My wife says every family has this drawer. I do not believe every family has this drawer. Do you have this drawer? Do you know a good solution to this drawer?

We have a silverware drawer, organized, maxed out. A sharps drawer, organized, maxed out. Ziplocs, organized, maxed out. Bbq tools and oven mitts, organized, maxed out. But all this shit has no particular category so fuck me right. I gotta have an awkward necessary crap drawer. Maybe I should post all my drawers and crowdsource me some sense into my kitchen.

  • rkw_social@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Empty the drawer into a box. Whenever you use a box item, it goes into a drawer. After a year, donate the box

  • pjwestin@lemmy.world
    471·
    3 days ago

    Everyone has this drawer, but this one is too organized. It appears to be 100% kitchen tools. You need to add a deck of playing cards, a bunch of soy sauce packets, a few half-used books of matches, a few take-out menus, and some loose keys in order to do this drawer properly.

    • SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 days ago

      Don’t forget tangled wired headphones, rubber bands, a single battery, loose change, and unevenly folded napkins you’ll never use!

    • ridethisbike@lemmy.world
      41·
      3 days ago

      Nah, that’s the junk drawer. This one is all the random kitchen tools drawer. Ladles, can openers, spatulas, meat thermometers, wooden spoons, etc. this and the junk drawer are two different drawers

  • limelight79@lemm.ee
    8·
    3 days ago

    Yep, we have that drawer. Ours is much larger and much more full. My wife loves baking, which accounts for a lot of it - there’s about 5 pie servers in there, for example, along with various spatulas of many sizes. There are also three ice cream scoops so the odds are good I’ll have at least one that is clean when I need it. Lemon zester, spoons, all kinds of baking and cooking-related stuff. The rubber things you use to get stubborn jars open. I can’t even think of what else is in there, but there’s a lot.

    This is separate from the drawer that has rarely-used knives (we have a knife block for the commonly used knives), cake decorating materials, and similar stuff.

    And both of those are separate from the designated “junk drawer” that has random stuff like box cutters, can coozies, gift cards, coupons, etc.

    • 4am@lemm.ee
      1161·
      4 days ago

      This is not a junk drawer! This is a cooking utensil (mostly baking) that has no other good place drawer!

      The junk drawer got like, loose screws and scotch tape and batteries and scrap paper and whatnot

      • Shortstack@reddthat.com
        291·
        4 days ago

        This guy has it right. That’s basically my mom’s kitchen gadget drawer. Junk drawer has duct tape, 3 leftover zip ties, some loose AA batteries and the big screwdriver everyone seems to have

  • deltapi@lemmy.world
    12·
    3 days ago

    Yes, I have the where-does-this-thing-go drawer, for food prep items that don’t fit elsewhere, and also the junk drawer which includes things like

    • Lighter
    • Weird long plyers
    • Twine
    • Self-fusing rubber tape
    • Random rubber bands
    • Twist ties that came with electronics
    • A random assortment of sharpies in various states of abuse
    • A weird scissor thing with a blade at 90° to a flat piece of steel
    • Random Lego pieces
    • Batteries that are good but not in packaging
    • Hearing aid batteries (noone in our house has hearing aids)
    • A single 12"x18" piece of Scotch Brite
    • Matches
    • A pencil with the tip broken off
    • A pair of 1/2" Cast iron pipe 90° fittings
    • A key for a car that nobody can ID
    • The manual for the microwave
    • A bunch of pennies
    • Coupons for McRibs that are expired gone thanks for this thread
    • Our home insurance policy nope, 3y out of date
    • A replacement impeller for the fish tank
    • An iPod charger (FireWire)
    • An iPhone charger (usb)
    • 2 sets of analog headphones
    • A dishwasher cleaning tablet

    So…there you go.

  • Sheridan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    60·
    4 days ago

    Throw in birthday candles, rubber bands, and a few coins and you got yourself a proper junk drawer.

    • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
      7·
      4 days ago

      Don’t forget the batteries which may or may not have a charge. If you want to modernize it, it should also have some wall warts and USB cables.

  • untorquer@lemmy.world
    44·
    4 days ago

    Remove the scale, electronics don’t belong in the misc food prep and niche baking implements drawer. Once you do that you’ll easily recognize it as the food prep and niche baking implements drawer. The scale goes on a shelf, or in a cabinet next to the mixer/food proc/salad spinner.