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My three favorite things
Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever*
things in the kitchen, just my favorites: 1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer 2. Polder digital thermometer/timer 3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet Yours? Scooter |
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Scooter wrote: > Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* > things in the kitchen, just my favorites: > > 1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer > > 2. Polder digital thermometer/timer > > 3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet > > Yours? Pussy, beer and 2" thick NY strip steaks, cooked rare over a seasoned hickory or pecan wood fire. Oh, you mean kitchen appliances. 1. My Cuisinart Little Pro Plus 2. Zyliss garlic press 3. The refrigerator that makes the beer cold > > Scooter --Bryan |
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Scooter > wrote:
>Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* >things in the kitchen, just my favorites: Tilia FoodSaver Wusthofs Cuisinart TOB165 countertop convection/toaster oven. --Blair |
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"Scooter" > wrote in message ups.com... > Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* > things in the kitchen, just my favorites: > > 1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer > > 2. Polder digital thermometer/timer > > 3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet > > Yours? > > Scooter > What do I use all the time and miss when I'm cooking in someone else's kitchen... 1. Wire whisks 2. Rubber Spatulas 3. Convection Oven Lynne |
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"Scooter" > wrote in news:1153448414.592680.58450
@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com: > Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* > things in the kitchen, just my favorites: > > 1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer > > 2. Polder digital thermometer/timer > > 3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet > > Yours? > > Scooter After careful consideration: 1. The La-Z-Boy recliner 2. Paper plates 3. Plastic cups, knives, forks and spoons Andy |
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On 20 Jul 2006 19:20:14 -0700, "Scooter" > wrote:
>Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* >things in the kitchen, just my favorites: > >1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer > >2. Polder digital thermometer/timer > >3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet > >Yours? > >Scooter How do you keep the Polder stable? I must keep mine in a zip lock bag to keep the humidity away, then I must drive off any hint of humidity or moisture by wrapping in a hot hotpad for a half hour before use. Both the probe and the readout are pieces of crap in that they respond to the slightest moisture in any form. The cooking tools I use the most(other than nuker) : 1. Cuisinart Griddler run off of a 20 amp Variac 2. Sunpentown Super Turbo Oven 3. Paper plates |
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Damsel in dis Dress wrote on 20 Jul 2006 in rec.food.cooking
> On 20 Jul 2006 19:20:14 -0700, "Scooter" > > wrote: > > >Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* > >things in the kitchen, just my favorites: > > > >1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer > > > >2. Polder digital thermometer/timer > > > >3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet > > > >Yours? > > 1. Wire whisk > > 2. Kitchen shears > > 3. 12" cast iron wok > 1 breathing 2 eating 3 sex mere kitchen appliances rate down near 20. -- Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect -Alan |
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My three favorite things
One, those bendy-plastic cutting boards.
Two, La Morena "Home Made Style Chipotle Sauce." Mix with a pound of cooked chicken (tofu is a distant second due to lack of texture) and you've got a FANTASTIC taco or burrito filling. Three, Westinghouse Salad Express. When I got it I figured there was a 50-50 shot I'd use it once and then store it away forever, but I use it all the time. Basically, it's a $50 food processor with, like, a BUCKET instead of a base. Only grates and slices -- non-adjustable -- but if you eat a lot of fresh vegetables it's indispensable. I go to the Green Market, pick up radishes, lettuce, carrots, mushrooms, peppers, etc., wash them all in FIT vegetable wash, then make myself a bucket of salad that'll last three or four days. |
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"Scooter" > wrote: > Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* > things in the kitchen, just my favorites: > > 1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer > > 2. Polder digital thermometer/timer > > 3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet > > Yours? > > Scooter #12 Griswold CI skillet My Kiwi brand chinese cleaver My double laminate glass top stove. ;-) -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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"Scooter" > wrote in message ups.com... > Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* > things in the kitchen, just my favorites: > > 1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer > > 2. Polder digital thermometer/timer > > 3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet > > Yours? > > Scooter > Okay, I'll bite..... 1. Electric, non-stick fondue pot 2. 18" pizza pan 3. My grandparents' name engraved wedding glasses. kili |
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Sir Frederick wrote: > On 20 Jul 2006 19:20:14 -0700, "Scooter" > wrote: > > How do you keep the Polder stable? Stable as in providing an accurate temperature readout? I've never noticed a problem; I just plug the probe in and I'm good to go. I suppose I wouldn't know if the readout was off by a couple of degrees here or there, but I've never seen anything that was obviously inaccurate. > I must keep mine in a zip lock bag to keep the > humidity away, then I must drive off any hint > of humidity or moisture by wrapping in a hot > hotpad for a half hour before use. Both the probe > and the readout are pieces of crap in that they > respond to the slightest moisture in any form. Huh. I just throw the probe in a drawer (used to try the ziplock bag to keep the wire from getting tangled with other utensils, but the probe kept poking holes in the bag) and the base unit (readout thing) stays on the fridge. Not much humidity here (desert), but I did the same thing in the sweaty Midwest and never noticed a problem. Maybe you just got stuck with a lemon? If I had to go through all that pain, I would've tossed it a long time ago. Scooter |
