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Where have all the hot pads gone?
21 October 2022, 07:31 PM
Steve MillerWhere have all the hot pads gone?
Can’t find square hot pads. They’re all mitts now and they don’t fit my freakishly large hands.
Suggestions?
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21 October 2022, 07:41 PM
wtgBy hot pads, do you mean something to use when taking a pan out of the oven? Pot holders?
If yes, you can still get square pot holders. I have some some made of cloth, and some of the silicone ones.
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Bazootiehead-in-training
21 October 2022, 07:48 PM
Steve Millerquote:
Originally posted by wtg:
By hot pads, do you mean something to use when taking a pan out of the oven? Pot holders?
If yes, you can still get square pot holders. I have some some made of cloth, and some of the silicone ones.
Yes. Pot holders. Where do you find square ones?
They used to be as common as dirt.
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21 October 2022, 07:57 PM
dolmansaxlilDollar stores have them here!
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21 October 2022, 07:57 PM
wtgI have a lifetime supply of old ones so I haven't checked any stores lately. I bought the silicone ones probably 15 years ago at a gourmet cook shop up in Door County.
This style is kind of cool. They're made of cloth but have silicone nubs that grip the pan better.
https://www.amazon.com/Kitchen...licone/dp/B07W369FR8
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Bazootiehead-in-training
21 October 2022, 08:59 PM
Steve MillerI like those. Sent the link to Sharon.
But why? What made the market shift?
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21 October 2022, 11:04 PM
AdagioMI prefer the mitts, because I can’t accidentally burn my fingers like I do with the square hot pads. But the mitts do fit my hands.
22 October 2022, 12:19 AM
pianojugglerHuh. I bought a stack of them at IKEA about ten or 15 years ago. It seems IKEA doesn't carry them anymore.
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22 October 2022, 09:48 AM
RealPlayerStrange. I have no problem finding square ones.
We got some from Amazon recently and the odd thing is how stiff and unyielding they are. They don’t want to conform to the shape of your hand, or pot handle, therefore tricky to use. Maybe they will soften up with use…so we hope.
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22 October 2022, 11:13 AM
jodiI rarely use anything but these anymore. Ove-Gloves. The silicone strips are on both sides, so they fit either hand. Mr Jodi has huge hands and says “Ove-Gloves are the way to go”. Hot, heavy, difficult to carry things out of the lower oven are no big deal with these gloves, super grippy.
https://www.amazon.com/Ove-Glo...fQ%3D%3D&sr=8-1&th=1
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22 October 2022, 11:23 AM
LisaI'm with Mik - Dollar Tree seems to be the spot anymore. When he was a bachelor, Mr. Lisa bought some hideous apple printed ones at the local Acme grocery store and they were the bomb - perfect size, perfect thickness. When they wore out, we couldn't find anything exactly like them - things were too bulky or too big or they didn't wrap around the pot handles right or they were the all-silicone-plastic-y ones and I just hated how they felt or they were too thin and I burned my hands through them. Finally my mom gave me a hand-me-down set that she got as swag from some random political campaign so for like the next 10 years we had "Joe White - District Justice for All" potholders and those rivaled the apples in awesomeness but they also wore out. (You are getting the history of our 25 year marriage as told in potholders here!). We now have some ugly chef and wine bottle printed ones from the dollar tree and they are the closest we can find to the original Acme apples. They aren't quite as thick or durable as the apples were but they are the right size and they do the trick. You're right though - plain square potholders like the ones I remember hanging all over my grandmother's kitchen do seem to be a dying breed these days.
22 October 2022, 12:19 PM
RealPlayerWe were given Ove Gloves once as a gift. They were too small for my hands, maybe work best for women’s hands. Unless they also come in a larger size, but I don’t think so.
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04 February 2023, 10:45 AM
wtgWas at Costco a couple of days ago and saw this. I think they only had the blue at my Costco (it says assorted colors).
I didn't buy them because we're good on pot holders, but I'm almost tempted because I like the little pockets to stick your fingers in for the pot holders. And trivet would be nice.
And the price is right:
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Bazootiehead-in-training
04 February 2023, 10:58 AM
big alWhen I was a kid, we made potholders with one of these kits that we got for Christmas. My mother and grandmother had potholders made this way for a long time. I wondered if the kits still existed and found them along with bags of the loops on Amazon.
Big Al
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