What are some of your favorite kitchen gadgets

[Guest guest]

Wire whisk and if it's in the dishwasher then I have to use a spoon.

 

Chico

 

 

, Elizabeth or Bette <elizerbat

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> I thought this would be a good question.  Maybe it will be helpful to new

cooks in the kitchen.

> I use my cheese grater and tomato slicer all the time.

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> Liz

[Guest guest]

the little cheap citrus peeler, it will open oranges and grapefruits in seconds

and I believe I paid all of a dollar for it.

 

Portia

[Guest guest]

lemon squeezer for my lemonade.

I also use the garlic press a few times a week.

 

Fawnette

[Guest guest]

I love my melon baller. It makes it so easy to core apple halves for the boys

snacks and I can just slice the little suckers right up. It also helps to keep

the food interesting and fun for the kids. We have " mini " ice creams sometimes,

we use it for all kinds of firm fleshed fruits to actually make balls with

apples, pears, melons (shocker there huh lol). I also loved my blender for home

made baby food a year or two ago. I also like my Crockpot for cub scout night

dinners, and my dehydrator is just fun.

~Tee

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Elizabeth or Bette

Sunday, April 26, 2009 5:18 PM

What are some of your favorite kitchen gadgets

 

 

 

 

 

I thought this would be a good question. Maybe it will be helpful to new

cooks in the kitchen.

I use my cheese grater and tomato slicer all the time.

 

Liz

 

[Guest guest]

Little hand chopper for onions -- saves my eyes from the onion fumes that

make them water! Works great for cucumbers, nuts, etc, too. Not something to

use with tomatoes unless you want a pulpy mess. This is the closest one I

could find, but it's much nicer than mine:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9240173. Mine washes up

well in the dishwasher, too. I think I might need that Oneida one...

 

Old, beat-up, aluminium cake pans. I don't bake cakes in them, but use them

in the oven for all kinds of stuff -- a Quorn cutlet, the frozen breaded

mozarella sticks I like, etc. I got these out of my Grandma's cast-offs, but

I've seen them at garage sales, too. I don't do non-stick, and these are

great because I can even use an SOS pad on them! My mom has an old pizza pan

that we used for the same kind of stuff growing up. (When she was in high

school, a boy trying to impress her sneaked it out of Pizza Hut down the

front of his pants. She's still using that pan, 40+ years later!)

 

Audrey S.

 

 

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Elizabeth or Bette <elizerbatwrote:

 

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> I thought this would be a good question. Maybe it will be helpful to new

> cooks in the kitchen.

> I use my cheese grater and tomato slicer all the time.

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> Liz

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[Guest guest]

Soymilk machine, for untold gallons of cheeep and convenient milk and yogurt for

the price of bulk beans(!). Fuzzy logic rice cooker for making great hot cereal

+ whole grain, greens, legume meals and having them ready on the dot by its own

countdown clock aaand keeping them warm for hours. Home grain mill for tons of

whole grain and legume flours for the price of bulk grain. Bread machine for

baking them. Dutch ovens for some baking too, even using the indoor oven. Simple

homemade dough proofing box for proofing sourdough starter and bread and

incubating large batches of homemade yogurt.

 

Slim

 

 

, Elizabeth or Bette <elizerbat

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> I use my cheese grater and tomato slicer all the time.

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> Liz

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[Guest guest]

The wood rasp turned kitchen gadget that can reduce a clove of garlic

to paste in seconds, same with ginger root.

 

~ irene

[Guest guest]

Kitchen Aid stand mixer - I use it for everything. It makes clean up so easy

and does so many things. Just fyi for anyone, I saw at Costco they have the

professional model for $274 (which is already a good price), but there is a

coupon right now for an additional $40 off. Also, the magic bullet is very

helpful and fast.

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[Guest guest]

Yeah, Irene, but you really gotta get a good bench vise to hold the garlic while

you file!

 

, irene wrote:

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> The wood rasp turned kitchen gadget that can reduce a clove of garlic

> to paste in seconds, same with ginger root.

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[Guest guest]

My olive pitter!

 

 

, Elizabeth or Bette <elizerbat

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[Guest guest]

Well I see we can list more than one. I also really like my Chinese purple clay

rice cooker pot, and lately I have been using the citrus juice attachment in our

Kitchen aid a A LOT!

 

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[Guest guest]

Food processor...and one particular mixing spoon that seems to be the perfect

size for everything!

[Guest guest]

My juicer is used the most in my kitchen,

The Jack Lalane is sitting collecting dust gave up on it.

The worst juicer I have ever owned.

For people juicing once in a while it would be fine.

 

Not for me.Juicing a couple times a day.

Carrot and Strawberry one of my favorites.

 

I received a Kenmore juicer from Freecycle and it works so much better.

Now I just want a grass juicer and will be set.

 

, " dphillips2ac " <dphillips2ac

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> Food processor...and one particular mixing spoon that seems to be the perfect

size for everything!

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[Guest guest]

I know that a dishwasher is not a gadget, but an appliance, but I absolutely

could not play with my gadgets if I did have a dishwasher to help with cleanup.

 

Kathleen

[Guest guest]

I love my knives. Unless I am chopping for the freezer I like to do everything

by hand. Then all I have to wash is a cutting board and a knife. I'm a very

lazy cook and I like to take advantage of greens that don't require cutting or

tearing like spring greens, mesclun mixes and moche. I also like to but

pre-shredded carrots and broccoli to add to almost everything.

 

I so have a pampered chef food chopper, the little hand one. I am fond of it

for onions and garlic.

 

Heather

 

 

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[Guest guest]

My favorite " work horse " is my food processor. I'd die without it. But for fun

and decorative touches, my Lemon Zester is my fav. Mine has an deliciously

plump and soft yellow handle but here's a photo of one if you're not familiar

with them:

 

http://www.superprod.com/product/smallwares/cutlery/specialty+knives/lemon+zeste\

r.do?code=OLC600

 

I fry up thin slices of zucchini and yellow squash in olive oil and lemon juice

and when I move them to the serving dish, I top the mix with lovely little curls

of lemon zest. Even in childhood I was never a vegetable fan so now I'm trying

to learn to love veggies visually attractive food means a lot to me. There's

just something delicious looking about the whole dish with those little lemon

curls added to it.

 

Giselle