What do YOU call this thing?

[AlienGirl]

And if you call it a "kitchen glove," where did you grow up?

[Heidi]

1. Oven mitt that must be washed by hand,

making it therefore a commemorative, decorative item unsuitable for use in my kitchen.

:hi:

[AlienGirl]

2. I've heard two people from Florida consistently call it a kitchen glove!

I say "oven mitt" too!

:hi:

Tucker

[Heidi]

Of course, it _could_ be a "hand cozy."

:rofl:

[Nicole]

3. Oven mitt n/t

[MissHoneychurch]

4. Topflappen

:P

[AlienGirl]

5. Does that translate to "kitchen glove"?

:P

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Nope

Topf = pot
Lappen = cloth

Yes, I know you showed a glove but the original look like this

[AlienGirl]

7. I'm specifically referring to the mitt style of pot-holder

The former-Floridians in question use different words for the square kind.

[MissHoneychurch]

8. When I checked google image search

for Topflappen it told me we call the glove Grillhandschuh (bbq glove) or also Ofenhandschuh (oven mitt)

[AlienGirl]

11. So they didn't get it from German, then?

[MissHoneychurch]

12. What do you mean?

[AlienGirl]

13. I thought maybe the phrase was a translation of a German term by way of Pennsylvania Dutch

or something like that..

[MissHoneychurch]

14. Oh ... guess not

Maybe if you find the origin of the word "mitt" you can find out where it comes from.

[AlienGirl]

15. No, I thought maybe "kitchen glove" was, not "oven mitt"

[MissHoneychurch]

16. Where did you hear that?

So far, nobody polled "kitchen glove"

[AlienGirl]

17. Two ex-Floridians call it that, they both have some Pennsylvania Dutch relations

So I thought, "Gee, maybe that came from a German word that got translated into English literally."

Maybe it's a Florida thing.

Tucker

[gr8dane_daddy]

9. My next mistress...

errrr, nevermind.

[Connonym]

18. You naughty, naughty boy

:spank:

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. First baseman's mitt

for poor kids.

[RebelOne]

19. I call it a pot holder glove.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. Hot pad

:hi: