First World Problems...

If there was a Platonic Ideal of oven mitts, that would be it!

Except...the designers clearly fell down on the job and did not design it to last forever, so my three mitts (I bought two more as soon as I realized that it was perfect) are not long for this world.

Sadly, the manufacturer discontinued the design in favor of a clearly inferior one, but probably cheaper and easier to manufacture.

I have considered having it copied and manufactured for myself, and even hit up you maniacs for advice, but the small-run required is not cost effective.

The alternatives are grim: keep using the mitts and accept the occasional burn as they fall apart, then stop using mitts altogether, and accept burns every day; or stop cooking.

It is a real struggle!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Really prefer waterproof oven mitts

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Welding gloves. You're welcome

Posted by: Eromero at June 07, 2026 02:04 PM (LHPAg)

4 A used and deteriorating oven mitt is a test of manhood. You pick up a hot pan with it, only to realize that there's very little between you and the heat source. Do you drop it and curse, or do you carry it to it's intended location as your flesh sears?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2026 02:04 PM (Riz8t)

5 Heavier dish towels...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 07, 2026 02:05 PM (Sco7b)

6 Burn the kitchen down, buy new mitts, build new kitchen to match their theme.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 07, 2026 02:05 PM (aJQbY)

7 When I saw that picture, I thought a cat had barfed up a hairball on a throw rug

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (/enuJ)

8 What in fresh hello is this?!?!?!

https://tinyurl.com/5n6rwc6a

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (3UbC6)

9 I use pot holders, not mitts, but same problem. Favorites wear out and replacements seem shoddier.
Accept the occasional burn.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (sl73Y)

10 Cloth from Hobby Lobby or Walmart, needle and thread.
Some assembly required.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 02:07 PM (UcW11)

11 dude surely that big co-blogger money can afford new oven mitts

Posted by: Don Black at June 07, 2026 02:07 PM (ZxPkt)

12 The answer is obvious, welders gloves.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (XeU6L)

13
CBD,

It's too funny your post is about potholders.

Yesterday I was doing some baking and looking at my potholders and was trying to decide whether to wash them or buy new ones.

I think I'll buy new ones.

Posted by: four seasons at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (x4yF4)

14 looks like a petri dish

I kid of course
great stuff

Posted by: Don Black at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (ZxPkt)

15 One word: carry out.

Posted by: Weasel at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (vt7xw)

16 Burn the kitchen down, buy new mitts, build new kitchen to match their theme.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 07, 2026 02:05 PM (aJQbY)

Your plan is a good one!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 02:08 PM (iERP6)

17 Happy Pride Foods for those special days.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 07, 2026 02:09 PM (UcW11)

18 Red Brick heat resistant gloves. There are other ones out there but I like them best. Available from RS Hughes.
I've done lot's of foundry work. Keeping people from burning themselves was a big thing.

Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:09 PM (ZxzYs)

19 2 Really prefer waterproof oven mitts

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

These, or high-heat kitchen gloves. The gloves I have have silicone knubs on the the fingers and thumbs to improve holding friction. Not waterproof, though. But very flexible. Mine allow you to easily grasp cups and other small containers out of the oven or microwave, using the thumb plus one or two fingers. Not designed to let you hold a 450 F pan for a long time, but who does that?

Posted by: Gref at June 07, 2026 02:10 PM (5rh/l)

20 The alternatives are grim: keep using the mitts and accept the occasional burn as they fall apart, then stop using mitts altogether, and accept burns every day; or stop cooking.

Use cheap illegal Aztec labor to sew them mitts?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 02:11 PM (l3cgK)

21 8 What in fresh hello is this?!?!?!

https://tinyurl.com/5n6rwc6a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (3UbC6)

NSFW

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:11 PM (6wpGE)

22 Red Brick Hot Mill.

Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:11 PM (ZxzYs)

23 Had a stump that looked just like that.

Suggest dynamite!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 02:12 PM (/lPRQ)

24 Looks like the beginning of a wall display of retired oven mitts. Perhaps they deserve to be included in a national display at the Smithsonian.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 02:12 PM (qx7Zg)

25 21 8 What in fresh hello is this?!?!?!

https://tinyurl.com/5n6rwc6a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (3UbC6)

NSFW

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:11 PM (6wpGE)

Colonoscopy prep kits are sold out this month...probably.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 02:13 PM (l3cgK)

26 I wear heat resistant plastic gloves now. I've had too many burns and my hands slipping off the mitts. I fully admit it is a me problem. I am simply very uncoordinated. But the plastic gloves work well. Kitchenaid, soft silicone, ribbed more my oven's pleasure. Works very nice. Will last a long time I hope. cost $17

Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:13 PM (3uBP9)

27 Learn to sew.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 07, 2026 02:13 PM (IP7s4)

28 Red Brick heat resistant gloves. There are other ones out there but I like them best. Available from RS Hughes.
I've done lot's of foundry work. Keeping people from burning themselves was a big thing.

If heat were the only consideration, you'd wear asbestos pipe insulation or space shuttle tiles. There are competing needs, though. You want thermal isolation, and that's pretty easy if you don't care about tactile fidelity or the ability to insert your fingers into a loop handle. If you do care about the other qualities, then you have to select something that still allows you to grip, and tell when you're picking something up.

A folded towel provides adequate isolation, and can be folded different ways to lessen or enhance the thermal isolation.

I may be overthinking this.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2026 02:13 PM (Riz8t)

29 I have food-grade silicone oven gloves that tolerate up to 600F

Amazon

Posted by: Don Black at June 07, 2026 02:14 PM (ZxPkt)

30 I'd think a local fabric shop would have ideas about making those, maybe even a pattern.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:14 PM (6wpGE)

31 What in fresh hello is this?!?!?!

https://tinyurl.com/5n6rwc6a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (3UbC6)

NSFW

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:11 PM (6wpGE)
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Not safe anywhere!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:14 PM (3UbC6)

32 26 I wear heat resistant plastic gloves now. I've had too many burns and my hands slipping off the mitts. I fully admit it is a me problem. I am simply very uncoordinated. But the plastic gloves work well. Kitchenaid, soft silicone, ribbed more my oven's pleasure. Works very nice. Will last a long time I hope. cost $17
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:13 PM (3uBP9)

... ribbed for my oven's pleasure! haha!

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:15 PM (6wpGE)

33 31 What in fresh hello is this?!?!?!

https://tinyurl.com/5n6rwc6a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:06 PM (3UbC6)

NSFW

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:11 PM (6wpGE)
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Not safe anywhere!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:14 PM (3UbC6)

I thought maybe you had found a source for CBD's oven mitt. But nooo....

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:16 PM (6wpGE)

34 I have food-grade silicone oven gloves that tolerate up to 600F

Amazon

Posted by: Don Black at June 07, 2026 02:14 PM (ZxPkt)
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Been using them for years in the kitchen and with the grill.

Mrs. BD doesn't like them for some reason and insists on using half destroyed mitts like those discussed here.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:16 PM (3UbC6)

35 >>> ... ribbed for my oven's pleasure! haha!
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:15 PM (6wpGE)

Yeah I got autocucumbered but I'm glad someone got it.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:17 PM (3uBP9)

36 You know who else needed oven mitts?

Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:17 PM (ZxzYs)

37 Church groups and small towns often have craft fairs around the holidays, where people who could make this sort of thing abound. And perhaps even have interesting ideas about perfection in oven mitts.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 07, 2026 02:17 PM (kYmoU)

38 I would have like to see a back view of the mitt, too, CBD.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:18 PM (6wpGE)

39 23 Had a stump that looked just like that.

Suggest dynamite!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 02:12 PM (/lPRQ)

Three thinks I learned in chem class at the JC: How to make a fertilizer bomb (for stumps...trees, but if you're not careful, your hands/feet), distilling alcohol, and treating cyanide poisoning (sodium thiosulfate)...

Oh, and antimony can be used as an emetic (stibnite)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 02:18 PM (l3cgK)

40 *liked

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:18 PM (6wpGE)

41 Yeah, don't try the stibnite...it's toxic. LOL.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 02:19 PM (l3cgK)

42 Yeah I got autocucumbered but I'm glad someone got it.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:17 PM (3uBP9)

I caught it but last time I commented on something like that...
The repercussions are still ongoing.

Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:19 PM (ZxzYs)

43 I'd think a local fabric shop would have ideas about making those, maybe even a pattern.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:14 PM (6wpGE)

It's actually a complicated design, with three layers of different thin protective material.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 02:22 PM (iERP6)

44 Three thinks I learned in chem class at the JC: How to make a fertilizer bomb

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 02:18 PM (l3cgK)
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@fbiSnitchLine

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:22 PM (3UbC6)

45 Every oven mitt and pot holder I own came from mom's kitchen. I know where all the thin spots are, and can shift my fingers so they don't get too blackened...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 07, 2026 02:23 PM (nbLIj)

46 Need to start including something for scale... maybe a quarter or giraffe...

Anyway, I see the first problem, that is not an oven mitt.

What you need are professional grade Z-rated hot pads.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 02:24 PM (/lPRQ)

47 44 Three thinks I learned in chem class at the JC: How to make a fertilizer bomb

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 02:18 PM (l3cgK)
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@fbiSnitchLine
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 02:22 PM (3UbC6)

; )

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:25 PM (6wpGE)

48 The local supermarket now offers three sizes of shopping carts: Standard, small, and extra small. Perhaps this is an effort to differentiate itself from Wal-mart, which only has one size of cart.

