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

AdaptAndAchieve said:
lol, depends on the guests 🤨
now that can be read two ways ... and I gotta say none of my guests have arrived wearing them, but if they did I would open the door (they'd get cold stood out there so scantily dressed) :laugh:
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Well if you were having a bunny-themed party...you could answer the door in a red smoking jacket/robe, Hefneresque. It'd be really amusing if your guests were male (wearing bunny outfits).
 
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AdaptAndAchieve said:
2-notches past med for waffles, or pancakes or for both? (ty, I had planned to ask if you remembered)

The placemats, no story as such, just spotted em many many years ago, and my and my partner had both liked them.
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For waffles I go between 2 and 3 (probably closer to the 3) and scotch pancakes aren't something I enjoy so I dunno about pancakes.

So far I've made more potato waffles in there than anything else (same setting). I've used leftover potatoes bashed up with spring onion and spices (smoked paprika, garlic powder, mixed herbs), mashed up a bag of rosti potatoes, used up leftover sunday lunch for a bubble n squeak version all served with the obligatory poached egg on top.

Potato waffles are definitely messier to make than the batter sort.
 
It's a little off topic, but..
Is there a taste difference between potato waffles and the same thing made in a frying pan?
Or is it just convenience?
Reason for asking is that I am fully off grid, but I like the idea of potato waffles, but I don't like using electric equipment if I can do without
 
badjak said:
It's a little off topic, but..
Is there a taste difference between potato waffles and the same thing made in a frying pan?
Or is it just convenience?
Reason for asking is that I am fully off grid, but I like the idea of potato waffles, but I don't like using electric equipment if I can do without
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The ingredients are the same so it's just a texture thing. With a patty in a frying pan there's a small amount of crust to filling ratio, with a waffle pan you get a lot more crispy surface area that also traps the egg yolk.

Not an enormous difference but it's enough that I prefer it and will bother to do it 👍

I can imagine a waffle maker uses a lot of electricity, they take a minute or five to get the plates hot. Do they still make the old fashioned cast iron plates you stick on a heat source?

Edit: Had a look and they do, there's quite a lot of options.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
For waffles I go between 2 and 3 (probably closer to the 3) and scotch pancakes aren't something I enjoy so I dunno about pancakes.

So far I've made more potato waffles in there than anything else (same setting). I've used leftover potatoes bashed up with spring onion and spices (smoked paprika, garlic powder, mixed herbs), mashed up a bag of rosti potatoes, used up leftover sunday lunch for a bubble n squeak version all served with the obligatory poached egg on top.

Potato waffles are definitely messier to make than the batter sort.
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Cheers very useful. I shall be trying out both sweet and savoury waffles and pancakes
Did you trip over cuisinarts recipe pages? Recipes – Cuisinart

I saw they have used the sandwich plates as an omelette maker, not something that would have leapt to mind for me, but I can see me doing that for quick cook, no fuss omelette / frittata. I guess it could also work if I wanted a super-deep-fill pancake :laugh:
 
AdaptAndAchieve said:
Cheers very useful. I shall be trying out both sweet and savoury waffles and pancakes
Did you trip over cuisinarts recipe pages? Recipes – Cuisinart

I saw they have used the sandwich plates as an omelette maker, not something that would have leapt to mind for me, but I can see me doing that for quick cook, no fuss omelette / frittata. I guess it could also work if I wanted a super-deep-fill pancake :laugh:
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Ever had/tried Korean pancakes??? click
 
AdaptAndAchieve said:
Cheers very useful. I shall be trying out both sweet and savoury waffles and pancakes
Did you trip over cuisinarts recipe pages? Recipes – Cuisinart

I saw they have used the sandwich plates as an omelette maker, not something that would have leapt to mind for me, but I can see me doing that for quick cook, no fuss omelette / frittata. I guess it could also work if I wanted a super-deep-fill pancake :laugh:
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222i'll be giving that a closer look when I arrive. Thankyou :happy:
 
Okay!
pocofan posted in another thread about Potato Stacks - I did a WWW search and they look and sound phenomenal!
So now I need a Mandolin ... have been wanting one for awhiles now, but I couldn't justify the high price.
thekitchn.com recommends this one
 
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