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What are your favourite and/or most used kitchen items? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by queer_plant@beehaw.org to c/food@beehaw.org
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For me, it would probably have to be my Bialetti moka pot and Dualit toaster. I make a pot of coffee and toast almost every morning. I also hope to replace my old pans with a cast iron one soon, and I look forward to using that a lot.

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[–] pickles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm embarrassed, but...my microwave gets a lot of use. I meal prep and reheat a lot, though sometimes I get fancy and finish in the toaster oven. I also bake all my bread, and the kitchenaid is invaluable for kneading all that dough.

The most esoteric tool I use on the reg is probably the whirley pop, it makes the best stovetop popcorn, which I snack on at least a couple times a week.

[–] SnowboardBum@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Nothing wrong with microwave cooking. You'd be surprised how many things you can cook with one. Old school microwave cookbooks from the 70s are awesome.

[–] neamhsplach@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I love my microwave too. Had to get a new one recently as our old one bit the dust. It meant a whole week without microwave lentils or precooked meals that I'd frozen. I was so lost! I'm not a huge fan of cooking so the micro is my friend.

[–] anxietysloth@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh same on the whirley pop. It took a lot of deliberation before I bought it, because it's such a single use thing for my small kitchen. But it is so much better than microwave popcorn and so much easier than shaking a pot/bowl on the stove. Definitely worth it!

[–] pickles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I concur!! I used to burn so much popcorn lol. The company is also amazing, the first one I got looked slightly wonky, but after a phone call and a few photos they were able to figure out it was damaged in transit and sent me a new lid within a week!