My FWP: When I return my cart to the cart corral in the parking lot, I find the corral is set up to contain only two rows of carts, and the rows are not marked for size. Should I:
a. Go ahead and shove my cart into a row, all higgily-piggily and willy-nilly?
b. Carefully sort the carts out by size, placing them in rows, and leave the smallest row outside the corral?
c. Act like a Democrat and just abandon my cart in the parking lot and let somebody else worry about it?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 07, 2026 02:25 PM (TR4+2)

49 I use those little high temp silicon mats at work when I do monthly solder samples. I set stainless cupcake pans full of molten solder on them all the time and you can't even tell. Probably 900°f. Not a mark or a puff of smoke. I was amazed they even worked. I figured the pan would melt right through them.

Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:26 PM (ZxzYs)

50 That looks like an oven mitt designed for bears.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 07, 2026 02:26 PM (cWLG3)

51 PRO TIP: Silicone rubber oven mitts are to cloth oven mitts what Star Wars is to Disney Star Wars.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 02:27 PM (guGkK)

52 46 ... I see the first problem ... that is not an oven mitt.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 02:24 PM (/lPRQ)

It MIGHT be an oven mitt. CBD's not letting us see the other side.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:27 PM (6wpGE)

53 I have mitts but they're not always convenient when you're working the grill.

I was working the grill while intoxicated and burned three of my fingers on a 600deg grill and decided it was time to get some fancy new gloves. They are worth every penny.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 02:28 PM (pSkMS)

54 49 I use those little high temp silicon mats at work when I do monthly solder samples. I set stainless cupcake pans full of molten solder on them all the time and you can't even tell. Probably 900°f. Not a mark or a puff of smoke. I was amazed they even worked. I figured the pan would melt right through them.
Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:26 PM (ZxzYs)

That's scary, to me.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:28 PM (6wpGE)

55 >>That looks like an oven mitt designed for bears.

Certain types of bears.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2026 02:28 PM (viF8m)

56 My two padded oven mitts got lost in my move so I've been using the humble potholders. I do wash them on occasion though. You'd think with all the other crap I order from Amazon I could put in an order for replacement mitts. Maybe I will now.

Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 02:30 PM (lJ0H4)

57 Bring it back to the corral and let staff handle it.

Posted by: Accomack at June 07, 2026 02:30 PM (8jVAy)

58 This is funny, a new home security sign:

x.com/PatchoSombrero/status/
2063566739195990302

Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:30 PM (3uBP9)

59 I get burned more from wrongly judging that I don't need mitts when moving something a short distance than from poorly constructed mitts.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 07, 2026 02:30 PM (XvL8K)

60 55 >>That looks like an oven mitt designed for bears.

Certain types of bears.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2026 02:28 PM (viF8m)

I was just thinking that the other side of the mitt might look ghey.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:31 PM (6wpGE)

61 My FWP: When I return my cart to the cart corral in the parking lot, I find the corral is set up to contain only two rows of carts, and the rows are not marked for size.

In cart corrals around here, the normal size generally ends up going in one column, the small size (which I very much prefer) go in the other, and the extra small size, if such exists, goes in the supermarket lobby or just past the entrance, because they are designed for kids and not for real shopping (alternate theory: they are designed for AlexTheChick, whose custom all supermarkets must compete to attract).

I do not know if this organization is set up by the SMPTB or arises naturally from customers, but it does seem to work well. Which column is which appears to be random, which is a reasonable check on over-regimentation.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 07, 2026 02:31 PM (kYmoU)

62 Going over to see my parents
Back when I get there maybe

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 02:31 PM (Ia/+0)

63 In cart corrals around here, the normal size generally ends up going in one column, the small size (which I very much prefer) go in the other,

I always go for the small cart. Maneuverability wins out over payload every time.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 02:33 PM (guGkK)

64 That's scary, to me.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:28 PM (6wpGE)

"Okay now set it there and get the next one."
"What? No way. That's rubber."
"It'll take it. Set it down we have to be quick."
Sets down pie tin and waits.
"Damn. It did it."
"I said QUICK!!"

Posted by: Reforger in training at June 07, 2026 02:33 PM (ZxzYs)

65 I'd put it in the corral as best I can.

Because we have the loonie coins up here, in my part of Ontario, the carts have a slot you put in a loonie to release a chain attached to the cart in front. When you put your cart away, you chain it up and get your dollar back.

It's annoying when you forget about that but I keep loonies in the car just for that.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 07, 2026 02:35 PM (Sco7b)

66 48 The local supermarket now offers three sizes of shopping carts: Standard, small, and extra small. Perhaps this is an effort to differentiate itself from Wal-mart, which only has one size of cart.

