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Kitchen Gadgets
« Thread Started on Dec 24, 2009, 11:47am »		[Quote]
Tis the season for many chefs to receive gifts items for the kitchen. I have more citrus juicer,zesters,etc. then care to count. Have received two already this season. Each one promising to be better than the rest.
Also,a plethora of tea towels,aprons,pot holders, all bearing lemon motifs. Always appreciate and will use.
What have all you other chefs received in the way of kitchen gadgets etc.? Do you welcome,use,cringe?
I know we have received many others over the years.Some quite amusing and others that have gone on to become favorites.Some,we have liked so much that we have replicated for others because of enthusiasm for.
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« Reply #1 on Dec 24, 2009, 12:38pm »		[Quote]
The only kitchen item I ever received as a gift, I broke, not on purpose though.
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« Reply #2 on Dec 24, 2009, 3:08pm »		[Quote]
I do cringe at the gadgets I get given. The only useful one was given to me by a transient guest a couple of years ago. It is for removing the stone from a mango. You stand the mango upright, place the the gadget on top and press. It slips down and the blades slice the fruit away from the stone.
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« Reply #3 on Dec 24, 2009, 5:40pm »		[Quote]
There's a company here called The Pampered Chef - they distribute through parties and catalogue a la Tupperware. Many of their products are terrific and I have appreciated receiving several over the years - must go and have a look in the kitchen.
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« Reply #4 on Dec 24, 2009, 5:49pm »		[Quote]
I just wish that certain gadgets would work as well as they do "AS SEEN ON TV!"
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« Reply #5 on Dec 24, 2009, 5:53pm »		[Quote]

Dec 24, 2009, 5:49pm, kerouac2 wrote:
I just wish that certain gadgets would work as well as they do "AS SEEN ON TV!"

Yes,could almost be a thread unto itself. Have gotten some of these too..
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« Reply #6 on Dec 24, 2009, 5:58pm »		[Quote]
Every kitchen gadget that has come along one of our friends has to have; not 1, not 2, sometimes not even three. The topper was 3 madelaines!!
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« Reply #7 on Dec 24, 2009, 8:54pm »		[Quote]
I am giving kitchen gadgets to my oldest children. Currently, neither of them has much in the way of any kitchen supplies. I bought each of them a microplane grater as stocking stuffers. Today, I attempted to buy a pastry knife for college girl since she likes to make biscuits. None to be found anywhere. >:(
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« Reply #8 on Dec 24, 2009, 9:37pm »		[Quote]
Microplane graters are GRATE (sorry) gadgets. Sadly while I've bought them for others, nobody has ever bought one for me. I'm taking one travelling next time along with the thin flexible cutting board and little sharp knife as I love a grated salad, or grated veg in a green salad. Fortunately it has a plastic guard (I'll tape them together) as it would REALLY piss off a security inspector to grate his or her fingertips!

I'll look up "The Pampered Chef". And there is always Lee Valley! www.leevalley.com
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« Reply #9 on Dec 24, 2009, 10:33pm »		[Quote]

Dec 24, 2009, 5:40pm, imec wrote:
There's a company here called The Pampered Chef - they distribute through parties and catalogue a la Tupperware. Many of their products are terrific and I have appreciated receiving several over the years - must go and have a look in the kitchen.


I used to have an "in" with Pampered Chef as my sister was an executive VP of sales at their home office in Chicago. Most of the PC things she gave me are great, and still in frequent use. Wish I could get more. (It's time to get new pots and pans for the Sanibel kitchen.)
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« Reply #10 on Dec 24, 2009, 10:36pm »		[Quote]
So, if you don't like cooking Kimby,and baking,and these gadgets are in frequent use,ahem,is there something you're not sharing with us ;) ::)
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« Reply #11 on Dec 24, 2009, 10:53pm »		[Quote]
Even though I eat to live, rather than live to eat, I still have to eat.
And since Mr. Kimby brings home the bacon, I'm the one who gets to fry it.
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« Reply #12 on Dec 25, 2009, 2:18am »		[Quote]
I've pretty much given up on every cooking gadget I ever had a fling with and retreated to basic tools. Almost all of these can be substituted with a well wielded knife.
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« Reply #13 on Dec 25, 2009, 3:35am »		[Quote]

Dec 24, 2009, 10:36pm, casimira wrote:
So, if you don't like cooking Kimby,and baking,and these gadgets are in frequent use,ahem,is there something you're not sharing with us ;) ::)

Actually, they are less gadgets and more tools and cookware. But they ARE Pampered Chef, and that's what I was commenting on. The true "gadgets" don't get used too often, and the apple corer/peeler/slicer NEVER comes out of its box. But I did use my Universal grinder to make cranberry orange relish for the holidays.
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Re: Kitchen Gadgets
« Reply #14 on Dec 25, 2009, 6:47am »		[Quote]
I remember when the first dinky graters/slicers with the changeable rotary disks came out and how incredibly cool and modern they seemed. I think the brand name was Magic Chef.
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« Reply #15 on Dec 25, 2009, 8:48am »		[Quote]
Do remember that one and the famous "Ginzou knife" that would cut through,chop anything!
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« Reply #16 on Dec 25, 2009, 1:23pm »		[Quote]
Our landlady, Señora C., brought us a gift of five butter, etc spreaders, each handle is a different jockey, riding a different horse.
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« Reply #17 on Dec 25, 2009, 2:09pm »		[Quote]
It's only 8a.m. and have received four(4!) lemon/lime juicers ::) :P. found one in my mailbox on my way out for a.m. walk. :-/
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« Reply #18 on Dec 25, 2009, 5:49pm »		[Quote]
Does someone in the neighborhood think that you are a sourpuss?
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« Reply #19 on Dec 25, 2009, 6:40pm »		[Quote]

