Cooking gadgets
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@mik said in Cooking gadgets:
I don't use electric gadgets too much, although I have a food processor, minichop, immersion blender, blender, Instant Pot, crock pot, regular blender. I LOVE my Breville toaster. My espresso machine lives in the basement.
Things I use a lot are my tomato knife, zester, pizza pan, other knives. I was thinking about a meat grinder, which would be handy at times.
When you can find boston butt roasts on sale, you can make your pan sausage for close to $1/lb, seasoned how you prefer. And it will be lower in fat. You can also stuff your own link sausage, but I don't hot smoke, I cold smoke or use it fresh on the smoker. The cajuns have a dark brown gravy made with fresh link sausage that I'm still trying to get right.
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Food processor is really about it for me.
My wife loves our insta-pot blender. Cooks as it blends. It makes incredible soup of a very specific kind, but I don't use it much myself.
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Prep: I generally do almost everything by hand. I’ve used a food processor maybe 4 times in my life. I’m just too lazy to get everything set up and taking it back down afterwards. And cleanup? Ugh… Give me a knife and a cutting board (though I wouldn’t mind some classes on knife techniques… I think my process could be improved). It’s the same with the blender and other electronic gathers except for the immersion blender…
Cooking? Occasionally I will use s slow cooker, otherwise it’s all stovetop, oven, and charcoal/open fire. Unlike the the prep work, this is about the process and I love the process. I don’t think that I will ever get a gas or pellet grill. If I do, it will just be for the convenience of grilling some burgers quickly…
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@aqua-letifer said in Cooking gadgets:
Food processor is really about it for me.
incredible soup of a very specific kind,
What kind is that?
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@kluurs said in Cooking gadgets:
@aqua-letifer said in Cooking gadgets:
Food processor is really about it for me.
incredible soup of a very specific kind,
What kind is that?
The actual Insta-Pot brand blender. It's great.
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@kluurs said in Cooking gadgets:
@aqua-letifer said in Cooking gadgets:
Food processor is really about it for me.
incredible soup of a very specific kind,
What kind is that?
Oh the soup you mean.
Basically creamy soups.Please love yourself.
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Besides french fries, my spouse loves to make soup. I was thinking this might make an appealing acquisition though she seems to make humongous quantities and then freezes in serving sized containers - which partly explains the need for multiple freezers. Similar things happen with applesauce.
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@kluurs said in Cooking gadgets:
Besides french fries, my spouse loves to make soup. I was thinking this might make an appealing acquisition though she seems to make humongous quantities and then freezes in serving sized containers - which partly explains the need for multiple freezers. Similar things happen with applesauce.
Each batch for us makes 2.5 bowls, with enough left over to fill about 2 pint jars. So, not a ginormous batch, but enough for leftovers. And (1) it's fast and (2) the results are better than a pot. Very good.
