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Default Kitchen gadgets you bought and never use?

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> On Mar 21, 4:29 pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
>> We all have some.....don't we? I know I do. Here's a good little
>> article from the Times about those kitchen tools we buy and never
>> use.
>>
>>
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/di...ets-for-the-ki...
>>
>> Two people talk about NOT using things many people use here on a
>> regular basis: a pressure cooker, and a Cuisinart.

>
> I use a food processor all the time. Why spend several minutes
> grating a block of cheese, let alone the wear and tear it does on your
> knuckles, when you can do it in seconds in a food processor? I also
> have a pressure canner/cooker that I use for canning green beans and
> tomatoes. The one common kitchen appliance that I rarely use is a
> mixer. I prefer to mix by hand ( with a spoon of course) so I know
> everything is thoroughly incorporated. It seems like whenever I've
> used an electric mixer I've had to go back and stir in the stuff that
> the beater missed at the bottom of the bowl.


I just buy pre-shedded chese.