Dec 25, 2009, 5:49pm, kerouac2 wrote:
Does someone in the neighborhood think that you are a sourpuss?

either that or a "cheapskate" ??? :D ;)
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« Reply #20 on Dec 31, 2009, 5:57pm »		[Quote]
Here's a kitchen gadget I received as a gift. I actually got one a couple of years ago and the joke has always been "why didn't the cheapskate buy you two". Of course, I call it the "love glove" and take the opportunity to grope any women hanging around the kitchen when I slip it on... now I'll be able to grope 2 at once!

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« Reply #21 on Dec 31, 2009, 6:05pm »		[Quote]
I didn't realize that the women of Winnipeg were that hot. :o
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« Reply #22 on Apr 13, 2010, 1:30pm »		[Quote]
I'm about to give kitchen gadgets another try. They've opened a new store at Bercy Village and I saw some really interesting items on television.

http://www.alicedelice.com/
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« Reply #23 on Apr 13, 2010, 3:31pm »		[Quote]
I don't have too many gadgets. There are a few stuck away in a cupboard -- like a vegetable steamer and a thing for making waffles (it was a gift). But looking at Kerouac's site in the previous thread, I realized that I would like one of those pasta machines. Although I would have had a lot more use for it when my kids lived at home. I could buy a couple as gifts for my sons though -- they both like to cook a lot more than I do.
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« Reply #24 on Apr 13, 2010, 5:58pm »		[Quote]

Dec 24, 2009, 12:38pm, kerouac2 wrote:
The only kitchen item I ever received as a gift, I broke, not on purpose though.

Really?!

I wouldn't think a duck press would be that hard to use, and certainly not easy to break.
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« Reply #25 on Apr 13, 2010, 7:00pm »		[Quote]
Pity I recently cleaned out the "gadget drawer" in my kitchen. There was some stuff in there from goodness knows when. Part of my recent purge,I just tossed. It was pitiful what I was hoarding away,downright pitiful... Some I did give away,(I had 4 oyster knives!!!)to name just a few of what I had more than one of. :-/ (seventeen million wooden chopsticks!!!)
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« Reply #26 on Apr 13, 2010, 7:28pm »		[Quote]
I have one oyster knife which I have never actually used myself -- only my father and various guests. I am ashamed. :-[
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« Reply #27 on Apr 13, 2010, 9:16pm »		[Quote]
I must remember to look in my gadget drawer tomorrow. It's been unopened for many years.
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« Reply #28 on Apr 15, 2010, 1:28am »		[Quote]
I'm kinda a collector of kitchen gadgets. Some I have found extremely useful, some were used for a time, some.... ???

I used to use the garlic press pretty regularly back when I was younger, until I learned to just wham one hard with the side of the knife, then chop quickly and scrape up with the knife to toss into the pot. I used the press because I don't like getting garlic on my fingers due to wearing contacts. I do still use my magic garlic peeler a lot, as I love adding fresh garlic to foods.

I have also given mandolins as gifts but never received one of my own. I think we should form a club of those such oppressed! We'll have cool t-shirts, of course. 8-)

I just received a lovely mini food processor for Easter. Had been commenting to dh I should think of looking for another as the last time I made pico de gallo in mine, it gave me trouble on the tomatoes as though I had tried to use a dull knife to chop them. I use my mini food processor so frequently, I really was rather surprised how useful. Drop veggies in, quick pulse, ready chopped for recipes, or great for mixing up a small, one loaf batch of bread. My previous was a red Kitchenaid purchased for a pittance at a discount store and lasted me five years, my current new baby is a shiny silvery Cuisinart.

Lets see...other gadgets. I have a Cuisinart fondue pot, works great but used rarely as my favorite use is to melt chocolate to dip fruit in. Just too many calories to use very often, particularly as it has a pretty good-sized pot on it. Mostly just use it for parties. A thing designed to cut onions to make your own fried blooming onion. Not used much of late, my older daughter had a thing for those blooming onions. I think I will just pass that one on to her, along with spare citrus peeler (where did I get six of those?), handful of chopsticks, and box of long wooden kabob pokers. I used to use those quite a bit for grilling smaller things like shrimp, but last Christmas I got both a pair of kabob baskets suitable for one portion each, and a large, family-sized grilling basket. Wonderful things, as no more struggle to get the things off the kabob pokes without sending anything flying off the plate. You just drop your chopped veggies, meats, shrimp, scallops, whatever into the basket and place on the grill, flipping the entire basket to cook the other side.

My daughter sold Pampered Chef for a while, they do offer quality products, that is for sure. I got a wok, a basting brush with built in container for the baste, a spritzer for oil so as to use less with less mess when I cook, and a colorful fruit bowl for Christmas. I like their stone bakeware, which is rather like a pizza stone made into say a casserole, but as the factory is nearby and sells seconds at greatly reduced prices, I acquired most of my collection in that fashion.
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« Reply #29 on Apr 15, 2010, 2:13am »		[Quote]
Even though my move last year forced me to purge a lot of things that I didn't use, I don't think I've reached the the simple state I still wish. :-/

Gadget drawer #1:

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Gadget drawer #2:

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