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My first is this silicon spatula. It's construction isnt just a silicon tip with wooden handle. Its the red silicon for much more of the handle, which I've felt makes it easier to clean and last longer, since gunk isnt getting wedged between the handle and tip. I like it so much I have two.
The second is probably just a spray bottle with water and dish soap. I clean up messes and the stove and countertops with it, and it's incredibly convenient.
If you make bread, a Danish whisk. Is so much easier to stir a dough together.
If you make anything that requires pitted cherries, get a cherry pitter. It's a single use tool, but it makes a terrible task much faster and easier than any stupid youtube hack
My le creusets! I have a braising pan and a Dutch oven and honestly they’re just perfect. Use them for nearly every meal, have had them for about 7 years now and got the Dutch oven as a gift. Not sure what I’ll do when we someday upgrade to an induction stove top… cry, I guess.
Equally loved is my Zojirushi rice cooker. I make rice daily and literally nothing else I’ve ever had can compete with it.
What's wrong with induction?
Induction cooktops conduct heat via magnets, so they require metal on the pans. The le creusets are enameled cast iron so I don’t think they’ll work on an induction top. I believe they technically can, but I can’t imagine the conduction would be as strong through the enamel coating.
An old wooden spoon of my moms. It has a circular handle, which makes it infinitely better than the other wooden spoons for just about everything.
I bought this big fancy $30 metal spatula and saw a mini one for $8 rust I added on impulse . Turns out the mini one is the best for most applications so I use it every day and almost never use the big one.
Edit: this is the one, 2.5*4 https://www.webstaurantstore.com/dexter-russell-19720-traditional-4-x-2-1-2-solid-pancake-turner-rosewood-handle/21019720.html
Bamboo pot scraper
I have several silicon spatulas and absolutely love them. Still have some wooden spoons around though, to help break up things that the silicone is too soft for. An example is heating frozen chili on the stove top, using a wooden spoon to break up the frozen bits as they thaw. However, the silicone spatulas are far more versatile. Plus you can scrap every last drop of sauce out of a pan with them.
Longer tongs. I have a gas top stove and using shorter handled tongs can get uncomfortable if I'm cooking something for a long period of time.
Flat strainer. Essentially a spider, except the mesh is the same as a fine mesh strainer. This was a purchase that my wife made that I thought was totally useless and indeed, it sat in the drawer for months. Until I needed just one more strainer, as all the others were used already. Turned out that it is very useful and easier to use than a full strainer in a lot of circumstances. It also doubles as a spider and it is really great at cleaning up hot oil in between batches.
Spray bottle with 50/50 white vinegar and water. Great for cleaning and disinfecting the counter top, also spray it on my cutting boards after washing them to keep them from smelling like what I last cut on them.
Lastly, a really good set of thermometers. I love the Thermoworks thermometers and have the Dot, Thermopen IR, and the 4 probe Smoke for BBQ. Along with multiple types of probes for various applications. They were expensive, but have proven themselves time and time again.
Lastly my absolute favorite kitchen item and by far the most expensive is my Wolf DF304 stove. I found one on Craigslist several years ago that was being sold by a couple who were retiring and did not want to move it to their new condo. It's a heavy SOB. So I bought it for a song and it really is a serious cooking tool. It is by far the most even cooking oven and the stove top is extremely flexible. It also is standing up to me cooking on it every single day. A lot of people buy Wolf/Sub Zero products as a status item, which is a crying shame. They are well built, they are designed to be used in a commercial kitchen, and they cook spectacularly well.
Silicone spatula, instant read digital probe thermometer, and a Le Creuset dutch oven/pot.
We have an electric stove and even our good quality pans tend to bow at the bottom a little and reduce even contact with the stove surface. The Creuset lays flat every time, the thicker construction heats more evenly, has high sides to catch spatter from boiling or searing. Instant read thermometers are a game changer for the proper cooking of foods. No overcooking, the correct donness can be checked quickly. It’s a must-have to properly cook food from proteins to bread to custard. The silicone spatula is flexible yet sturdy enough to scrape, fold, or even flip, cleans quickly and easily, and the heat resistance is great.
Water
Wait, no, electricity to run my fridge, convection oven and stove. 😁
America's Test Kitchen has a bunch of reviews for different categories. I saw someone post a comment about trying all the top recommendations in every category during the pandemic.
Besides the workhorse knives (the tools most used have to be of good quality), my favorite misc item is a Rosle bar spoon I got 20 years ago. It's more a proper spoon shape than other bar spoons, with a bowl shaped spoon and straight handle, and it's like 12 inches long. I use it at least a few times a week.
Sadly long discontinued, and I can't even find a picture online anymore.
Knife, obv. My second favourite is also a knife. My third favourite is another knife. My fourth favourite is an ancient wooden spatula which has become exactly the right shape for my fifth favourite enamelled Dutch oven.
Dreamfarm stuff is the best in my experience, I love it!
Use all the time:
silicon spatula
strainer spoon
ss measuring cups with little pour spouts - The things are so solid they could probably stop a bullet. lol
ss rectangular measuring spoons - Don't get round ones, get rectangular ones, that way they actually fit into the mouths of spice bottles.
Less used but glad I have them:
thermopen - It greatly improved my meat cooking. no more guesswork
zester - I have a zester that goes on a finger and you palm it. works great and holds the shavings in a plastic cup until you pop it off and empty it. I've never found one that works as nicely as this.
box grater - I've ignored this for too long and I'm realizing it is better than 99% of the gizmos out there for cheese and such.
The scoop that came with our instant pot. That thing can't even go in the dishwasher we use it every night for rice, sauce, curry, stew, casserole... Everything.
Anyone who knows where I can buy more please, please tell me!
Swiss Classic Tomato and Table Knife That I use as a "sandwich knife" every day for slicing buns or baguettes, butter, anything you'd put on toast or a sandwich gets cut with this knife. I use it over any specialized bread or tomato knife.
Stainless steel spatula and spiral whisk. Carbon steel and cast iron pans. Wood core Hasegawa cutting board.
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