What is your favorite kitchen appliance/gadget?

[AgadorSparticus]

I don't mean the big appliances like refrigerator or stove. I mean, is it your blender, juicer, foreman grill, etc. that you use often and cannot live without.

I'll start. Mine is my crockpot.

[Donkeyboy75]

1. My yuppie-ass Le Creuset cast-iron casserole.

It can do everything!

[tishaLA]

6. Oh how I love Le Creuset

I have 6 of their spatulas--a whole freaking set! Why? I don't know!--and a couple of their soup pots and casseroles. All in orange.

I also love my food processor.

[Donkeyboy75]

7. Those things last forever. And orange is the best!

Brightens up the ol' kitchen.

[AgadorSparticus]

9. what's so great about le creuset? i've seen the brand in stores.

i guess i just don't know much about it.

[Donkeyboy75]

10. Nothing sticks to it. It's also cast iron, so it distributes and

holds heat very very well. You never have to worry about burning something and have it be a permanent part of your pan/pot.

[AgadorSparticus]

11. nothing sticks to it??

i'm a little pissed because last year, i bought a set of pots/pans from QVC and there is supposed to be this lifetime guarantee on it and it is already losing it's coating. things are sticking to it like crazy and i'm about ready to dump the entire set and go new. ugh.

[Donkeyboy75]

13. Seriously. I've had my casserole for almost ten years.

No problems at all with it.

[tishaLA]

21. Yeah it cleans up amazingly well

and people actually hand them down from generation to generation--that's how long they last. You can serve in them because they are so purrrrty and they really DO conduct hear amazingly well--no hot spots, hold heat like a dog that hasn't been spayed. The spatulas I mentioned above are guaranteed to temps up to 800 degrees, for pete's sake.

If you want to try Le Creuset, go to amazon or something and get one of the "try me" deals cause you can get small pots for about $30. You only need a few pieces and you can make soups, casseroles, etc from here to kingdom come.

[AgadorSparticus]

22. wow. thanks. i will look into it.

[gonefishing]

2. No Contest!

The coffee machine.

[SW FL Dem]

3. My veggie steamer

a little water - 7 minutes in the microwave. Great for any fresh or frozen veggie.

[Don_G]

4. A 9" Chef's Knife

Nothing fancy or energy intensive, but indispensable around the kitchen for a wide variety of tasks.

[Teddy_Salad]

5. The thingie that opens...

my beer bottles.

I guess it's called a bottle opener. :silly:

[Don_G]

15. Beer Bottle Opener?

Like an open drawer, drawer handle, coffee table, car bumper, brick on the side of a building, pliers/wire cutters found in a tool box, tree, stone, pier, oyster shell, sheriff's badge or pistol?

I really need to focus more on Customer/Client Service and a lot less on the people getting the job done in a timely manner.

[Kahuna]

8. Large Caliphon grill pan.

nt

[WVhill]

12. I'm not into cooking but the appliance I couldn't do without

is the 12 gauge shotgun sitting by the door I use to run deer out of the yard.

[Don_G]

16. #00 Salt?

Stings, very painful and harmful to all but the smallest critters you're aiming at.

Just ask my watermelon thieving' father.

[WVhill]

17. I keep an open box

of #8 shotshells on the counter by the door. I don't shoot the deer. I just bust the sky. Racking the slide stops the dogs' barking too.

[Deja Q]

14. Nonstick skillet

No longer the microwave... I'd rather eat the food cold.

[Cuban_Liberal]

18. The chainsaw, or the wood chipper.

We butcher our own beef. Hamburger, anyone? :P

[politicat]

19. My lo-tech food processor, my ulu knife and chopping block

This knife is the greatest thing ever. It rocks, literally.

Here's the picture and description.


http://bereacc.site.yahoo.net/chblwiulukn.html

http://bereacc.site.yahoo.net/bobo.html

Faster than hauling out the real food processor and cleaning it, too. I only use the big one for grinding meat and making salsa these days.

Also, it came from Berea, which is what I'd like to see all education in the US transform into.... but that's me.

Pcat

[Endangered Specie]

20. Microwave,... on the count its the only thing in this dorm room

that passes for an appliance.

[ForrestGump]

23. My woman

Disclaimer: I jest, of course, albeit in poor taste

It's just that it's been a couple of days since I was 'flamed' and I'm cooling off...

[Melsky]

24. My blender

I have smoothies for breakfast every day.