My FWP: When I return my cart to the cart corral in the parking lot, I find the corral is set up to contain only two rows of carts, and the rows are not marked for size. Should I:
a. Go ahead and shove my cart into a row, all higgily-piggily and willy-nilly?
b. Carefully sort the carts out by size, placing them in rows, and leave the smallest row outside the corral?
c. Act like a Democrat and just abandon my cart in the parking lot and let somebody else worry about it?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 07, 2026 02:25 PM (TR4+2)

"Get on the cart!"

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:35 PM (6wpGE)

67 Grilling ribeye's today. Mushrooms going into the cast iron. I keep a towel or two on the oven handle when I take the pan off the heat. Off to prep the mashy taters now, so I'll miss the food thread. Bon apetit...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 07, 2026 02:35 PM (nbLIj)

68 I always go for the small cart. Maneuverability wins out over payload every time.

Words never spoken in Costco.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 07, 2026 02:36 PM (Riz8t)

69 67 Grilling ribeye's today. Mushrooms going into the cast iron. ... Off to prep the mashy taters....
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 07, 2026 02:35 PM (nbLIj)

yum

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:36 PM (6wpGE)

70 Send the wife to the shopping center.

Hermit life is good.

Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:37 PM (ZxzYs)

71 Because we have the loonie coins up here, in my part of Ontario, the carts have a slot you put in a loonie to release a chain attached to the cart in front. When you put your cart away, you chain it up and get your dollar back.

Wow. A dollar. Aldi's uses the same system and it's only a quarter.

Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 02:37 PM (lJ0H4)

72 Sounds like a growth market for Spatula City.

Posted by: Conniving Capitalist at June 07, 2026 02:37 PM (CJnkZ)

73 Dreary overcast here, cooking purplehull peas and rice with biscuits, you know, comfort food.

Posted by: Eromero at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (LHPAg)

74 1st World Problem: Valero in Kali

A profitable refinery did not collapse. It escaped. Valero chose to spend $1 billion to exit California, shutting down its Benicia refinery years ahead of schedule and taking roughly 8% of the state’s refining capacity off the map. Punishing fines, unpredictable carbon credit rules, and relentless regulatory pressure made staying in business more costly than walking away from a billion dollars. When a World War II-era refinery with skilled workers, existing infrastructure, and real output cannot attract a single buyer, the conclusion is hard to avoid: California’s energy policies are not just squeezing industry, they are driving it out.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (lwhHh)

75 I always go for the small cart. Maneuverability wins out over payload every time.

Words never spoken in Costco.
Posted by: Archimedes
___________

Kroger got rid of the hand baskets where I'm at. Nothing but carts. Don't know why.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (XvL8K)

76 Grilling ribeye's today

*squints sourly*

Ribeye's what?

Posted by: The AoSHQ House Pedant at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (guGkK)

77 I'm supposed to go shooting in a couple of hours. I got a bad case of the lazies right now though.

Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:41 PM (ZxzYs)

78 I will do such amazingly stupid things. Like, "Hey I think I need to adjust the racks", and I will proceed to take the oven pan out using my mitt, set the mitt down, and proceed to rearrange the oven racks, at 400degrees with my bare hands. Also I will take out a cast iron dutch oven at 350degree, set it on top the oven, set my mitts down, and proceed to lift the lid off with my bare hands.

Wearing the gloves is like a constant reminder that I'm dumb and need to be careful. I think that's the biggest way they passively help me. I put them on and keep them on until I think I'm completely done with the oven.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:41 PM (3uBP9)

79 75 I always go for the small cart. Maneuverability wins out over payload every time.

Words never spoken in Costco.
Posted by: Archimedes
___________

Kroger got rid of the hand baskets where I'm at. Nothing but carts. Don't know why.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (XvL8K)

To sell more, I'd think. You fill a hand basket and there's one more item you'd get, but your hand basket's full.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:42 PM (6wpGE)

80 76 Grilling ribeye's today

*squints sourly*

Ribeye's what?
Posted by: The AoSHQ House Pedant at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (guGkK)

ribeye's today

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:42 PM (6wpGE)

81 >>> Because we have the loonie coins up here, in my part of Ontario, the carts have a slot you put in a loonie to release a chain attached to the cart in front. When you put your cart away, you chain it up and get your dollar back.

Maybe your supermarket is selling carts for $1 CDN

Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2026 02:42 PM (V0/Sp)

82 I always go for the small cart. Maneuverability wins out over payload every time.

Words never spoken in Costco.
Posted by: Archimedes
___________

Kroger got rid of the hand baskets where I'm at. Nothing but carts. Don't know why.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (XvL8K)

My guess is that they can't easily guilt you into putting them back, and have to have employees do it from the checkout lanes.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 02:42 PM (qx7Zg)

83 My FWP is that I saw a group of words in order, and they don't make sense:

own a gun

There are people who stop at one?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 07, 2026 02:45 PM (qx7Zg)

84 To sell more, I'd think. You fill a hand basket and there's one more item you'd get, but your hand basket's full.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:42 PM (6wpGE)

They've probably got hours and hours of video people trying to stuff a frozen pizza into one after a round through the store and just leaving the pizza behind.

