There are a lot of possibilities for glass collectibles in the kitchen. Besides the serving pieces that are used to carry food from the kitchen to the dining room, there are glass collectibles that stay in the kitchen.

There are glass mixing bowls, both for hand mixing and to go with stand mixers. There various size baking dishes, including casserole dishes, pie plates, and loaf pans. These may be plain glass, or white glass with a colored outside.

Commodities such as olive oil are purchased in glass containers.

Glass canisters for bulk storage of flour and sugar are possible kitchen glass collectibles, and spice jars, both the original packaging or a set of fancy spice jars, are found in kitchens and can be collected. There are glass spoon rests and even the occasional glass spoon. There are trivets to set hot cookware on t avoid damaging the counter and to allow the contents of the cookware to cool. The glass cake stand and cover may live on the counter next to the glass cookie jar.

These are only one type of glass canisters available for use in the kitchen.

Any number of pots and pans have glass lids, but that would not be a very interesting collection.

Glass pie birds vent hot air and keep the pie from erupting all over the oven. Glass rolling pins are among the antique glass collectibles available today.

Glass coffee pots and tea pots are possible kitchen inhabitants, and probably very few reach old age. Mugs for drinking coffee and tea in the kitchen are possibilities for a glass collector.

Glass cups and saucers, tempered to resist thermal shock, make elegant drinkware for the kitchen.

A glass juicer used to be a kitchen standard. Used to get the juice out of oranges, lemons and limes, the center is a reamer and the juicer has a spout to transfer the juice to another vessel.

Most blenders have at least one glass pitcher-shaped container.

Various liquid measures and glass mixing cups are used in cooking, and most kitchens had thermometers made of glass. The turkey baster used to be made out of glass with a rubber bulb. Even today glass pot watchers are sold to help prevent boil-overs and the stove-top mess they create.

In the refrigerator, there are water bottles, perhaps glass left-over containers, and a pitcher of orange juice (or sangria) waiting to be served.

Plain drinking glasses, and the old pimento cheese and jelly glasses with cartoon characters are possibilities for glass collectibles.

There are always the glass bottle collectibles used to hold pasta and vinegary peppers, as well as provide a little atmosphere in the kitchen. Gourmet foods frequently come in collectible glass containers which also add interest to the kitchen.

Glass allows for ready identification of the contents of a storage jar.

Last, but not least, some kitchens have a timer in the form of a small hourglass, with two glass bulbs separated by a narrow neck. Partially filled with sand, in the kitchen this timer is usually times three minutes, for the perfect three minute egg.

* * * One essential for the kitchen is a set of oil and vinegar bottles. * * *

* * * If you are thinking about changing your kitchen, consider new kitchen cabinets. * * *

* * * You can also spiffy up a kitchen by putting new knobs and handles on your cabinets. See cabinet hardware choices. * * *

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