Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse

The New Coffee Room

  1. TNCR
  2. General Discussion
  3. Kitchen gadget use

Kitchen gadget use

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General Discussion
15 Posts 10 Posters 68 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • G Offline
    G Offline
    George K
    wrote on 6 Sept 2021, 22:58 last edited by
    #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.

    C A 2 Replies Last reply 6 Sept 2021, 23:10
    • K Offline
      K Offline
      Klaus
      wrote on 6 Sept 2021, 23:09 last edited by
      #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.

      alt text

      Sous vide: 3-4x/year

      Crepes iron: 1-2x/year

      1 Reply Last reply
      • G George K
        6 Sept 2021, 22:58

        @Catseye3 , @Aqua-Letifer ...

        You don't have a microwave????

        Really?

        C Offline
        C Offline
        Catseye3
        wrote on 6 Sept 2021, 23:10 last edited by
        #8

        @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

        G 1 Reply Last reply 6 Sept 2021, 23:35
        • C Catseye3
          6 Sept 2021, 23:10

          @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.

          G Offline
          G Offline
          George K
          wrote on 6 Sept 2021, 23:35 last edited by
          #9

          @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.

          C 1 Reply Last reply 6 Sept 2021, 23:42
          • G George K
            6 Sept 2021, 23:35

            @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.

            C Offline
            C Offline
            Catseye3
            wrote on 6 Sept 2021, 23:42 last edited by
            #10

            @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

            1 Reply Last reply
            • G George K
              6 Sept 2021, 22:58

              @Catseye3 , @Aqua-Letifer ...

              You don't have a microwave????

              Really?

              A Offline
              A Offline
              Aqua Letifer
              wrote on 7 Sept 2021, 00:18 last edited by
              #11

              @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.

              1 Reply Last reply
              • K kluurs
                6 Sept 2021, 21:26

                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??

                F Offline
                F Offline
                Friday
                wrote on 7 Sept 2021, 01:48 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

                1 Reply Last reply
                • J Offline
                  J Offline
                  Jolly
                  wrote on 7 Sept 2021, 02:03 last edited by
                  #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

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  • M Away
                    M Away
                    Mik
                    wrote on 7 Sept 2021, 02:38 last edited by
                    #14

                    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

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    • K kluurs
                      6 Sept 2021, 21:26

                      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??

                      J Offline
                      J Offline
                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 7 Sept 2021, 09:22 last edited by jon-nyc 9 Jul 2021, 09:23
                      #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

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      Reply
                      • Reply as topic
                      Log in to reply
                      • Oldest to Newest
                      • Newest to Oldest
                      • Most Votes

                      14/15

                      7 Sept 2021, 02:38


                      • Login

                      • Don't have an account? Register

                      • Login or register to search.
                      14 out of 15
                      • First post
                        14/15
                        Last post
                      0
                      • Categories
                      • Recent
                      • Tags
                      • Popular
                      • Users
                      • Groups