What’s the next kitchen item you plan to buy (2025)?

I was having trouble getting them uniform.
My mallet doesn't really have a flat side.
 
Oh, ok. I have one of these. I use the flat side to pound and the bumpy/pointy side when I make peanut butter cookies instead of doing the fork crisscross. It's so much quicker with the mallet.

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I have had a few different electric peppermills over the years, and they are all good. Just make sure the peppercorns can fit in the little feeder part right before they get ground. I think it's more about the size of the peppercorns; they were kind of on the big side. Assuming you're using Cambodian Kampot peppercorns (which everyone should), you should be fine.

Also, a little tip. Take your peppercorns and fill the storage part of the peppermill so you know exactly how much you'll need, and then put those in a pan on low heat and toast them until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Let them cool for a bit and then put them in the pepper grinder. It makes them even better.
 
Well, it wasn't planned but my OH came home with one is these.

I guess I'll be trying it out soon

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It had a variety of guards and safety mechanisms thankfully. I've lost enough pieces of fingers and thumbs over the years to not need to lose any more. But it should make juillening the veg much easier and faster.

Now to see if i can learn to use chop sticks
 
Well, it wasn't planned but my OH came home with one is these.

I guess I'll be trying it out soon

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It had a variety of guards and safety mechanisms thankfully. I've lost enough pieces of fingers and thumbs over the years to not need to lose any more. But it should make juillening the veg much easier and faster.

Now to see if I can learn to use chopsticks
That's an excellent kitchen item to have for making uniform pieces! Chopsticks? No problem!
 
Well, it wasn't planned but my OH came home with one is these.

I guess I'll be trying it out soon

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It had a variety of guards and safety mechanisms thankfully. I've lost enough pieces of fingers and thumbs over the years to not need to lose any more. But it should make juillening the veg much easier and faster.

Now to see if i can learn to use chop sticks

On the other hand there is a fast and cheaper option for julienne cutting: the julienne peeler as posted above. I have both but tend to use the hand held peeler more often unless I need a large quantity.

The mandoline you have, though, is useful for all sorts of vegetable cuts.
 
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Well, it wasn't planned but my OH came home with one is these.

I guess I'll be trying it out soon

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It had a variety of guards and safety mechanisms thankfully. I've lost enough pieces of fingers and thumbs over the years to not need to lose any more. But it should make juillening the veg much easier and faster.

Now to see if i can learn to use chop sticks
No matter how careful I am, I don't like using these. But it's they only way to get consistent, razor thin onions. That does look like a nice one though.
 
Just bought these for the IOM bottom drawer. Have been keeping an eye on them and waiting for them to go in the sale but I wasn’t expecting to see such a whopping discount, so it had to be done!

The Ingenio pans are my everyday boil and fry pans at home (not this iteration though, the stainless steel ones).
I have the usual cast iron, enamelled etc that I use for specific types of cooking but for bog standard everyday cooking these are the ones I reach for most.
The way they stack makes them very easy to get in and out of a cupboard, they are light and the pan lids stack flat.
I like that you can shove them in the oven.

I will say the idea they’re oven to table is only partially true. I do put them straight on the table (without the handle) but they get scuffed up quickly. When that happens I don’t think they look nice enough for guests, only immediate family get the tatty treatment 😂

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I bought an egg cracker, which sort of works depending on the egg, but I have to help the top off with my pocket knife. There's no reason reason for it, except to present an egg like this in its shell.
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OMG, how did I not know these existed!??? I am absolutely getting this when I get back to work. There were so many times this could have been useful.
 
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