Cookaholics Bulletin Board

Thanks Mary! I guess it depends on how much they are. Let me know, but probably a half dozen.

Amy

I'll note that Chef's Catalog has waffle weave towels.

Yes, I've used some and don't think they absorb well.
Nance

I am a bit of a dish towel junkie even though I let my dishes mostly "drip dry", it's more sanitary . Like others here, I only use 100% cotton or linen, depending on what I am drying. It pays to check out the discount stores , sometimes you can hit the dish towel jackpot, decent towels for cheap, but I have come up short lately in that department. Around Christmas time Crate Barrel markets some wonderful large towels, and after a few washes they soften up and absorb well. You can get decent ones from WS on sale. SLT has a nice selection too -- all available online. I also like the brand Ritzenthaler, aka Ritz. My all time favorite dish towel though is made by Le Jacquard Francais, but they are ghastly expensive and I have only received them as gifts. (Mary - I would love to know what they sell for in Europe.)

http://www.kilianhardware.com/towandclot.html

https://www.le-jacquard-francais.fr/#/us/3-2-61-639-8212/E-shop/Kitchen-textiles/Crystal-towel/Cristal/Essuie-verres-Cristal-Ardoise-80x60-100-lin

Ivy,

I love Le Jacquard Francais. I have a couple of tablecloths made by them, and I pray nothing ever happens to them, because I'd never be able to afford to replace them. Thanks for the link to Kilian. Those look great!

Amy

Just looked at the site for the towels I like, Meyer-Mayor and the are about 20 bucks a pop, I think you may be better staying domestic!

http://www.meyer-mayor.ch/categories-272-0/waffeltuch

Mary

A friend gave me a set of Le Jacquard Francais napkins years ago and they still look like new. They're wonderful. I used to treat myself to a birthday tea towel every year but they've gotten so expensive. But they're the best for drying glass.
fitzie

I buy hand towels (and bath wash rags) and use them in the kitchen. I like a towel that will soak up a lot of water. Pure cotton is readily available.

Everything in my kitchen is white. Everything in the rest of the house is not. This is how I keep them apart.

I too use bath hand towels in my kitchen. I mark the label with a K, just in case. I agree terry is worthless.

When I lived in England we joined the National Trust and visited the homes (cheap,, wonderful history, art and gardens and we could take the kids). I treated myself to a tea towel (100% cotton) whenever they were available. Ditto for other places we visited. I now have a nice collection. Some are super faded from washing. My favorite is a very large one from Cambridge that I use to dry my french fries after soaking before frying (2 step, deep fat fryer method). It is getting pretty threadbare after 30+ years of use.

I bought 100% cotton plain colour flour sack towels when TJs was shutting down in Canada and love them. Of course now the only ones I can find are really pretty and $5 each. Another home store was closing and I lucked out getting 8 more there for $12. They dry the dishes really well and dry quickly, so even if I use 2 or more when drying a lot of dishes and they get too soaked to be effective they dry within 15 minutes or so.