Jesus wept! Load of kitchen stuff, cheap!

[Herbsman.]

If you're on a low budget and need to get kitchen utensils cheap, look here http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/icat/kitchen

I can't bloody believe how much stuff you get for your money:

Back to University Pack A - £20

Pack consisting of kettle; 16pcs dining set; cutlery; frying & saucepans; baking tray; utensil set; can opener; corkscrew; peeler; chopping board; small kitchen knives set and a pack of scissors.

Back to University Pack B - £25

Pack consisting of toaster; pack of 4 glasses; 3pcs pan set; toasted sandwich maker; roaster tray; baking tray; 3pcs rectangular storage set; grater and kitchen knife set.

You get the whole lot for £40!

I wish that lot had been available when we moved in here, or back when I was a student.

 

[fractionMan]

I just bought a coffee machine with two travel mugs for 2.55. Car boot sale.

But yeah, I wish I could have picked up that lot when I first left home. As it was I had to buy a bunch of shite from argos instead.

 

[Nixon]

I love cheap stuff

 

[Hocus Eye.]

But cheap kitchen stuff is usually rubbish. The pans lose their handles, the frying pans have no thickness or weight and burn everything and it sticks. Can openers bend and break or slip when you wind the handle. Spoons and forks are stamped out of thin steel and bend when you use them. Kitchen knives bend and are really dangerous once they go blunt and slip off the vegetables into your hand.

 

[Callie]

cheap pans are often a bad idea - especially the ones you get in those student starter pack thingies.

 

[eoin_k]

And cheap kitchen utensils can leave a dirty taste in your mouth :

http://www.redpepper.org.uk/article557.html

 

[Sunray]

Cheap and always false economy.

You get what you pay for and nothing is worse than cooking pans. You only really need 2 pans and 1 decent knife to get by with in cooking. If you spend a lot on them and care for them a little, they are a pleasure to use and you will never have to replace them.

 

[Xanadu]

As a student, I always got on okay with cheap packs of kitchen stuff. You don't always know what you're going to need, so £25 for a full set of stuff is perfect. It can be topped up with decent quality stuff as each bit breaks.

 

[mentalchik]

I've had cheap pans for years with no problems !

 

[Detroit City]

why not spend a bit more and get some decent quality shit? it'll last a lot longer....

i've seen this cheap kitchenware and I wouldn't cook a rat's dinner with it

 

[mentalchik]

In my case coz i just don't have spare money to spend on exspensive stuff and it doesn't come high on the list of priorities !

 

[Herbsman.]

Hmm let me see. In the OP I said 'if you are on a low budget...' then everyone comes in with 'don't buy cheap stuff' and 'spend more money on better quality stuff'... what about people who can't afford to do that? Surely cheap stuff is better than no stuff?

 

[lil-Pixie]

Hmm let me see. In the OP I said 'if you are on a low budget...' then everyone comes in with 'don't buy cheap stuff' and 'spend more money on better quality stuff'... what about people who can't afford to do that? Surely cheap stuff is better than no stuff?

Rubbish, those who can't afford to buy expensive stuff just don't eat, I thought everyone knew that.

In amongst some of my really expensive kitchen stuff I still have the odd pan which I bought years ago and is still going strong. You'd all be surprised at just how strong some of the cheap stuff is.

 

[eoin_k]

Hmm let me see. In the OP I said 'if you are on a low budget...' then everyone comes in with 'don't buy cheap stuff' and 'spend more money on better quality stuff'... what about people who can't afford to do that? Surely cheap stuff is better than no stuff?

What about the prison slavery?

 

[Epona]

I was lucky as my mum gave me loads of good stuff when I first moved out, including a really good set of stainless steel pans which are still going strong, they must be at least 30 years old now. Can be very expensive to start from scratch when you first move out, especially if you're a student or on low pay, I think those starter packs are not going to last, but as others have said, it's probably all you can afford at first with all the other costs of setting up a new place. I'd definitely advise on planning to replace with 2 decent heavy pans and a 2 good knives as soon as affordable though, cos the good stuff will last you years

 

[friedaweed]

Oh that is cheap but...

