Sounds kinky with a couch cushion.Umm - boiling a carburettor in cleaning solution in a pot on the cooker!
Heat treating an alloy steel for a 1 hour stint in the oven !
Putting stuff in the freezer to help with an interference fit !
I cannot involve anything kitchen-related in anything I do, machining-wise, except be the guy who is going to revive the Kenwood mixer.
Note: Re: @markba633csi 's term "suspenders". In European culture, those would be items of women's lingerie, associated with stockings.