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What single kitchen implement improved your cooking the most?
I have always struggled to get lump free mashed potato until I recently invested in a potato ricer. Its a wee bit of a faff an a bit fiddly to clean, but the results are brilliant every time.
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A temperature probe so I can make sure steaks etc aren't over 45 degrees. It means roasts are cooked perfectly as well. As for scrambled eggs...
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A large cast iron casserole pot. Definitely the most useful and utilised thing I have. Versatile, ovenproof, and big enough that I can use it as a steamer.
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I have always struggled to get lump free mashed potato until I recently invested in a potato ricer. Its a wee bit of a faff an a bit fiddly to clean, but the results are brilliant every time.
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A temperature probe so I can make sure steaks etc aren't over 45 degrees. It means roasts are cooked perfectly as well. As for scrambled eggs...
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My Le Creuset pot.
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Vitamix - expensive piece of kit but wish I had bought it years ago.
Makes brilliant soup quickly, ice-cream a couple of minutes later, smooth tomato sauce.etc etc. |
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I don't know if it has improved my cooking but I do use my temperature probe a lot. I have been guilty in the past of buying gadgets and using them only once.
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Pyroflam casserole dishes.
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Good question. Probably my global knives. Great at carving viande seche.
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Le Creuset spatula. Honestly, it's the best thing I've ever bought. The OH would say his snazzy electric knife sharpener.
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I know it's silly, but my mini food chopper. I have terrible knife skills and I use this all the time for things that need to be chopped small, for example onion in burgers and stuffing or to make a curry paste. Love it
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Good knives - just makes chopping quicker and easier, and i can then concentrate on the other stuff
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Over 200 Cooking and food science Books reading is a wonderful inspiration and a font of Knowledge. but thank F*** for the computer & spell checker as my spilling is awfull .
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My dishwasher.... lol!
Seriously, my Kenwood chef was well worth it, love it. Moving house soon and am going to treat myself to a decent set of knives having only had cheapo supermarket ones previously. |
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Kitchen scales.
Used to eat unhealthily, heating up processed frozen stuff every day. When I started a health kick I got some scales to assist with weighing everything so I could count calories and whatnot. As time went by I began to use the scales to weigh ingredients, rather than just weighing out the likes of oven chips as I began to cook more of my own meals from scratch. Don't need them as much these days as I actually know what I'm doing in the kitchen to some extent. When starting out trying to cook and following recipes to the letter though, they were great. |
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Having thought about it a bit more I think the things that have improved my cooking are not kitchen gadgets at all. It's the internet and TV cookery programmes. There is such a wealth of recipes, skills, tips etc that give you the confidence to try things you would have never contemplated before.
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I don't know how I managed to forget our new cooker.
Our old one was breaking down bit by bit until last Christmas I made dinner for six with one working ring, half a working oven. After renovating the house and fitting a new kitchen, I treated myself to a spanking new Range Cooker. With five rings and two ovens, I don't know myself. I can now predict temperature/cooking times practically to the minute. Yippee! |
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A pizza cutter
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