What can't you live without?

[lilylover]

My invaluable tool is my ceramic hob scraper cleaner thingy which came with the hob. Gets  all the burnt bits off from my culinary disasters and does grill pans and baking trays a treat  ;D  After that it's got to be my 30 yr old pressure cooker which was a wedding pressie (it's lasted twice as long as the marriage anyway  ;))

[lilylover]

[Hyacinth]

For the gadget I use most - has to be the spud peeler.... a GoodGrips catapult-style one, which peels marrows, carrots, squashes without any fuss or much effort.


moonbells

How did I forget to omit this from my can't-live-without list. Excellent gadget. 8)

[calendula]

my favourite kitchen 'gadget' would have to be my husband - he fills and empties the dishwasher and loves the food I cook  ;D

[HappyCatz]

My aga!!!
..... very middle class, i know but great for drying, roasting, preserving and just generally inspiring me to get cooking!

[prink13]

Calendula -love your answer! :)

[supersprout]

Agree prink, she don't say where can we find one of those ;) ;D

[calendula]

thank you  :) I should rent him out - he cooks as well, did a fab barbie today on our new fancy gadget - we indulged in a cast iron chimenea and plan to use it even through the winter as it casts off enormous heat and is an extension to our beloved kitchen - the hub of the house (also with an aga  :D)

[Kea]

My le cruset (can't remember spelling!) casserole.....but now with teenagers could do with a bigger one. My 'sunshine' clothes pegs from NZ never found any bigger they've got the strongest pegs. They must have looked odd on the airport x-ray scanner last time I went to NZ. My mother thinks I'm odd asking for them for Christmas.
My wooden stirrer which is made of Kauri and was once part of the support for the bells in Christchurch cathedral, NZ.

[Kea]

i got disturbed by a double glazing salesman and posted too soon.
My most important gadget would have to be the dishwasher it gives me more time to do more interesting things.
What i really want is a similar gadget that tidies and cleans the house for me and pegs socks on the line. I hate socks particulary teenage boy's socks! Something that collects those up and washes them would be fantastic!

[grawrc]

Try a teenage boy???(picking them up I mean) ;)

[Kea]

Ha Ha that is so funny! To quote 'What socks?' actually i have that wrong it's 'Wot sock's'

[tim]

My easy clean spatter guard.

[tricia]

Great gadget Tim ;D. Lidl have one on their 'specials' flier - starting 16th October. I shall invest £2.49 and get rid of the greasy, difficult to clean mesh type splatter guard that I am currently using.

Tricia

[tim]

£2.49?? Good going - Lakeland's are £8.99!!

[trojanrabbit]

Absolutely agree on the dishwasher!
It at least halves the clearing up time for almost any job. 8)

Anything else there is almost always another way. Besides, I still reckon I can make a better pastry by hand than I can in the Magimix, and it only takes a couple of minutes more.

Mind you, I suppose you'd have a hard time doing without a tin opener for condensed milk...   ;D

[newbies]

Great thread, I live in the kitchen.  My faves are: a gadget that steams, does rice, and is a slow cooker.  Fantastic thing.  Also, I have a pan that is sooo old, aluminium with a wooden handle, and I can't break it however hard  I try.  Surely everyone has one of those.  Also, I love my big heavy cast iron casserole things, but the 3 in 1 gadget is the best. :D

[tricia]

Yes Tim - and it looks identical  8), maybe by the 16th I'll have learned how to put a picture up here, so you can see for yourself ;D. - or get yourself one of their flyers (fliers??) if you have a Lidl nearby,
Tricia

[muddy boots]

Bread maker plus OH who always bakes it!  Gorgeous smell when I come home from work and the breads are just yummy!  :D

[tim]

Nothing in the Cheltenham one, Tricia. But at least I have one!

[triffid]

My collection of sweetly sharpened knives, and to go with them my dad's old sharpening steel and oilstone  :)

I know it's already been said here, but our dishwasher -- I bless it every time we have friends round and NO ONE HAS TO WASH UP afterwards  ;D

My two big Mason & Cash mixing bowls

The blender (though it's in sore need of replacement and I'm too dazzled by the choice available to make a decision on what to buy now)  :-\

My pestle and mortar (spices, herbs, pesto, nut butters and more)

And (if a book can count as a gadget) the Ann Willan Reader's Digest cookery bible!

If I had to choose just one to rescue, it'd be the oilstone and steel cause all the others are replaceable ...