Posted by: Reforger at June 07, 2026 02:45 PM (ZxzYs)

85 Wow. A dollar. Aldi's uses the same system and it's only a quarter.
Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 02:37 PM (lJ0H4)

Checked the loonie/dollar exchange rate recently?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 07, 2026 02:45 PM (TR4+2)

86 Some stores had smaller carts for kids. I asked about it once and the idea was to teach kids proper etiquette and responsibility. 99.99999% of the time those carts were taken by kids in families in which that was never ever going to happen. They were weapons. I don't see those around anymore.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:45 PM (3uBP9)

87 81 >>> Because we have the loonie coins up here, in my part of Ontario, the carts have a slot you put in a loonie to release a chain attached to the cart in front. When you put your cart away, you chain it up and get your dollar back.
+++
Aldi stores in the US do that. It requires a quarter.
It makes a lot of sense. No rouge carts doing damage in the parking lot and you don't have to pay employees to keep rounding them up.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 02:46 PM (CJnkZ)

88 No rouge carts doing damage in the parking lot…

I always choose the rouge carts over the carmine carts.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 07, 2026 02:47 PM (kYmoU)

89 It doesn't look like a glove, more like a pot holder.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 07, 2026 02:48 PM (bss/y)

90 Grilling ribeye's today

*squints sourly*

Ribeye's what?
Posted by: The AoSHQ House Pedant at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (guGkK)

Good catch. Not sure why my apostrophe muscle memory kicked in at that moment. Can't be too careful with spelling and grammar around here, given the unfounded tumo - I mean, rumors that have been flying around here...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 07, 2026 02:48 PM (nbLIj)

91 I always choose the rouge carts over the carmine carts.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 07, 2026 02:47 PM (kYmoU)

Rogue versus Rouge. I had to look it up.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 07, 2026 02:49 PM (TR4+2)

92 >>>Grilling ribeye's today. Mushrooms going into the cast iron. I keep a towel or two on the oven handle when I take the pan off the heat. Off to prep the mashy taters now, so I'll miss the food thread. Bon apetit...

Posted by: Joe Kidd

>Don't forget the AOSHQ steak sauce.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 02:49 PM (pSkMS)

93 Heh. What word was I looking for? Rogue, I guess. Love the quick wit around here.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 02:49 PM (CJnkZ)

94
oven mitt (British English oven glove)
noun
a padded mitten for handling hot dishes and pans.

mitten
noun
a glove with two sections, one for the thumb and the other for all four fingers.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:49 PM (6wpGE)

95 mitten
noun
A map of the state of Michigan.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 02:51 PM (CJnkZ)

96 The Ove Glove. We have 4 and they are almost indestructible. I can bring a cast iron pan straight from the hot oven and carry it for minutes without searing my flesh.

Posted by: LASue at June 07, 2026 02:51 PM (lCppi)

97 96 The Ove Glove. We have 4 and they are almost indestructible. I can bring a cast iron pan straight from the hot oven and carry it for minutes without searing my flesh.
Posted by: LASue at June 07, 2026 02:51 PM (lCppi)

Neat name.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:52 PM (6wpGE)

98 >>>Don't forget the AOSHQ steak sauce.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 02:49 PM (pSkMS)

Is that like bum gravy?

Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:52 PM (3uBP9)

99 I break in my oven mitts by raping them. To show them who's boss. I run the kitchen. Not those little oven sluts.

Posted by: Graham Platner at June 07, 2026 02:52 PM (f3DLx)

100 100

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:52 PM (6wpGE)

101 break in my oven mitts by raping them. To show them who's boss. I run the kitchen. Not those little oven sluts.
Posted by: Graham Platner

You go, boy!

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein, ficus fucker at June 07, 2026 02:54 PM (rzEIv)

102 Is bum gravy a low-budget hobo fixin? Or is it made from actual bums?

Posted by: The Limping Gourmet at June 07, 2026 02:54 PM (f3DLx)

103 I once read a short novel where the author consistently spelled "minion" as "mignon." A speech-to-text problem, perhaps.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 07, 2026 02:54 PM (TR4+2)

104 mitten
noun
a glove with two sections, one for the thumb and the other for all four fingers.
Posted by: m

Since we are arguing about definitions of simple words that even grade school kids know....

... connected by a string which runs through the shirt or coat sleeves so mama's precious little spawn won't lose a mitten and burn its whittle handses.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 02:55 PM (/lPRQ)

105 A profitable refinery did not collapse. It escaped. Valero chose to spend $1 billion to exit California, shutting down its Benicia refinery years ahead of schedule and taking roughly 8% of the state’s refining capacity off the map. Punishing fines, unpredictable carbon credit rules, and relentless regulatory pressure made staying in business more costly than walking away from a billion dollars. When a World War II-era refinery with skilled workers, existing infrastructure, and real output cannot attract a single buyer, the conclusion is hard to avoid: California’s energy policies are not just squeezing industry, they are driving it out.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 02:38 PM (lwhHh)

Smart people there at Valero. Generally conservative; know Newsome is no bueno and finally had enough.

