How much Wiggley Food do you eat?

Just a thought....

The kitchen utensils in the picture with the wooden painted handles - what are they for? cutting a wiggley edge on something - but what? It was whilst wondering this that I realised just how much of our food is created wiggley. Now some of it is obviously to create more crispy crust. I used a pastry cutter in the kitchen for the 1st time in my life recently!!! I made scones for a Devonshire cream teas. When I was growing up we just used a glass tumbler upside down; why have another object when an existing one can multi task?

Lots of pasta shapes are wiggley - I know this is designed to hold sauce, so the shapes hold more or less sauce in their ridges and folds, but then some of it must be purely decorative - like zig-zaggy edges on ravioli. I suppose ridges in brioches and cakes help you to cut even sized portions, is that why jelly bowls have ridges - for serving slices? If I was an academic I think I'd take on a PhD on this, what fun the research would be!

I Love Tin

I love the humble tin, it's such a gorgeous object.

You can buy plastic lids for them - usually made for pet-food tins so mine have a cat impression on them. I have been looking for more but haven't seen them for ages. Look out for them in the pound shops they're so useful.

Look at these beauties, they're more appetising than patisserie. I found these at Kempton Market - my first and only visit, you'd think it's the kind of place I frequent, but no, I often avoid the temptation to acquire more stuff, unless it's for my work of course. I am looking forward to making my first croissant chandelier.

Tin Towers

Look at this lovely, mouth watering, recently acquired stash of tins.
It makes me wish I had so much more time, my ideas are always way ahead of my hands.
An answer could be to give myself a holiday from admin, put the e-mail on auto reply and hide out in the studio. It's not everyone's idea of a summer holiday but it really appeals to me.
If it stays warm I could go for early morning swims in the lido, eat lunch in local cafes, take a siesta, pretend I'm in mainland Europe and still get a good full days work in too.