In our daily lives, there are certain items that not only serve practical purposes but also reflect the comfort and stability of a middle-class lifestyle.
A user asked the forum, “What’s the most middle-class item in your house?” Here are the top responses.
CAT’S BOWL
“My cat’s bowl is Le Creuset.”
GOLF CLUBS
“My kids’ golf clubs.”
COOKING EQUIPMENT
“I have a variety of obscure cooking equipment, but the most middle class is the automatic polenta pan, a large copper pan with a motorized stirrer so you can make polenta without having to stand there stirring it. I had it imported from Italy.”
EMMA BRIDGEWATER CUP
“You know when you’re gardening or pottering in the shed and have a cup, but you put the cup down, and it never gets taken back indoors? It just sits there catching rain and filling up with leaves? Ours is Emma Bridgewater.”
SPECIAL SCISSORS
“Special scissors for cutting candle wick.”
DOG NAMED DARCEY
“A cockapoo called Darcey.”
A COLD PRESS
“A cold pressed fruit juicer. It’s French and has a European plug, so I must use an adaptor.”
A RED WINE AERATOR
“A red wine aerator and an accompanying bottle neck drip catcher. I aim to balance the middle class out by also swearing like a fish wife.”
UNOPENED CELERY SALT
“Unopened celery salt. I was worried the quails’ eggs I ordered from Ocado wouldn’t come with any, so I ordered a separate jar of it. Happily, they did include a little sachet, so I didn’t need to open the whole jar.”
SOUS VIDE MACHINE
“Sous vide machine. I bought it just for sirloin steak.”
MASSIVE WOODEN FISH PLATTER
“I have a massive wooden fish platter in the shape of a fish with a metal head and tail for serving like a whole salmon. It was a wedding gift from a rich relative, and I only used it once for a dinner party, in about 2002. It lives in the attic, and I’ve always wanted to use wheels on it as a skateboard. It is a ridiculous item.”
WINE FRIDGE TO ALESSI GRATER
“Wine fridge, glasses for different grape types, a £80 Alessi grater which is barely used.”
GOLDEN RETRIEVER NAMED COOPER
“A golden retriever named Cooper. He can only eat sensitive food because everything else brings the brown rain. I spend more time researching and planning his meals than my own.”
FRAMED FAMILY TREE
“A framed family tree dating back to 1388.”
HUSBAND’S FILM COLLECTION
“My husband’s film collection. It’s such an eye-watering high-brow (and expansive) that he has a spreadsheet cross-cataloging them by director, country, genre, and era. We have a Czech animation section.”
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