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Kitchen gadget use

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  • kluursK kluurs

    How often do you use the following?

    Toaster: 2-3x/day
    Microwave: 5-6x/day
    Air Fryer: 1-2x/day
    Rice Cooker: 1x/day (steel cut oatmeal)
    Blender: 1-2x/year
    Immersion Blender: 1x/month
    Mixer: 1-2x/week
    Food Processor: 1x/month
    Other??

    Catseye3C Offline
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    Catseye3
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    @kluurs said in Kitchen gadget use:

    Toaster: 4-5x/week
    Microwave: Don't got;
    Air Fryer: Don't got;
    Rice Cooker: Don't got, but I make bitchen rice in a saucepan;
    Blender: Don't got;
    Immersion Blender: Don't got;
    Mixer: KitchenAid, too big for the counter, so it's stored out of reach. 😢
    Food Processor: Many times/week. Many.
    Crockpot: 4-6x/month.

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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      Copper
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      Toaster: every other month
      Microwave: once a week
      Air Fryer: once a year
      Rice Cooker: never
      Blender: never
      Immersion Blender: never
      Mixer: never
      Food Processor: never

      Other??
      Keurig: twice a day

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        Aqua Letifer
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        #5

        Toaster: 1-2 times a week
        Microwave: don't have one
        Air Fryer: don't have one
        Rice Cooker: 2-3 times a week
        Blender: 1-2 times a week (instapot kind for soup)
        Immersion Blender: don't have one
        Mixer: daily
        Food Processor: basically never.
        Dutch oven - several times a week

        Please love yourself.

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        • George KG Offline
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          George K
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          #6

          @Catseye3 , @Aqua-Letifer ...

          You don't have a microwave????

          Really?

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            Klaus
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            #7

            Toaster: 1x/week
            Microwave: 1-2x/day
            Air Fryer: 1x/year
            Rice Cooker: n/a
            Blender: 1-2x/month
            Immersion Blender: 1x/week
            Mixer: 2x/week
            Food Processor: 2x/year

            We also have:

            Belgian Waffle iron : 1-2x/year

            We also have another very specialized kind of iron which is only for one quite particular kind of waffle most of you have probably never seen.

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            Sous vide: 3-4x/year

            Crepes iron: 1-2x/year

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            • George KG George K

              @Catseye3 , @Aqua-Letifer ...

              You don't have a microwave????

              Really?

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              Catseye3
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              @george-k said in Kitchen gadget use:

              You don't have a microwave????
              Really?

              Really. Had one once, didn't like it. I can't explain, but there's something about food heated in a microwave that doesn't feel heated, like the hot was on the surface only.
              And no good cooking smells in the kitchen. Eh, just kind of artificial and fleeting. Or something.

              I mostly used it to heat up the cats' meals in the cold weather. And bake potatoes, sometimes.

              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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              • Catseye3C Catseye3

                @george-k said in Kitchen gadget use:

                You don't have a microwave????
                Really?

                Really. Had one once, didn't like it. I can't explain, but there's something about food heated in a microwave that doesn't feel heated, like the hot was on the surface only.
                And no good cooking smells in the kitchen. Eh, just kind of artificial and fleeting. Or something.

                I mostly used it to heat up the cats' meals in the cold weather. And bake potatoes, sometimes.

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                George K
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                @catseye3 said in Kitchen gadget use:

                @george-k said in Kitchen gadget use:

                You don't have a microwave????
                Really?

                Really. Had one once, didn't like it. I can't explain, but there's something about food heated in a microwave that doesn't feel heated, like the hot was on the surface only.

                In 1980 (!) I purchased our first microwave. It was a Christmas gift for Mrs. George. It lasted about 25 years (another !). Of course, with our new enthusiasm, we used it for about everything we could think of : baked potatoes, veggies, steak (with a browning dish)!

                Now we use it for some simple things - steam-in-the-bag veggies, reheating leftovers, and quick lunch meals. It's no longer our main cooking device, and hasn't been for the longest time.

                It's sort of like the InstantPot, or sous-vide. Once you learn what it's good for, that's what you use it for. It's an accessory, not the main item.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • George KG George K

                  @catseye3 said in Kitchen gadget use:

                  @george-k said in Kitchen gadget use:

                  You don't have a microwave????
                  Really?

