A kitchen item/gadget you couldn't live without

curvybabes · 17/03/13 - 02:27

My Wok and George Foreman

[Deleted User] · 18/03/13 - 21:42

slow cooker
steamer
meat thermometer

malpasc · 18/03/13 - 23:01

My slow cooker. I don't use it all the time but it is invaluable for those days where you fancy something like a stew but can't be doing with attending to it all day long - you can bung all the ingredients in, add your stock/chopped tomatoes or whatever, bung the lid on, switch it to 'Auto' and then go do something more interested for the day!

housegirl · 19/03/13 - 21:53

Slow cooker
Steamer
Bread maker
Halogen oven
Meat grinder/sausage maker
Wok
Food processor

anirose26 · 19/03/13 - 22:44

High voltage mixer as here.

heiker · 23/03/13 - 18:06

My Skyline Bread Knife. Use it every morning when breakfasting on a Polaine Country Loaf

goldberry1 · 25/03/13 - 02:17

A good set of knives and a variety of things like whisks, garlic crushers, mashers, apple corers, graters etc. I haven't one now but I used to love my slow cooker.

ChoccyCarole · 25/03/13 - 03:23

Good sharp knives
Knife sharpener
various [Joseph~]~Handy flexible spatulas
Electric kettle
Toaster
good sized Wok
and cast iron griddle.
Microwave [multifunction]
lastly~
my latest item ~a Rachel Allen's electric Pizza cooker
Ideal for cooking so many things [Eggs~ Potato wedges chips etc ]

jazzyjazzy · 25/03/13 - 06:57

We have been living in a rented apartment for 6 weeks without any of my usual kitchen gadgets except a pressure cooker so I can say all of them.
Did not realised I used my oven so much - Vitamix where are you, steamer, toaster, decent knives, my egg poaching and omelette pans, Actifry (no chips for 6 weeks) food processor etc etc.

Takae · 28/03/13 - 10:56

Victoria Sponge wrote: »

Taking a rice cooker away from a Sri Lankan is like removing one of their limbs!

When I was leaving for university, almost every relative in the family gave me a good-luck present. I ended up with nine rice cookers. Everyone said, "Well, keep it in case one breaks down." The idea of living in a place without a rice cooker was apparently utterly unthinkable.