Posted by: LASue at June 07, 2026 02:55 PM (lCppi)

106 Maybe not exactly a problem, but…

Noticed that the latest ~~toilet paper~~ bathroom tissue was the "new, improved" type with wavy (vs straight) perforation. It may actually tear a little more cleanly, but they probably could've improved the straight perfs so they actually tear more easily.

MiladyJo did not get this intentionally. She wonders if this is all they're going to offer in the future. I wonder if there's a ½" additional "unusable surface" waste. For rea$ons.

Wavy perforations: the biggest improvement in ~~toilet paper~~ bathroom tissue since the cardboard core!

Posted by: mindful webworker - use the rabbit at June 07, 2026 02:56 PM (dn9xm)

107 Like unto CBD's pot holder conundrum, my FWP was similar. I use a one quart sauce pan when camping. The metal handle gets very hot, so I added a black silicone insulated sleeve to it. However, when the pan is empty and the lid is removed, the weight of the silicone insulator causes the pan to tip over.
A cloth insulating sleeve solved the problem because it doesn't weigh too much.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 02:56 PM (CJnkZ)

108 Sew So Happy Folding Oval Clamshell Pot Holder/Oven Mitt

Looks similar!

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 02:56 PM (6wpGE)

109 Meh. I like my Ove Golve.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 07, 2026 02:58 PM (neMKr)

110 Don't forget the AOSHQ steak sauce.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 02:49 PM (pSkMS)

Is that like bum gravy?
Posted by: banana Dream at June 07, 2026 02:52 PM (3uBP9)

I'm not a steak sauce guy, but just before pulling them off the grill, I'll hit them with a rosemary herbed butter. I do not do this with strips and Tbones, but ribeyes and filets really seem to benefit with a bit of rosemary or oregano..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 07, 2026 02:59 PM (nbLIj)

111 I can bring a cast iron pan straight from the hot oven and carry it for minutes without searing my flesh.

Posted by: LASue at June 07, 2026 02:51 PM (lCppi)

These slip on and off in a flash...that's one reason I like them so much.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2026 02:59 PM (iERP6)

112 We've embraced silicon cooking utensils. They don't scratch the old coated pots and pans and can be used at the grill or smoker.

Easy to clean.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2026 02:59 PM (jehhT)

113 Mitts and pot holders work fine for the kitchen, but for the grill, I'm confident my gloves can handle any task. Pot holders are not for beginners.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 02:59 PM (pSkMS)

114 Bathroom tissue perforations?

Don't get me started on paper towels.
Why must all paper towels be rectangular now?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 03:00 PM (CJnkZ)

115 People who drive away from the grocery without returning the cart to the corral should be run down by pursuit cars

PIT maneuver to stop their car
dragged out and horse-whipped
video posted online
as a warning to the others

Posted by: Don Black at June 07, 2026 03:00 PM (ZxPkt)

116 Because we have the loonie coins up here, in my part of Ontario, the carts have a slot you put in a loonie to release a chain attached to the cart in front. When you put your cart away, you chain it up and get your dollar back.

It's annoying when you forget about that but I keep loonies in the car just for that.
Posted by: Stateless

Not often I go to those stores, but I usually get lucky and see a cart in the parking lot closer than the cart return, back my cart up to it, make a little shopping cart 69, and score a quarter.

Years later.... the carts are probably still out in the parking lot as the stores are too cheap to pay some kid to round them up.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 03:03 PM (/lPRQ)

117 In our safe room with grandpups

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 03:03 PM (3UbC6)

118 People who drive away from the grocery without returning the cart to the corral should be run down by pursuit cars

Musk has this problem already solved. Self-driving carts that put themselves away. I had one the last time I went to the grocery store. Apparently it needed to be stored in the chocolate aisle.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 07, 2026 03:03 PM (kYmoU)

119 People who drive away from the grocery without returning the cart to the corral should be run down by pursuit cars

How does "hooking the front wheels of the cart over the aisle divider curbs" qualify in this scheme?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 03:03 PM (guGkK)

120 Most memorable oven mitt disaster for me was when I was taking a hot cast iron pan out of the oven, set at 400. Couldn’t find the oven mitt, so just grabbed a wet cloth that I’d been wiping up with.

Didn’t realize that the water in the cloth would turn to steam as soon as it made contact with the pan, and par-boil my hand!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 07, 2026 03:03 PM (3mtTi)

121 Musk has this problem already solved. Self-driving carts that put themselves away. I had one the last time I went to the grocery store. Apparently it needed to be stored in the chocolate aisle.

