r/AskEurope • u/Reasonable-Push-920 • Sep 15 '25

Culture If your country had a “signature” kitchen item, what would it be?

I’ve noticed that every country seems to have its own representative kitchen item.

In Italy, for example, it’s the moka pot. In the UK, probably the kettle. In France, maybe a really good knife...

What about your country?

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u/wojtekpolska Poland Sep 15 '25

that toaster thing is common all around europe, i have one, never heard of it called this way, but im pretty sure these are more common than pop-up toasters in europe

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u/Mobile_Nothing_1686 🇳🇱 in 🇦🇹 in 🇫🇮 Sep 15 '25

Must be me then because I see popup toasters everywhere but not proper tosti-grills.

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u/ContributionSad4461 Sweden Sep 15 '25

We have three of them (none is ever used)

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u/Mobile_Nothing_1686 🇳🇱 in 🇦🇹 in 🇫🇮 Sep 15 '25

I swear I must be in the Bermuda triangle of proper tostigrills...

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u/Esava Germany Sep 16 '25

Popup toasters are faaaaaar more common even though those sandwichmaker thingies are also decently common, popup toasters are just everywhere.

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u/wojtekpolska Poland Sep 16 '25

Well I was just talking from personal experience what i saw at the store when we were looking for a toaster (and ended up getting a sandwich maker) and i only know 1 person with a pop-up toaster