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The stuff that turns raw ingredients into dinner and occasional smoke alarms.
means The pots, pans, utensils, and tools used to prepare and cook food.
from A straightforward compound: 'kitchen' (from Old English cycene, tracing back to Latin coquina, 'cooking place,' itself from coquere, 'to cook') plus 'ware,' an old Germanic word for manufactured goods or merchandise — the same 'ware' lurking in hardware and silverware. Put them together and you get exactly what it says: the wares of the kitchen, no metaphor required.
- cast iron
- Lasts longer than most marriages, with proper seasoning
- nonstick coating
- Invented by accident, perfected by lazy scrambled eggs
- wooden spoons
- Older than forks, still undefeated for stirring
- knife drawer
- Where every household's actual power dynamics live