Kitchen Gadgets

[Caribeing]

What kitchen gadget has enhanced your "kitchen" life! what could you not do without! I have just bought a Kenwood Mini Chopper at half price haven't really got to grips with it yet tried onions so far so good! Wanted to buy a Nicer Dicer but they are still quite expensive. Admit I do like gadgets!

[adamhornsby]

Best thing we have is a Daily hand mixer. I haven't found anything it won't turn its hand to, even though it is quite ancient

[Buenchico]

The only particularly useful gadget in my kitchen is a corkscrew ;-)

Actually, I do find that they vary a great deal in quality. There are lots of so-called deluxe types but there's nothing to beat a decent 'waiter's friend'.

Chris

[JCL53]

I have loads of gadgets gathering dust in cupboards .
Juicer,breadmaker,blender,electric chip fryer,food mixer,electric tin opener and so on .I never use them .Or let's say I have used them once or twice and cursed at all the bits you have to wash up and reassemble !
I have an electric handmixer with the two beaters ,a Kenwood one which I use quite a lot and could not live without my slowcooker .
Little gadgets like a mandolin and a handblender I like and I also have a little mini chopper thing which I use a lot .
Otherwise I don't think you can beat a few good sharp knives !

[theonlyone]

Has to be the slow cooker ..
and an old fashioned veg peeler ..
and the electric kettle ...

[Jugglering]

I've got a breadmaker (gets used every other day, sometimes more if I'm making a pizza), a filter coffee machine (gets used every morning), a food processor (gets used at least once a week - I tend to cook in batches and freeze for the week ahead), a little handheld mixer - only gets used for egg whites and the rare cake (I often use the food processor instead). The food processor came with a blender but I've only used that attachment once.... I don't eat meat or fish so I don't think a slow cooker would be a lot of use to me ! My most raved about kitchen gadget though has to be my curry pot pressure cooker - absolutely brilliant at cooking stuff like beans, lentils, hard veg etc.

[Lakitu]

The V slicer!!

[vivandorron]

Hi Mary T.....I go along with Buenchico (Hi there Chris) and I also agree with JLC53.

Please click the following:-

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Food-and-Drink/ Question433932.html

Best wishes .........Ron.

[JCL53]

You don't need to just cook meat and fish in a slowcooker you know Juggerling .I don't cook any fish in it and although I am a meat eater I still cook vegetable stuff in it .A nice hearty vegetable stew with dumplings ( you can use veggie suet ). Or a vegetable curry etc. You can cook anything in it not just meat !
And you always have a nice hot meal to come home to.

[adamhornsby]

obvious one here: the microwave.

[Jugglering]

Thanks JCL.... I'd not thought of that ! I did look into getting a slow cooker but since most veg seem to taste much nicer if they are cooked quite fast (I use the pressure cooker for beans and other pulses), I thought the gadget would just be gathering dust. As I mentioned above, I tend to cook on a weekend in a large batch, freeze individual portions and reheat these during the week when I get home from work.

[mrs.chappie]

I've got an electric carving knife, it was the bees knees when I bought it about 15 years ago, but it has been sitting in the kitchen cupboard unused for the last 13 or 14 years!

I keep thinking I ought to get rid of it - anyone want an electric carving knife? lol

[merejeans]

We bought a bread maker a couple of months ago. as the seeded bread we eat went up to �1.59 a loaf. It is a Kenwood, so easy to put everything in, in fact my husband has taken it over, the only cooking he does. A seeded loaf now costs us about 50p., it is delicious, and there is really no washing up, as the loaf tin is non stick, and only needs a wipe round with a bit of kitchen roll.

[blackcat77]

George Foreman grill - it's really good for fish and burgers - so long as you remember to put the drip tray underneath! We also have a mandolin but for some reason OH has only used it once or twice (he does 90% of the cooking!) I recently bought a hand whisk like my mother used to have where you have the two beaters and a handle top and side and you rotate the side wheel - brought back many memories!

[adamhornsby]

Yes, george foreman grils are great arent they.ours gets used regularly for chicken, pork, steak and toasties, but it also cooks bacon and sausages nicely.
the non-stick is starting to wear so it will need upgrading soon, i fancy the one which has 5 plates that are removable and can be shooved in the dishwasher, and that sounds excellent!

[iggymiggy]

This time of year I would not like to be without my cherry stoner. It is great to be able to put cherries into a fruit salad and not have to worry about swallowing a pip.