You start letting shopping carts make their own decisions and you're just asking for trouble.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 03:04 PM (guGkK)

122 Wavy perforations: the biggest improvement in toilet paper bathroom tissue since the cardboard core!
Posted by: mindful webworker

They're supposed to make it easier to tear?

I thought they were just decorative.

Actually, I figured some Charmin employee earned himself a bonus check for filing the patent for "Method and Apparatus for Sine-Wave Perforation Patterns on Sanitary Tissue."

Posted by: mikeski at June 07, 2026 03:04 PM (VHUov)

123 Cooking is for servants!

Posted by: Oven Mitt Romney at June 07, 2026 03:04 PM (f3DLx)

124 I legit thought this was the food thread and that was a collapsed brioche.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 03:05 PM (kpS4V)

125 .My FWP is truck may need transmission or parts there of.
It has lots of other issues

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 03:05 PM (qEb4U)

126 or stop cooking.
----------
Oh no, mister. You get back in the kitchen. Oven mitts - end of life - not CBD.

Posted by: scampydog at June 07, 2026 03:08 PM (41CYW)

127 Some years ago a neighbor lady removed something hot from the oven and immediately hung the oven mitt on a hook on the side of a cabinet. The mitt was SO HOT it actually caused the wooden kitchen cabinet to ignite and started a fire.
Fire trucks, ambulance, EMTs...the whole eight and a half yards.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 03:09 PM (CJnkZ)

128 Is bum gravy a low-budget hobo fixin? Or is it made from actual bums?
Posted by: The Limping Gourmet

Just the rump.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 03:10 PM (/lPRQ)

129 Maybe not exactly a problem, but…

Noticed that the latest toilet paper bathroom tissue was the "new, improved" type with wavy (vs straight) perforation. It may actually tear a little more cleanly, but they probably could've improved the straight perfs so they actually tear more easily.

MiladyJo did not get this intentionally. She wonders if this is all they're going to offer in the future. I wonder if there's a ½" additional "unusable surface" waste. For rea$ons.

Wavy perforations: the biggest improvement in toilet paper bathroom tissue since the cardboard core!

Posted by: mindful webworker - use the rabbit at June 07, 2026 02:56 PM

Rolled crapping paper.......what a luxury.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 07, 2026 03:11 PM (0N4FZ)

130 You have toilet paper?? Luxury!

Posted by: Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed at June 07, 2026 03:12 PM (vFG9F)

131 Ain't no math like TP and paper towel math.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 03:12 PM (CJnkZ)

132 Wavy perforations: the biggest improvement in toilet paper bathroom tissue since the cardboard core!
Posted by: mindful webworker - use the rabbit at June 07, 2026 02:56 PM (dn9xm)

No perforations needed.
I can tear TP almost like it is made of tissue paper.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 03:12 PM (/lPRQ)

133 #105
Refineries stink and cause cancer.
Rich states don't want them
We would rather pay an extra 10 cents per hal and have poor Ted states do it

Posted by: Paul at June 07, 2026 03:12 PM (6PD/b)

134 The fix is in.

Spencer Pratt May End Up Being Shut Out of LA Mayoral Race

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 03:13 PM (ndZc7)

135 Rolled crapping paper.......what a luxury.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 07, 2026 03:11 PM (0N4FZ)

Yep. We were so poor that my mom forced us kids to go out in the neighbor's yard to drag our butt on the grass like a dog.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 03:13 PM (yEL0o)

136 Noticed that today's book thread was also an art thread but mostly a food thread.

Then we come here and find it, relatively, is also a food thread. Not so sure about the "art," though.

Discussions in the food thread should be about books. And art. And boobs, of course.

https://bit.ly/pierced-cupcakes

Posted by: mindful webworker - careful on that image search, podner at June 07, 2026 03:13 PM (dn9xm)

137 127 Some years ago a neighbor lady removed something hot from the oven and immediately hung the oven mitt on a hook on the side of a cabinet. The mitt was SO HOT it actually caused the wooden kitchen cabinet to ignite and started a fire.
Fire trucks, ambulance, EMTs...the whole eight and a half yards.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 03:09 PM (CJnkZ)

wow

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 03:13 PM (6wpGE)

138 "Don't get me started on paper towels.
Why must all paper towels be rectangular now?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty"

My dad hates those too. To save the planet, I guess. Never mind they are made from a renewable resource.

