sunny yellows

In my general experience, a quick nosey around the junk store usually ends up in at least one item for the kitchen. It's either because the kitchen is very easy to find things for, or because our kitchen is still quite basic (meaning one frying pan, only two saucepans, only four of each type of cutlery, etc, and a big bottle of washing up liquid...).

Funnily, I've also been finding kitchen things in bright yellows, and all of them most of them <as Bodum is Swiss! edited 05/04/2014> with a connection to Germany. I also reckon they are all from a similar era, from around the 70s.

I think this little teapot is from Bodum - it has no marks but has all the details that point to it. It probably had a sticker somewhere on the glass once that washed off during the years.

Then there was this set of mandoline slicers in popping colours shining out from a dusty old box, and I thought we can definitely give these a new home. The grip proudly states that they are a product of West Germany. The knives are super sharp (still, after all those years of use), and that's great but slightly terrifying too. Even the cashier lady at the junk shop commented that these are lethal for fingers. Don't worry, I said showing off my hands complete with the full set of digits - my mum had a set and we used it all the time as kids... Having said that, I am very very careful when I slice my veggies, mandolines are unforgivingly sharp.

Next, an absolute joy. An old Dr Oetker kitchen scales that found its new home with us too. It's a cute little simple one, perfect to measure out lentils and rices for our staple dinners. I love watching the dial turning smoothly as I pour the grains into the measuring dish. The measuring dish also becomes a cover when the scales are not in use.