Cooking gadgets

[Mik]

Got a butt in the fridge defrosting now. Going to make taco meat. Probably just do it in the oven instead of smoking it.

[Aqua Letifer]

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.

[LuFins Dad]

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…

[Mik]

I’m a lot like Lufin. For most things it’s easier to do by hand. I’d like to take knife skills classes too.

I have a PK, a Weber kettle and a Broil King gasser. The gas grill is very handy.

[kluurs]

@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?

[Aqua Letifer]

@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.

[Aqua Letifer]

@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.

[kluurs]

@aqua-letifer

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.

[Mik]

Gotta love a woman who makes great soup.

[Aqua Letifer]

@kluurs said in Cooking gadgets:

@aqua-letifer

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.