Sat here with a bucket of popcorn waiting for that one guy to come on here and say ‘my wife’ and along comes the fireworks…
Dishwasher. I hate washing dishes by hand.
Maybe not the most glamorous thing—I mean, there are people out there who take their specific kitchen knife or stand mixer really seriously—but in terms of the actual improvement to my life, I have a hard time saying that anything else competes.
Sink with running water, not having to go pump water.
A sharp knife. If that doesn’t count, my knife sharpener then.
Dishwasher. I hate washing dishes.
Most loved? My knife. It’s a good knife. It can dice strawberries, it can peel potatoes, it can cut tomatoes.
I am personaly not a fan of kitchen gadgets. Many of them are less versatile reinventions of knifes. Nothing wrong with using them, but I am not the target audience, me thinks. :)
Fuck… I just realized my potato peeler is likely one of these less versatile reinventions of a knive. sigh I got got.
A potato peeler is an excellent invention, because it reduces the time I spend doing something I hate.
However, I have an even better method: don’t peel your potatoes. You can eat the peel, it’s even very tasty in pretty much all non-mashes uses.
The best gadget are bowl scrapers. I use them more often than knifes.
Gotta be my cast iron pans.
But for the unexpected item I can no longer function without: it’s the boiled egg slicer.
I love my “As Seen on TV” egg cooker. Up to 14 perfectly boiled eggs every single time with minimal effort.
Zojirushi rice cooker Cuisinart mini food processor/chopper Nice carbon steel Japanese knives
Hard to pick the top one, so I’ll list three in no particular order:
- My victoryknox kitchen knife
- My cast iron skillet
- My dishwasher
electric kettle
Food processor. I have issues with my hands and the ability to slice, chop, and blend items with minimal hand use is just fantastic.
My hand made for me chef’s knife.
Fridge. I’m always using it.
but the differences between fridges can be spectacular. i had a fridge where carrots go brown and become rubberlike within 2 days, and now they are kept fresh for a week and longer.
don’t be cheap on your fridge!
On the flip side some of the cheapest refrigerators have the most reliable compressors. LG freezer on top iirc where their more expensive french door models and what not are absolute trash.
Big ol end grain cutting board
Salt pig
Espresso machine
Which salt pig have you gotten? I want to get one but most don’t say whether their interior is coated or not, the only one I can find that specifies it’s not is the Emile Henry one, but I liked more the old design but it doesn’t seem to be made anymore
Do you mean coated as in ceramic coated? I didn’t even know that was a thing to consider! You’re right, looking it up doesn’t pull much info either. What’s the benefit to a salt pig layman like me?
Admittedly, mine is just a ceramic vessel with a lid. Not the most conventional salt pig but it has never let me down.
I learn so much from y’all.
I forgot the name in English, but ceramic once cooked is very porous and rough, but usually you apply a layer of varnish to make it smooth and waterproof. I read somewhere that the interior of a salt pig is meant to not have that coating of varnish because then the ceramic can absorb the humidity from the salt and prevent it from clumping up.
All of that being said, I might be overthinking a simple storage for salt.
Ah, yeah! The one you mentioned is so lacks a finish on the inside. It makes sense that keeping the surface partially porous can keep your salt from accumulating moisture.
Personally, I haven’t noticed any crunchy salt on the top of my fully glazed ceramic but I do use it daily. I’ll be way more perceptive of it now, thank you!
