Kitchen items you love.

[Gone Hiking]

All Clad Copper Core pots and pans
Le Creuset braiser
Old cast iron pans
Wusthof Classic knives
End grain cutting board
Thermapen One
Marble salt cellar
Pepper Cannon
Kitchen tweezers
Various spoons and spatulas that I'm partial towards
Heavy steel measuring spoons and cups
Tiny whisks for eggs and such
Pinch bowls
Over-sink drying rack (the roll-up kind)
Pull-out spice drawers in the pantry cabinet

 

[msmofet]

My Dragon Riot knife took the stems and heads off these artichokes like I was cutting butter.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

My Dragon Riot knife took the stems and heads off these artichokes like I was cutting butter.

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They are beautifully cleanly cut.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I’m going to add my bread machine. I don’t use it very often but it is absolute heaven for a coeliac to suddenly be able to have great tasting bread.
It was a big spend for a loaf of bread but it’s the best reviewed machine for gluten free bread and I’m not disappointed.

 

[msmofet]

I’m going to add my bread machine. I don’t use it very often but it is absolute heaven for a coeliac to suddenly be able to have great tasting bread.
It was a big spend for a loaf of bread but it’s the best reviewed machine for gluten free bread and I’m not disappointed.

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Same here. I love my bread machine for a different reason. My arthritis is why I can't hand knead anymore.

I have the smaller one. I want to replace it with this one. It's wonderful to make dough. I baked a loaf in my mom's bread machine, and I hated the holes in the bottom of the loaf. So now I just make the dough. This one makes 3 lbs. of dough.

Does anyone want a used bread machine?

 

[JAS_OH1]

Same here. I love my bread machine for a different reason. My arthritis is why I can't hand knead anymore.

I have the smaller one. I want to replace it with this one. It's wonderful to make dough. I baked a loaf in my mom's bread machine, and I hated the holes in the bottom of the loaf. So now I just make the dough. This one makes 3 lbs. of dough.

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Does anyone want a used bread machine?

I'll PM you.

 

[Barriehie]

I'll PM you.

The horror!!! No more hand made!!!

 

[JAS_OH1]

The horror!!! No more hand made!!!

No, I haven't made mine by hand, I use my kitchen aid stand mixer. i'm not going to bake bread in it, just make dough. But I'm likely going to give it to my DH's cousin who has a pizza oven.

Edited to add that it's not my first bread machine, I had one 30 years ago when I lived in Florida. But I did make bread by hand a few years ago a couple of times before I got my stand mixer.

 

[msmofet]

I'll PM you.

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[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Makes my hands hurt mixing dough so I use it to mix up pizza dough as well.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

So on the kitchen items you love is a stand mixer worth it? I’ve looked at them many times and just thought I’d rather stick with my hand mixer.

 

[Morning Glory]

So on the kitchen items you love is a stand mixer worth it? I’ve looked at them many times and just thought I’d rather stick with my hand mixer.

I'm really surprised you don't have a stand mixer. I don't either. I have a handheld beater if needed for egg whites etc. Which also has a dough hook.

I don't have a mixer either. An immersion blender is fine.

I think people who make lot of cakes find a stand mixer useful. Plus, of course, for dough if you are arthritic. Thankfully, despite having many ailments I can still use my hands. Being on my feet too long can be a trial, though.

 

[JAS_OH1]

So on the kitchen items you love is a stand mixer worth it? I’ve looked at them many times and just thought I’d rather stick with my hand mixer.

I do love my stand mixer. If you have stiff dough a handheld won't work. But if you have a bread machine or a large food processor to make dough you don't need it. But I hear it's great for large batches of cookies. I haven't done that, though.

 

[Barriehie]

So on the kitchen items you love is a stand mixer worth it? I’ve looked at them many times and just thought I’d rather stick with my hand mixer.

I've had my KA around 30 years and can't recall how I was making bread without it. It's so much more efficient than me chasing dough around a bowl...

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I do love my stand mixer. If you have stiff dough a handheld won't work. But if you have a bread machine or a large food processor to make dough you don't need it. But I hear it's great for large batches of cookies. I haven't done that, though.

Gluten free dough is never very stiff, it’s generally a loose consistency but then even that loose consistency is too much for my thumbs.