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By *ack_at_the_farm.... OP   Man
over a year ago

woodhall spa

About 5 years ago i came across a plug in wok from Aldi/Lidl (can’t remember which as i always get the two mixed up). To date it’s been my favourite kitchen utensil....it’s so versatile and i love it. Which kitchen tool do you swear by/enjoy using more than others and why?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I use my actifry most days. I love it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

potato peeler

cant peel them with a knife

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By *icentiousCouple
over a year ago

Up on them there hills

Spatula.

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By *orkie321bWoman
over a year ago

Nottingham

I don't use kitchen gadgets, unless you count my digital scales which I use when baking.

I don't see the point in having cupboards full of gadgets that I don't need when I can do everything with my cooker and pots and pans that I already have.

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By *ighland gentlemanMan
over a year ago

Ardgay

Have put a wooden spoon to good use!

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By *ack_at_the_farm.... OP   Man
over a year ago

woodhall spa


"I don't use kitchen gadgets, unless you count my digital scales which I use when baking.

I don't see the point in having cupboards full of gadgets that I don't need when I can do everything with my cooker and pots and pans that I already have."

Any kitchen utensil counts

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By *ysnomiaMan
over a year ago

Preston

A few years back I got an 'onion chopper' which is essentially a dozen pins in a handle allowing for small and precise cuts. Come heartily recommended.

I got one of those JML Copperstone pans, paid a fortune for it, got it back home and as soon as I started cooking realised there's no damn lid for the thing!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Decent knife ,bottle opener and a bowl to mix flour in

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I don't use kitchen gadgets, unless you count my digital scales which I use when baking.

I don't see the point in having cupboards full of gadgets that I don't need when I can do everything with my cooker and pots and pans that I already have."

this pretty much, you can bang some lovely stuff out of your kitchen without loads of extra crap..

My mum buys into it all..got one of those George formby grills..what a pain in the area, plug it in, heat up..clamp stuff in it till cooked, take the bits off..wash all three bits separately (one pan is much easier) reassemble and RE pack the cupboard around it. Just use a bloody pan..it's loads more faffing about to save turning something over...it's the illusion of labor saving when realistically it's just more to wash etc..garlic crusher..use a knife.

Jml rotating veg slicer..piss off. Knife

Saw a thing today in fact for cutting your veg into spirals..plastic thing..we've only gone and extracted the very oil from the earth at what economic and environmental cost who knows, built this stuff in factories and shipped it around the globe so we can have spiral veg...

I seriously despair of the human race when I think about them too much.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Excuse my spelling and autocarrot misdemeanors

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My slow cooker. Some of the stuff I’ve produced from it is fucking amazing if I do say so myself. In fact, one of my sound clip recipes was the last thing I cooked in it

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By *eadySteadyCockCouple
over a year ago

Tredegar

Egg boiler! Amazingly simple gadget!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Slow cooker

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By *radleywigginsMan
over a year ago

northwest

Pizza scissors.

I wrongly thought this was just a gimmick

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My hand blender that I use for soups, smoothies and milkshakes.

Then my hand mixer that I use for making batter. I can't whisk by hand any more.

Everything else I do by hand.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's got to be my slow cooker

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By *ophieLouiseTV/TS
over a year ago

yorks

I have a cast iron griddle pan which is fantastic for cooking steak and such, also couldn't manage without my WoK! My smoothie maker too but most of all probably my garlic crusher - saves so much messing about

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Slow cooker, parents bought it for me when I went to Uni a "few years" ago, still use it to this day, turns the humblest cuts of meat into a feast.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sharp knife, chopping board. A wooden one. Not this glass stuff.

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By *ampWithABrainWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

Generally I'm an old school cook and baker but must admit I love my blender (just a cheap Argos one but great for soups, smoothies, milkshakes, blending cooking sauces for fussy daughter who doesn't like 'bits' so I can sneak more veg in ) and I am missing having a slow cooker at the moment.

I do frequently get people shocked I don't have a microwave, haven't for years and don't see the point, most people only use them to reheat stuff anyway, mainly flipping baked beans which heat up just as quickly in a pan anyway!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Slow cooker - great for stews/chilli etc cooking when I'm out. Good knife set - was so sceptical about getting sharp knives, but so far still have all my digits & chopping/slicing is so much easier . Hand blender - for all those soups, but mine also has a whisk attachment

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Sharp knife, chopping board. A wooden one. Not this glass stuff."

Wooden knife!, are you not allowed sharp objects?

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By *lmostthereMan
over a year ago

Southampton

You need to be checking in with kitchen Inspect a Gadget Rhik over on The Guardian website.

Bacon toaster? Hell yeah.

Radish shaper? Check.

Bogey man egg separator? Eew.

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By *ampWithABrainWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow


"Slow cooker - great for stews/chilli etc cooking when I'm out. Good knife set - was so sceptical about getting sharp knives, but so far still have all my digits & chopping/slicing is so much easier . Hand blender - for all those soups, but mine also has a whisk attachment"

Far more likely to hurt yourself with crap knives than good sharp ones

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By *elma and ShaggyCouple
over a year ago

Bedworth

I love a good gadget but in reality the only one we use regularly would be out slow cooker. Not only is it great for cooking meals in, we use ours to make the most amazing stock which we usually ladle straight into a risotto

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Slow cooker - great for stews/chilli etc cooking when I'm out. Good knife set - was so sceptical about getting sharp knives, but so far still have all my digits & chopping/slicing is so much easier . Hand blender - for all those soups, but mine also has a whisk attachment

Far more likely to hurt yourself with crap knives than good sharp ones "

I bought two ceramic knives and the problem I've found is that they're that sharp that when I've cut myself I haven't noticed until the blood oozes!

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Potato chipper. Pizza paddle.

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By *ensualtouch15Man
over a year ago

ashby de la zouch


"Egg boiler! Amazingly simple gadget! "

I love my saucepan too

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

A plastic veg steamer that I got from a kitchen party my friend had years ago. It was the cheapest thing there, I bought it because she'd get freebie. I use it every time we have veg, it's great

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere


"A plastic veg steamer that I got from a kitchen party my friend had years ago. It was the cheapest thing there, I bought it because she'd get freebie. I use it every time we have veg, it's great "

Microwavable to

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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago

hiding from cock pics

The convection/ microwave setting on my microwave. It means that I can do oven chips in 10 minutes, (freezer to plate) using only a little bit of electricity.

I love that.

I also love my hand blender... Everything from scrambled eggs, smoothies and soups get the blender treatment.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Instand pot, it cooks a chicken in 30mins!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My knife and sharpening steel set. Still as sharp as the day I bought them 15 years ago.

We have only one gadget, and that is our giant slow cooker. Makes huge batches of our favourites for freezing, and I love coming home to the smell of the food that's ready to go when we walk in.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Sharp knife, chopping board. A wooden one. Not this glass stuff.

Wooden knife!, are you not allowed sharp objects? "

Not since the body in the boot incident

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Cheese slicer, it makes perfect cheese slices for butties.

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By *lmostthereMan
over a year ago

Southampton


"Cheese slicer, it makes perfect cheese slices for butties."

Oh these are so '80s! They allowed my mum to feed me and my mates endless cheese sandwiches after school without using the world's supply of cheddar cheese.

Good memories.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Sharp knife, chopping board. A wooden one. Not this glass stuff.

Wooden knife!, are you not allowed sharp objects?

Not since the body in the boot incident "

eek, it was only a joke!

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By *ampWithABrainWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow


"Cheese slicer, it makes perfect cheese slices for butties."

I just use the slicing part of grater.

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