Posted by: fd at June 07, 2026 03:14 PM (vFG9F)

139 Speaking of FWPs . .

Tipping Fatigue Explodes as Diners Rebel Against Ever-Present Gratuity Prompts

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 03:14 PM (ndZc7)

140 Good food is an art. Good cookbooks are a treasure.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 03:15 PM (qFwJc)

141 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at June 07, 2026 03:15 PM (CJnkZ)

142 My dad's the kind of guy who would send paper towels back to Amazon because they sent the wrong size.

Posted by: fd at June 07, 2026 03:15 PM (vFG9F)

143 135 Rolled crapping paper.......what a luxury.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 07, 2026 03:11 PM (0N4FZ)

Yep. We were so poor that my mom forced us kids to go out in the neighbor's yard to drag our butt on the grass like a dog.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 07, 2026 03:13 PM (yEL0o)

You lived next to a neighbor with a lawn!?

Luxury!

Posted by: The Game is a Foot at June 07, 2026 03:15 PM (f3DLx)

144 Meanwhile, in Texas . . .

Texas Rangers to Hold “Faith and Family Night” Instead of Celebrating Pride Night

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 03:16 PM (ndZc7)

145 Paper towels....

My wife goes through them like lightning. She's a bit of a germaphobe and after wiping her hands on one, it's trashed. A roll lasts, maybe, 10 days.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2026 03:16 PM (jehhT)

146 "Spencer Pratt May End Up Being Shut Out of LA Mayoral Race"

Write-in campaign.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 03:16 PM (qFwJc)

147 My FWP: When I return my cart to the cart corral in the parking lot, I find the corral is set up to contain only two rows of carts, and the rows are not marked for size. Should I…
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

If the two rows are of different size, the largest carts go in the larger row, of course. In the smaller row, if there are already small carts but you have a smallest cart, you are supposed to pull all the carts out and sort them by size, then push them back in.

Then go back to the store's service desk and demand wages.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's all so simple, really at June 07, 2026 03:17 PM (dn9xm)

148 "Spencer Pratt May End Up Being Shut Out of LA Mayoral Race
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy"

What happens in other parts of the country does affect everybody else and that's why there needs to be more Federal regulation of elections, even state ones.

Posted by: fd at June 07, 2026 03:17 PM (vFG9F)

149 If we can get CBD barefoot and back in the kitchen, I'd buy him some new mitts.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 07, 2026 03:17 PM (pSkMS)

150 Intercepting missiles in the air.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 03:18 PM (3UbC6)

151 Some years ago a neighbor lady removed something hot from the oven and immediately hung the oven mitt on a hook on the side of a cabinet. The mitt was SO HOT it actually caused the wooden kitchen cabinet to ignite and started a fire.
Fire trucks, ambulance, EMTs...the whole eight and a half yards.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

She could just tell them she was cooking up some meth...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 07, 2026 03:18 PM (/lPRQ)

152 Rich states don't want them
We would rather pay an extra 10 cents per hal and have poor Ted states do it
Posted by: Paul at June 07, 2026 03:12 PM (6PD/b)

In actual fact California will now be getting much of its gas from Mexico and Indonesia, places with no environmental protections at all. This is what feel good “environmentalism” does; it actually creates much worse environmental issues while allowing foolish wealthy people to feel good about their moral purity.

And in the end, California will pay twice for gasoline what the rest of the country is paying.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 07, 2026 03:19 PM (3mtTi)

153 >>> 146 "Spencer Pratt May End Up Being Shut Out of LA Mayoral Race"

Write-in campaign.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 03:16 PM (qFwJc)

Drive-in campaign. Rent cars and show up with trunks full of ballots.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 07, 2026 03:19 PM (R+iUD)

154 "Spencer Pratt May End Up Being Shut Out of LA Mayoral Race"

Write-in campaign.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 03:16 PM (qFwJc)

Your trust in the system is ... charming.

Posted by: The Ones Who Count The Votes at June 07, 2026 03:19 PM (yEL0o)

155 Paper towels....

My wife goes through them like lightning. She's a bit of a germaphobe and after wiping her hands on one, it's trashed. A roll lasts, maybe, 10 days.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I go through paper towels quickly also. That's why I always have 5 or 6 rolls in reserve. I buy the big multi packs.

Posted by: Tuna at June 07, 2026 03:19 PM (lJ0H4)

156 I've never even considered oven mitts before. They are just there, in drawer in the kitchen. It's not something I spend a lot of time thinking about. In fact, I just spent more time thinking about it than I ever have.

Posted by: fd at June 07, 2026 03:20 PM (vFG9F)

157 CBD ... Without knowing exactly WHY you consider your old mitts to be "perfect", here are a few suggestions:

Le Creuset Pot Grips (williams-sonoma.com)
Caraway Pot Holder (carawayhome.com)
Choice 8" Round Terry Cloth Pot Holder (Webrestaurantstore.com)
Search for "Pot Pinchers" rather than "Pot Holders"
Visit Etsy for various mini pincher mitts

Posted by: Kathy at June 07, 2026 03:20 PM (MOK4W)

158 Never mind shouldn’t have quoted the fool.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 07, 2026 03:20 PM (3mtTi)

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