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Phentex

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15. and they don't say how to clean them

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 05:00 PM

Mar 2

I LOVE A KITCHEN TOWEL!

But I am kinda picky about them. I like thin cotton towels and I like fluffy towels too. I like basket weave for some things. I use dark patterns when I'm drying the oven grates. I'm sure I have too many.

But I hate a gross one with stains that don't come out no matter how I wash. So there I am, buying them on sale whenever I see something I like.

My neighbor gave me a six pack of holiday towels for Christmas. I thought oh boy that's odd. But they were soft and fluffy and dried things like a dream. I USED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM! I am still using them even with Easter upon us.

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The single most important tool in a professional kitchen... [View all] sir pball Mar 1 OP

In the galaxy. usonian Mar 1 #1

Oh MAN sir pball Mar 1 #2

I've been saying that for decades. TexasTowelie Mar 1 #3

Or even home towels. It took me years to get my husband to cooperate... 3catwoman3 Mar 1 #9

That's right! Turbineguy Mar 1 #4

I first heard it on the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, with Rula Lenska usonian Mar 1 #6

a towel is to an oven mitt Kali Mar 1 #5

Oh, I like that. sir pball Mar 1 #7

I will use quilted oven mAts Kali Mar 1 #8

The mats do work, but they're stiffer and more uncomfortable, plus you can't keep them on your person. sir pball Mar 1 #10

One of the first things in the great Jacques Pepin's "Complete Techniques" tishaLA Mar 2 #11

And at 90, he's still producing videos! Nittersing Mar 2 #13

After his wife Gloria died a couple years ago, I worried we'd lose him too tishaLA Mar 2 #14

Think I started using towels after reading an article in Serious Eats. Nittersing Mar 2 #12

and they don't say how to clean them Phentex Mar 2 #15

Well, my towels are cleaned professionally... sir pball Mar 2 #16