Kitchen toys...

[chrismcg1]

Pferdestarke said:

Cotty said:

latest is a mandoline with multiple blades but not yet used it.

Don't 'shave' your fingers. It hurts.

This ^^ - it really, really hurts.

[H_Kan]

Slicing my finger on a mandolin is one of the worst memories of my child hood. I still refuse to use one some 10 years later.

[Aydogflipper]

Not as good as have been mentioned but got a pestle and mortar for my birthday a couple of weeks back, having wanted one for ages.

[Tanguero]

Best toy? Definitely a full size bacon slicer I got from a butcher that was retiring - £50. It takes 3 people to lift it and I found out the other week that the list price for the spare blade that came with it is over £400!!!!

[Cotty]

H_Kan said:

Slicing my finger on a mandolin is one of the worst memories of my child hood. I still refuse to use one some 10 years later.

Can people please stop talking about slicing fingers.

[whitechief]

R500POP said:

escargot said:

Not quite as technologically advanced as your vac packing machine but I finally bought a potato ricer last weekend. Bloody brilliant invention.

Lovely creamy mash.

Saves a lot of time but not nearly as nice as pushing the potato through a sieve with the back of a spoon, imo.

[escargot]

whitechief said:

R500POP said:

escargot said:

Not quite as technologically advanced as your vac packing machine but I finally bought a potato ricer last weekend. Bloody brilliant invention.

Lovely creamy mash.

Saves a lot of time but not nearly as nice as pushing the potato through a sieve with the back of a spoon, imo.

Talk about extremes.

[whitechief]

escargot said:

whitechief said:

R500POP said:

escargot said:

Not quite as technologically advanced as your vac packing machine but I finally bought a potato ricer last weekend. Bloody brilliant invention.

Lovely creamy mash.

Saves a lot of time but not nearly as nice as pushing the potato through a sieve with the back of a spoon, imo.

Talk about extremes.

I like my mash just right

[GreenDog]

whitechief said:

escargot said:

whitechief said:

R500POP said:

escargot said:

Not quite as technologically advanced as your vac packing machine but I finally bought a potato ricer last weekend. Bloody brilliant invention.

Lovely creamy mash.

Saves a lot of time but not nearly as nice as pushing the potato through a sieve with the back of a spoon, imo.

Talk about extremes.

I like my mash just right

Too much like hard work, I just break the potatoes up a little with a knife, add butter and a splash of milk then get about them with the electric whisk. Lurvely

[Slaav]

GreenDog said:

whitechief said:

escargot said:

whitechief said:

R500POP said:

escargot said:

Not quite as technologically advanced as your vac packing machine but I finally bought a potato ricer last weekend. Bloody brilliant invention.

Lovely creamy mash.

Saves a lot of time but not nearly as nice as pushing the potato through a sieve with the back of a spoon, imo.

Talk about extremes.

I like my mash just right

Too much like hard work, I just break the potatoes up a little with a knife, add butter and a splash of milk then get about them with the electric whisk. Lurvely

Throw in some coarse grain mustard and lovely....

But too easy to over work the mash with an electric whisk or mixer and it does seem to go too gloopy....

[MonkeyBusiness]

My biltong machine....

[Cotty]

MonkeyBusiness said:

My biltong machine....

Don't let SVX see that

[21TonyK]

MonkeyBusiness said:

My biltong machine....

Superb!!

/want

[21TonyK]

Prompted by the volume vs. weight debate I couldn't not post my micro scales...



Its oregano... honest guv'

(Before anyone says what a stupid idea they are used for weighing seasoning, spices and herbs for test cooks before scaling up to production volumes)

[sleep envy]

why is there a trace of white powder on them?

[21TonyK]

sleep envy said:

why is there a trace of white powder on them?

Salt

[Gaspode]

Piglet said:

I'm contemplating a dehydrator to use up the garden produce. Has anyone used one?

Yes, I've got one I bought to make beef jerky. It works very well, but I haven't actually used it as often as I thought I would - but then that might have something to do with the fact that in less than 48 hours you can spend 20 quid on a piece of beef, reduce it to a box of beef jerky and then scoff the lot that night with your mates sat round drinking beer and talking bks...

[MonkeyBusiness]

Gaspode said:

Yes, I've got one I bought to make beef jerky. It works very well, but I haven't actually used it as often as I thought I would - but then that might have something to do with the fact that in less than 48 hours you can spend 20 quid on a piece of beef, reduce it to a box of beef jerky and then scoff the lot that night with your mates sat round drinking beer and talking bks...

[calibrax]

My favorite is very simple... it's a small rubber tube, you put a clove of garlic inside it, roll it on the worktop and it peels the garlic perfectly. Cost me 50p

[Chris_]

Another really simple one that works brilliantly (from Lakeland)