That Foodie Gadget Meme

[chomiji]

From several people:

Bold the ones you have and use at least once a year, italicize the ones you have and don't use, strike through the ones you have had but got rid of.

I wonder how many pasta machines, breadmakers, juicers, blenders, deep fat fryers, egg boilers, melon ballers, sandwich makers, pastry brushes, cheese knives, electric woks, miniature salad spinners, griddle pans, jam funnels, meat thermometers, filleting knives, egg poachers, cake stands, garlic presses, margarita glasses, tea strainers, bamboo steamers, pizza stones, coffee grinders, milk frothers, piping bags, banana stands, fluted pastry wheels, tagine dishes, conical strainers, rice cookers, steam cookers, pressure cookers, slow cookers, spaetzle makers, cookie presses, gravy strainers, double boilers (bains marie), sukiyaki stoves, food processors, ice cream makers, takoyaki makers, fondue sets, mandolines, and stand mixers languish dustily at the back of the nation's cupboards.

telophase added the mandoline, so I added the stand mixer. We have one (a lucky estate sale find), and I know people say they're marvelous, but somehow I never use mine. In fact, I barely use my hand-held mixer, even when I bake. I keep thinking I ought to have more gadgets I don't use, but really, my kitchen needs are pretty basic and I don't tend to buy a lot of stuff except for knives. And more knives.

And my juicer is a manual one, and my steamer is a metal insert for my double boiler pan. And a melon baller is superb for coring apples for baked apples.

Hmmm, waffle irons aren't listed. Ours hasn't come to play recently. And the Young Lady (inadvertently) destroyed the rice cooker before we got rid of it.