Which brings me to the importance of truly helpful dishwashing utensils. Since I bore these childhood scars when I opened La Cuisine, dishwashing needed to be addressed as part of making a meal. We tested and carried a variety of scrubbers and even dishwashing detergents (more on the latter in another post). Some choices were pretty good; others, not so much. And then one day at a trade show, I walked into a booth hosted by a German company that produced really neat cooking utensils, and also this phenomenal and sustainably designed dish brush.
It’s a German company founded in 1923 by a catering professional, which provided European restaurants and homes with a variety of well made but fairly priced utensils for kitchen use. The company founded by Arthur Schnitz later switched the logo to Küchenprofi which means “kitchen pro”. Their food mills, salad dryers, ricers and strainers are superb, without being priced at the Prada levels of some of their branded competitors. While they make plastic gadgets too, I always stick to the stainless steel tools whenever possible. Plastic just does not hold up under pressure over time. And, we are now so much more aware of plastic waste in our environment that it makes even more sense to pay a bit more for metal and more environmentally serviceable materials.
The US distributor for Küchenprofi, Frieling, has offered Kitchen Detail readers a generous discount of 15% on ALL Küchenprofi products through July 31, 2019. From my own experience, you should not only get extra replacement heads for the dish brush of your life, but also check out their food mill, ricer and strainers. I use them all in my kitchen.
You can go through their online catalogue at: https://www.kuchenprofiusa.com/and use the code KITCHENDETAIL15 when you check out.
After owning one of the best cooking stores in the US for 47 years, Nancy Pollard writes a blog about food in all its aspects – recipes, film, books, travel, superior sources and food related issues.
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Your store was a wonderful fringe benefit of living in Alexandria! It was always a delight to go there. Love your blog and all of your fabulous products, ideas and recipes!
Hi JoAnne,
So good to hear from you! And thank you for sending us the email that you enjoy the blog. It means a lot to me and the KD Team.
Nancy
Hi, Nancy.
That brush is a NECESSITY. I went down to Alexandria to get more but you had already closed operation. Desperate, I found some somewhere on the internet.
Good to find a recommended source.
I enjoy your blog. Keep up the good work.
-- David Winer
Hello David,
You are right, it is a necessity, I should have said that! This source is the US distributor for Kuchenprofi, so they are more reliable. I am delighted that you are enjoying the blog and thanks very much for writing back to me.
Nancy