fittings when the unit was built.
ReplyDeleteAnyway I (personally) think knives should be in the middle. Toddlers seem to be able to reach the near most sides of drawers (not those sort. - although you’d be surprised where their little fingers can get to) so if the sharp stuff is out of reach life is less stressful.
How clever of you to be able to rearrange the cutlery without disturbing the teaspoons and wooden spoon section or even the soup/dessert spoons either.
Cathy, I am sure we bought the insert somewhere. Toddlers in The Highrise are always very carefully supervised, by their parents and by me. They could open the third drawer down and scoff down fifty odd tablets, or the kitchen cupboard and nibble at dishwashing tablets. The boy twins are the last toddlers for the family, so that is it.
DeleteWe're all encouraged to be 'sorters ' from a very early age, lots of baby and toddler toys involve sorting and in nursery and school it continues
ReplyDelete( " all the blue bricks in that box please children........" .) etc
If I want to annoy OH all I need do is change around a few bits of cutlery 😂
Alison in Wales x
Alison, I must have took on the sorting education very seriously. I am constantly sorting. It's probably a character defect. I never thought there was anything behind it but as you describe, maybe there was. I am sure you keep peace and harmony by not changing any cutlery around.
DeleteOne of the joys of the new kitchen was a much larger drawer, and being able to put in organizers where there is a place for everything, and everything is in it's place.
ReplyDeleteTP, always everything needs its own space. I will teach the boy.
DeleteStrangley enough, my cutlery drawer looks like Ray's, the correct way:) I do a lot of things with only muscle memory, so changing things up just causes me poor brain so many problems.
ReplyDeletePixie, yes changing things like that takes some getting used to. Apparently muscle memory is not a good thing. It can make you complacent.
DeleteWe have knives in a big slot across the front, forks on the right, then tablespoons, then dessert forks, and teaspoons in a big slot at the back. I have no idea why we have that arrangement, Andrew.
ReplyDeletePat, that sounds chaotic to me.
DeleteThese little details of life are important. Andrew, but you ended on a high note. Worth thinking about. Thank you! Aloha
ReplyDeleteCloudia, what we worry about when we don't have bigger things to worry about.
DeleteHa! If the boarder only has two spoons that doesn't seem like too much to put up with. :)
ReplyDeleteIt took me a while to see the difference between Ray's arrangement and yours, even after reading your description!
Steve, there is a list, and lot of it involves the boarder's food.
DeleteOur cutlery tray, which we've had for about forty years, has compartments shaped like the utensils that go in them, so I've never had the problem of deciding what goes where :)
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting Jenny. I've never seen such a thing, but then I've never looked either.
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