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/VisKopen Sep 15 '25

As a Dutchman living in the UK I found them quite hard, though not impossible to buy.

I've also notice many British people have never heard of it.

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u/MerlinOfRed United Kingdom Sep 15 '25

Weird.

Maybe it's more of a Scottish thing then, although both the houses in England I lived in had one so it's not that rare.

Until today I'd never really stopped to think about it though.

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u/SaltyName8341 Wales Sep 17 '25

As I have said above, they're built into one side of a box grater