How to Use Oven Mits?

I came into possession of some oven "mits" but I'll be damned if I
don't know how to use them (OK, I'm damned anyway, but that's beside
the point)

They are these style of pocketed oven mits pictured here:

http://www.meijer.com/s/katie-brown-pocket-oven-mitt/_/R-148642

Sure - you can put your hand in them but then your thumb doesn't move
making it impossible to grip anything. And if you leave your thumb
sticking out then it kinda defeats the whole idea of a "mit" as your
thumb would get burned.

Only the outside of the "mit" is insulated and the inside that we see
facing us in the link above is thin fabric with practically no
insulation.

So how in the hell are you supposed to use these as forsaken "mits"?
They're dominating the markets now and damnit if I can't figure out
how these fucking things are supposed to work. I can't find a "mit",
even WITH a thumb that fits me anymore.

Are here no actual fabric oven MITS for men any more? I have very
little feelings in my fingers any more but I ain't exactly made out
asbestos either.

-sw
 
On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:19:31 -0700, Christine Dabney wrote:


Yes, I HAVE tried it. There's to way to support a full put or pan or
whatever without being able to move your thumb and have it insulated
at the same time.

It's not hard to go through the motions and realize it just doesn't
work. Maybe we men are just jointed differently than women, but it
just ... doesn't ... work.

-sw
 
On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:28:30 -0600, Sqwertz
wrote:



Check Amazon, it'll cost less to buy already made than to make... by
the time you pay for special fabric, binding, and even strong thread a
pair of high quality potholders will cost a lot more to make. It may
pay to make ones own if mass producing but just one or two, nope. And
the typical home type sewing machine won't handle such heavy fabric
and certainly not several plys.

OXO makes what appears to be a very nice mitt, and in several colors.
http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Grips-Sil...?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1297198030&sr=1-51
 
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:31:48 -0500, "J. Clarke"
wrote:


Pot holders are even less. ;)

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
In article
,
Nancy2 wrote:

I can probably buy 5 pair for what a sewing machine would cost.


--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
 
In article ,
Sqwertz wrote:

AMEN! I was given one as a gift and offloaded it at a garage sale.
Someone got a bargain.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
 
On Feb 7, 11:11?pm, "Christopher M."
wrote:
Those are actually pot holders as Christopher said. They're just
convenient to stick you hand into them so you won't burn your wrists
or perhaps thumbs. Not true mits as you've discovered.
 
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 01:09:22 -0800, "Julie Bove"
wrote:


Back in grandma's day those were very common, for all sorts of uses,
even to rest clothes irons, the insulating material was asbestos
cardboard... anyone finds them get rid of them right away, dispose of
them *properly*. Do not handle them, with tongs place them into
sealable plastic bags, phone your local EPA office for further
instructions... even if you haven't been using them everyone in your
household may be instructed to go for medical testing.
 
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:17:30 -0700, Christine Dabney wrote:


Maybe if your hand is super narrow and your thumb has room to MOVE
inside there, then yes, you could. But none of the mits out there are
wide enough for the average-sized man hand to move their thumb inside
that pocket.

-sw
 
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 01:03:44 -0800, "Julie Bove"
wrote:


Unfortunately, they were polyester even when my kids were kids. A
wood and nail loom could be constructed fairly easily, but why bother?

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 01:33:06 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:


The silicone mits are hideous to look at and awkward to use. I
wouldn't be caught dead in my kitchen wearing those, let lone out in
public.

-sw
 
On Feb 7, 9:06?pm, Sqwertz wrote:

Those are useless.

Since production moved to China, most oven mitts are completely
useless: small, thinly insulated, and poorly constructed. I refuse to
throw our old US-made ones away.
 
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