Let me see, Wilkinsons, cheap products, prison labour, private prisons.
It's the future i tell thee.

So my conspiraloon sources tell me

 

[Herbsman.]

I've seen that too freida, on spacehijackers

 

[Herbsman.]

What about the prison slavery?

Are all the clothes you buy fairly traded? Do you know anything about the factory working conditions of the people who make your clothes? What about your food?

 

[friedaweed]

I've seen that too freida, on spacehijackers

I used to shop there a lot until i found out about it.
It makes me uneasy buying from a few places. A bit too much like the US prison system for me
But then again if you based most of your food shopping purchases on ethical considerations you'd end up buying very little these days

TBH I just can't get away from imagining Godber and Fletcher protesting the hourly rate.

 

[eoin_k]

conspiraloon[/URL]

 

[Pingu]

i guess if all you are doing is cooking supernoodles\pot noodles and eating marmite on toast they should be pretty ok

 

[zenie]

Prison Slavery?

In what country?

 

[friedaweed]

Sorry didn't make that clear. The original link came from prison planet. A good read but not always the full shilling.

 

[friedaweed]

Prison Slavery?

In what country?

Here Zeen in da YouKay.

HMP Buckley was visited in July 2002 and is a class C women’s prison with low-risk prisoners.

WORK UNDERTAKEN

Data input of UK national census information.
Reprocessing of household textiles.
Small assembly work, eg, nuts and bolts into packages.
TERMS OF PAYMENT

Full pay is £9 per week (deductions for time off, bad behaviour, etc.).
Enhanced rate of £12 per week for consistently good performance (discretionary).
Average wage is £7.20 per week.
33.75 hours per week over 5 days.
Other benefits can also be awarded, for example, extra visits or curtains for cells. The supplier paid the prison on a piece-work basis, at a rate which is based on the rate paid in the factory. Any profit made by the prison was spent on recreational facilities within the prison.

3.2.3 Private prison (UK)
Dovegate Prison was visited in August 2002 and is a category B male industries prison owned by Premier Custodial Services (Wakenhut).

WORK UNDERTAKEN

Assembly of TV aerials.
Packing of balloons.
Assembly of lawn aerators.
Cleaning of aluminium moulded parts for machinery.
Packing of household textiles.
Production of pallets (for wide scale use in UK).
TERMS OF PAYMENT

Paid up to £26.00 per week (Home Office highest recommended salary).
35-hour week in 3.5 hours modules.
Paid piece-work up to the maximum allowance.
Can receive bonuses if extra work is needed.

http://www.ethicaltrade.org/Z/lib/2004/02/rt9-prislab/index.shtml
http://www.mydadsstripclub.com/wilkoprisoner.htm

 

[gaijingirl]

It is true that cheap kitchen stuff really is shit... I've had loads in the past. We've never bought any good kitchen stuff but we've been given (some) very decent 2nd hand stuff which may be years old but is just so much better than the cheap, sticky, blunt (etc) crap.

 

[Herbsman.]

Not all cheap kitchen stuff is shit.

I've got a fair bit of 'cheap' kitchen stuff and it's good.

 

[gaijingirl]

Well I guess both "cheap" and "shit" are relative concepts.


Eta: gaijinboy has just come in waving a tin opener from a very cheap set saying it doesn't work. The very old- fashioned "classic" design metal jobby we were given is, thankfully, still ok.

 

[Herbsman.]

that's interesting.

*yawn*

 

[gaijingirl]

I've got a fair bit of 'cheap' kitchen stuff and it's good.

This is interesting too!!

*falls off chair with boredom*

 

[moomoo]

why not spend a bit more and get some decent quality shit? it'll last a lot longer....

i've seen this cheap kitchenware and I wouldn't cook a rat's dinner with it

How would you know anything about kitchenware? It's not like you use it often.