your favourite kitchen utensil

[mjr]

Oh, they're hateful things. My wife uses one, it's such a pain to clean and makes everything in the diswasher smell of garlic. What's wrong with simply a board, a good sharp knife, and a pinch of salt?

Doesn't work as well as a good Zyliss press. It's easy to clean as long as you remove then remains and dunk it before it dries on. Ones with removable plates are harder to clean IMO.

I've got a lovely old Sabatier knife, pre-war I think and that has lovely balance and is kept sharp with a proper 'steel'. The only snag is it rusts if you don't wash and dry it immediately after use.

I've a modern Sabatier stainless knife that has a weighted handle which I was glad of when I dropped it on my foot

My favourite would probably be very simple: either the steel tongs or a simple flat wooden spatula. I think both came from Woolies long before they went silly, probably 25 years ago.

 

[mjr]

Potato Ricer, goodbye lumpy mash!
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Ricers make textureless potato paste, not proper mash.

 

[Markymark]

Slow cooker or bbq.

 

[winjim]

Doesn't work as well as a good Zyliss press. It's easy to clean as long as you

I'm going to stop you there. Everything is easy to clean as long as you discount the thing that makes it difficult to clean.

 

[mjr]

I'm going to stop you there. Everything is easy to clean as long as you discount the thing that makes it difficult to clean.

If you've got someone letting debris dry into the utensil, then I suggest it's not the utensil's fault.

 

[GM]

All I'm useful for in the kitchen.....

 

[jefmcg]

makes everything in the diswasher smell of garlic.

doesn’t leave your fingers smelling of garlic.

You say that as if it were a bad thing

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I think it is the cheese grater with the slicer on the side. I am quite fond of my potato masher as well

Get a room. Maybe we could double date with me and my silicone spoon holder?

 

[welsh dragon]

[QUOTE 5168549, member: 259"]Good Grips® can openers. Fray Bentos® tins don't stand a chance.

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You were robbed. Fray Bentos pies were only £1.00 in Morrisons

 

[winjim]

If you've got someone letting debris dry into the utensil, then I suggest it's not the utensil's fault.

If you've got someone letting debris dry into the utensil, then I suggest it's not the utensil's fault.

I bet I can wipe a knife quicker than you can pick the bits, dry or not, out of a garlic press.

 

[uphillstruggler]

my silicon spatula and my main knife. and of course, the Kettle!

 

[Vantage]

My plastic spatula. Perfect for slapping the fiancee when she's hurling insults at me for burning whatever.

 

[MontyVeda]

The Man drawer.

Did somebody say Man Drawer?

*note the 'man' spice rack too

 

[wonderloaf]

[QUOTE 5168592, member: 259"]Ricers make superbly light mash![/QUOTE]
If it's good enough for Rick Stein, it's good enough for me. Being a cyclist with arms like matchsticks means I need all the help I can get when it comes to mashing spuds.

 

[Profpointy]

On the sensible side, as others have said, a good knife plus the wherewithal to sharpen it. Well worth spending proper money on something used many times every day

On the luxury side, my copper pans. Definitlely better but a lot of dosh even if there's a deal on.

A 1100mm wide cooker with double ovens and five gas rings. Only two of us so an indulgence really, but we've got the space and it was off fleabay rather than more than what I paid for my car for a new one.

Pure gadget - a professional standard coffee grinder. Even 2nd hand was £300 but it is really good. 5 years on I still haven't got the espresso machine to go with it, but as the coffee nerds say, the grinder is the thing.