which kitchen 'gadget' could you not live without?

[oilandwater]

I have a few. They don't nessessarily help with my presentation or taste of meals, but some are great fun, and I think I would be lost without my bread maker, and my tefal chip machine (I await the verbal abuse on that one).
Just wondered.

[HOGEPH]

The wife?

[grumbledoak]

Hiromoto HC in the 'stupidly big' range.
Microplane(s).
Potato Ricer.

[calibrax]

Garlic peeler.

Cheapest, simplest gadget ever, but a massive timesaver. It's basically just a short piece of rubber tubing.

[oilandwater]

grumbledoak said:

Hiromoto HC in the 'stupidly big' range.
Microplane(s).
Potato Ricer.

The potato ricer? Do you just put the cooked hot potato through this one at a time? Often thought of getting one. Are they good?

[Ewan S]

I like my breadmaker, but I'm too lazy to do all that now.

I have a george foreman grill with removable grill plates thats always on the side. That gets a lot of use.

I do have a smoothie maker somewhere. That was fun for a while until I got bored with cleaning it.

[mybrainhurts]

The sink...

[mattley]

I pride myself on not needing any gadgets, there isn't much I can't do with a big chopping block and a good knife, but one gadget I really couldn't live without is a tin opener.


Actually now that chopped tomatoes come in cartons I've just realised I haven't used that for ages so I'm now gadget free.

[miniman]

Corkscrew

[Eggman]

I have an 'Alligator' onion chopper that I'm quite chuffed with. It's essentially like a giant egg slicer with a sharp grid in place of the parallel blades and when you shut the jaws on a halved onion it dices it up really finely.

Actually, it's a bit crap; you need to bear down on both ends to cut right though the onion because the frame isn't sufficiently rigid, but it still beats chopping them by hand. For some reason I find that a real chore.

[oilandwater]

The chip machine is great. Very small amount of oil, I use Extra Virgin Olive oil, 1 teaspoon, and this cooks enough chips for three/four portions. No oily chips. Fantastic, bit noisy though.

[grumbledoak]

oilandwater said:

The potato ricer? Do you just put the cooked hot potato through this one at a time? Often thought of getting one. Are they good?

Yes. You get three or four 'normal sized' chunks of potato in each time, and squash. Results are really in a different league to the old school 'mashers'. Accept no substitute!

All three listed for the same reason, in truth.

[Morningside]

Dishwasher. Sod the rest of the gadgets 'cos I ain't washing up.

[The Riddler]

Tin opener, having broke 2 this week, I should really get lessons in the usage of too.

[Romanymagic]

Couldn't live without my Mossberg pump action, so useful for the venison you see...

only kidding, my all time must have in the kitchen is my Chantry knife sharpener, really helps to keep the knife blades sharp, highly recommended.

[al1991]

Pizza slicer.

[Road Pest]

Oven.

[Road Pest]

Tap.

[ali_kat]

grumbledoak said:

oilandwater said:

The potato ricer? Do you just put the cooked hot potato through this one at a time? Often thought of getting one. Are they good?

Yes. You get three or four 'normal sized' chunks of potato in each time, and squash. Results are really in a different league to the old school 'mashers'. Accept no substitute!

I find mine a waste of money; the mash is cold by the time you've done it

My Gadget? - Rice cooker

[kiteless]

miniman said:

Corkscrew

It's a great corner, I'll admit.

But a cooking gadget?????

:getme.............