                  Really. Had one once, didn't like it. I can't explain, but there's something about food heated in a microwave that doesn't feel heated, like the hot was on the surface only.

                  In 1980 (!) I purchased our first microwave. It was a Christmas gift for Mrs. George. It lasted about 25 years (another !). Of course, with our new enthusiasm, we used it for about everything we could think of : baked potatoes, veggies, steak (with a browning dish)!

                  Now we use it for some simple things - steam-in-the-bag veggies, reheating leftovers, and quick lunch meals. It's no longer our main cooking device, and hasn't been for the longest time.

                  It's sort of like the InstantPot, or sous-vide. Once you learn what it's good for, that's what you use it for. It's an accessory, not the main item.

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                  Catseye3
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                  @george-k said in Kitchen gadget use:

                  some simple things - steam-in-the-bag veggies, reheating leftovers, and quick lunch meals.

                  Yup, I can see using it for things like that -- especially if you don't want to drag out the whole kitchen sink -- har har -- to prepare a simple thing.

                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                  • George KG George K

                    @Catseye3 , @Aqua-Letifer ...

                    You don't have a microwave????

                    Really?

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                    Aqua Letifer
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                    @george-k said in Kitchen gadget use:

                    @Catseye3 , @Aqua-Letifer ...

                    You don't have a microwave????

                    Really?

                    Yep. Haven't for years. I got used to not having one in Oz and honestly I don't miss it.

                    Please love yourself.

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                    • kluursK kluurs

                      How often do you use the following?

                      Toaster: 2-3x/day
                      Microwave: 5-6x/day
                      Air Fryer: 1-2x/day
                      Rice Cooker: 1x/day (steel cut oatmeal)
                      Blender: 1-2x/year
                      Immersion Blender: 1x/month
                      Mixer: 1-2x/week
                      Food Processor: 1x/month
                      Other??

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                      Friday
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #12

                      Me personally or the whole household?

                      Me
                      toaster oven: 2-3 x day
                      microwave: 3 x week?
                      air fryer: don't have
                      rice cooker: all the time; depends on when the rice runs out
                      blender: 3 x year?
                      immersion blender: never; my husband uses though
                      mixer: 3-4 x year
                      food processor: 2-3 x month

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                        Jolly
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                        #13

                        Toaster: 2-3x/week
                        Microwave: 1-2x/day
                        Air Fryer: Don't have
                        Rice Cooker: Why?
                        Blender: 1-2x/month
                        Immersion Blender: Nope. Been awhile, but I've made soap with it
                        Mixer: 1-2x/week and it's stand type
                        Food Processor: 1-2x/wk

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • MikM Offline
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                          Toaster: 7x/wk
                          Microwave: 1-3x/day
                          Air Fryer: Nope
                          Rice Cooker: Also nope
                          Blender: 1-2x/monthly
                          Immersion Blender: 1x/year
                          Mixer: 1-2x/year
                          Food Processor: 2x/year

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          • kluursK kluurs

                            How often do you use the following?

                            Toaster: 2-3x/day
                            Microwave: 5-6x/day
                            Air Fryer: 1-2x/day
                            Rice Cooker: 1x/day (steel cut oatmeal)
                            Blender: 1-2x/year
                            Immersion Blender: 1x/month
                            Mixer: 1-2x/week
                            Food Processor: 1x/month
                            Other??

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                            jon-nyc
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                            #15

                            @kluurs said in Kitchen gadget use:

                            How often do you use the following?

                            Toaster: 2-3x/day

                            1x

                            Microwave: 5-6x/day

                            Same

                            Air Fryer: 1-2x/day

                            Don’t have one

                            Rice Cooker: 1x/day

                            1x/ week

                            Blender: 1-2x/year

                            4x a year

                            Immersion Blender:

                            1x/month

                            Same

                            Mixer: 1-2x/week

                            Never. Wife uses it 3x/ month

                            Food Processor: 1x/month

                            6x/ year

                            Other??

                            Sous vide - 6x/year

                            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                            -Cormac McCarthy

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