Kitchen gadgets you wish you'd NEVER bought!
Discussion
We've got a thread of useful things worth having. How about things which are or you have found a complete and utter waste of time, effort and/or money.
Garlic crusher, just use a knife.
Tortilla press, unless you need to make 100's just pin it out.
Probably just me but... Bread machine, far too limiting if you are into bread other than a tiny loaf every day.
Garlic crusher, just use a knife.
Tortilla press, unless you need to make 100's just pin it out.
Probably just me but... Bread machine, far too limiting if you are into bread other than a tiny loaf every day.
21TonyK said:
We've got a thread of useful things worth having. How about things which are or you have found a complete and utter waste of time, effort and/or money.
Garlic crusher, just use a knife.
Tortilla press, unless you need to make 100's just pin it out.
Probably just me but... Bread machine, far too limiting if you are into bread other than a tiny loaf every day.
I just use a cheese grater for the garlic. Dont even need to peal it deals with it.Garlic crusher, just use a knife.
Tortilla press, unless you need to make 100's just pin it out.
Probably just me but... Bread machine, far too limiting if you are into bread other than a tiny loaf every day.
21TonyK said:
Garlic crusher, just use a knife.
Tortilla press, unless you need to make 100's just pin it out.
Yup, after my 2nd Garlic crusher broke I gave up on them. A sign I like garlic too much I guess! Knife does the job just fine.Tortilla press, unless you need to make 100's just pin it out.
Funny you mention a Tortilla press, during a trip to the US, I was staying with friends in California, and asked my mate's American/Mexican wife about making your own Tortillas and she gave me her 'Made in Mexico' press found in every Mexican's kitchen (should have been a hint, she just get already made ones!). Along with buying 2 big bags of Masa from Walmart, I still haven't made a single Tortilla after having it 4 years!
The wife bought a f
king spiraliser to make courgetti spaghetti for her health kick nonsense. After one enthusiastic use she realised she didnt like it and went back to spaghetti anyways. It's massive for what it is and takes up kitchen cupboard space that i could instead fill with rum.
Same with the nutribullet, however i do occassionaly use that for shakes myself and handy for blitzing veg to hide in the kids grub.
king spiraliser to make courgetti spaghetti for her health kick nonsense. After one enthusiastic use she realised she didnt like it and went back to spaghetti anyways. It's massive for what it is and takes up kitchen cupboard space that i could instead fill with rum.Same with the nutribullet, however i do occassionaly use that for shakes myself and handy for blitzing veg to hide in the kids grub.
h0b0 said:
I bought a burger press years ago for no good reason other than I knew it would annoy my wife. It did just that but has remained unused ever since. Before you go ahead and think it may be useful, the point is to allow you to put the cheese inside the burger.
Iv got one of those. Its useful for the one time I used it about 10 years ago hahaMicrowave rice cooker, it's just a plastic bowl with a sealed lid, it's crap, the wife bought it.
My wife also bought a veg chopper a few years go, it's kind of cylindrical thing with a plunger on the top, plunge the plunger and blades come down on the veg, every press of the plunger rotates the blades about 90 degrees before they cut the veg again, its rubbish, just makes a mess and is a bugger to clean, I can dice an onion far quicker and better with a decent knife.
Another wife purchase was a bread maker, obviously she made loads of bread for a couple of months, then got bored, so the bulky thing ended up in a cupboard then on to the shed when we re-did the kitchen "someone will have it, I'll ask my friends", I year later I chucked it.
Nutribullet, strangely enough this is another wife purchase, she decided she'd get into smoothies and fruit/veg drinks, when they were all the rage, I said it would be a waste of money, TBF she used it for 6m or so regularly, then every so often, another 6m down the line it wasn't touched. I use it very occasionally to wizz up a sauce when cooking but only every couple of months, the extra bits and accessories it came with, have never been touched.
My daughter struggles to make poached eggs so I bought her a couple of those poached egg silicone cups, you break the egg in to the cup and it floats on top of the hot/boiling water, they are utter crap, take absolutely ages to cook a decent poached egg, fortunately they were only a couple of quid.
My wife also bought a veg chopper a few years go, it's kind of cylindrical thing with a plunger on the top, plunge the plunger and blades come down on the veg, every press of the plunger rotates the blades about 90 degrees before they cut the veg again, its rubbish, just makes a mess and is a bugger to clean, I can dice an onion far quicker and better with a decent knife.
Another wife purchase was a bread maker, obviously she made loads of bread for a couple of months, then got bored, so the bulky thing ended up in a cupboard then on to the shed when we re-did the kitchen "someone will have it, I'll ask my friends", I year later I chucked it.
Nutribullet, strangely enough this is another wife purchase, she decided she'd get into smoothies and fruit/veg drinks, when they were all the rage, I said it would be a waste of money, TBF she used it for 6m or so regularly, then every so often, another 6m down the line it wasn't touched. I use it very occasionally to wizz up a sauce when cooking but only every couple of months, the extra bits and accessories it came with, have never been touched.
My daughter struggles to make poached eggs so I bought her a couple of those poached egg silicone cups, you break the egg in to the cup and it floats on top of the hot/boiling water, they are utter crap, take absolutely ages to cook a decent poached egg, fortunately they were only a couple of quid.
Edited by HTP99 on Tuesday 27th July 21:29
+1 to the garlic press. Multiple styles of garlic presses, though many were bought for me as I like kitchen gadgets and they tend to make cheap presents.
On the OnePot - I use mine a lot, however I brown the meat/mince and soften the onions/mirepoix in a pan before putting in the pot and I think that makes a big difference.
On the OnePot - I use mine a lot, however I brown the meat/mince and soften the onions/mirepoix in a pan before putting in the pot and I think that makes a big difference.
We use a garlic press often - personally I’d never be able to chop garlic so finely without spending ages doing it.
Useless gadget nomination here is a device for pulling the stem bit out of a strawberry, apparently called a strawberry huller. Surprisingly enough, we just use a knife.
Useless gadget nomination here is a device for pulling the stem bit out of a strawberry, apparently called a strawberry huller. Surprisingly enough, we just use a knife.
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