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"Scooter" > wrote in message oups.com... > > Sir Frederick wrote: > > On 20 Jul 2006 19:20:14 -0700, "Scooter" > wrote: > > > > How do you keep the Polder stable? > > Stable as in providing an accurate temperature readout? I've never > noticed a problem; I just plug the probe in and I'm good to go. I > suppose I wouldn't know if the readout was off by a couple of degrees > here or there, but I've never seen anything that was obviously > inaccurate. > > > I must keep mine in a zip lock bag to keep the > > humidity away, then I must drive off any hint > > of humidity or moisture by wrapping in a hot > > hotpad for a half hour before use. Both the probe > > and the readout are pieces of crap in that they > > respond to the slightest moisture in any form. > > Huh. I just throw the probe in a drawer (used to try the ziplock bag to > keep the wire from getting tangled with other utensils, but the probe > kept poking holes in the bag) and the base unit (readout thing) stays > on the fridge. Not much humidity here (desert), but I did the same > thing in the sweaty Midwest and never noticed a problem. Maybe you just > got stuck with a lemon? If I had to go through all that pain, I > would've tossed it a long time ago. > > Scooter > We've never had a problem with our Polder either; we've gone through lots of temp probes and this Polder just keeps ticking. It's been dropped, it's cracked, it's yellow from the sun, it's about 10 years old and it's still the most accurate probe we've used. We love it. kili |
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"kilikini" > wrote > "Scooter" > wrote >> Sir Frederick wrote: >> Huh. I just throw the probe in a drawer (used to try the ziplock bag to >> keep the wire from getting tangled with other utensils, but the probe >> kept poking holes in the bag) and the base unit (readout thing) stays >> on the fridge. Not much humidity here (desert), but I did the same >> thing in the sweaty Midwest and never noticed a problem. Maybe you just >> got stuck with a lemon? If I had to go through all that pain, I >> would've tossed it a long time ago. > We've never had a problem with our Polder either; we've gone through lots > of > temp probes and this Polder just keeps ticking. It's been dropped, it's > cracked, it's yellow from the sun, it's about 10 years old and it's still > the most accurate probe we've used. We love it. Me three. My Polder works great, I don't put it into a drawer to kick around, but I don't baby it, either. Just take it out, use it, put it back. Works great, I love it. I think you have a lemon. nancy |
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:08:12 -0400, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> >"kilikini" > wrote > >> "Scooter" > wrote > >>> Sir Frederick wrote: > >>> Huh. I just throw the probe in a drawer (used to try the ziplock bag to >>> keep the wire from getting tangled with other utensils, but the probe >>> kept poking holes in the bag) and the base unit (readout thing) stays >>> on the fridge. Not much humidity here (desert), but I did the same >>> thing in the sweaty Midwest and never noticed a problem. Maybe you just >>> got stuck with a lemon? If I had to go through all that pain, I >>> would've tossed it a long time ago. > >> We've never had a problem with our Polder either; we've gone through lots >> of >> temp probes and this Polder just keeps ticking. It's been dropped, it's >> cracked, it's yellow from the sun, it's about 10 years old and it's still >> the most accurate probe we've used. We love it. > >Me three. My Polder works great, I don't put it into a drawer to kick >around, but I don't baby it, either. Just take it out, use it, put it back. >Works >great, I love it. I think you have a lemon. > >nancy > Then I have two readouts and three probes, all of which are crap. I have given up on them. Only the engineering challenge remains. I expect no practical use. A touch of humidity (not visible moisture), just a touch of humidity (such as given off by a roast), or a humid day, and the things are reading fifty degrees high. The hot pad treatment brings the readout back to possible consideration. -- Frederick Martin McNeill Poway, California, United States of America http://www.fuzzysys.com http://members.cox.net/fmmcneill ************************* Phrase of the week : "The progress of science always depends upon our questioning the plausible, the respectably accepted, and the seemingly self-evident." -- Morris R. Cohen (1880-1947) :-))))Snort!) ************************************** |
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Scooter > typed: > Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* > things in the kitchen, just my favorites: > > 1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer > > 2. Polder digital thermometer/timer > > 3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet > > Yours? > > Scooter 1). One of my smokers (don't make me decide which one) 2). My Redi-Chek wireless digital thermometer 3). Refrigerator for the raw meat and the beer. BOB |
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"Scooter" > wrote in message ups.com... > Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* > things in the kitchen, just my favorites: > > 1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer > > 2. Polder digital thermometer/timer > > 3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet > > Yours? > > Scooter > 1. Kenwood chef mixer 2. Braun food processor 3. huge Titanium skillet MoM |
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MoM wrote:
> "Scooter" > wrote in message > ups.com... > >> Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* >> things in the kitchen, just my favorites: >> >> 1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer >> >> 2. Polder digital thermometer/timer >> >> 3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet >> >> Yours? >> >> Scooter >> >> > > 1. Kenwood chef mixer > 2. Braun food processor > 3. huge Titanium skillet > > MoM > > > As in, I'm really pleased I've got one of these: 1 Mortar and pestle 2 Spanish flameproof terra cotta dish (shallow, about 30cm diameter, no lid) 3 Scanpan pressure cooker Christine |
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projectile vomit chick > wrote: > On 20 Jul 2006 19:20:14 -0700, in rec.food.cooking, "Scooter" > > hit the crackpipe and declared: > >Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* > >things in the kitchen, just my favorites: > > > >1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer > > > >2. Polder digital thermometer/timer > > > >3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet > > > >Yours? > > > >Scooter > > 1. 8 inch vibrating dildo > > 2. raspberry jello > > 3. big ole cast iron bathtub > > Next! What? No baby oil on the waterbed with no sheets? ;-) -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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"Scooter" > wrote in message ups.com... > Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* > things in the kitchen, just my favorites: > > 1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer > > 2. Polder digital thermometer/timer > > 3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet > > Yours? > > Scooter > 1) tongs 2)instant read thermometer 3) 12" Chef's knife helen |
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My three favorite things
1. Fury Chinese Cleaver
2. Corningware glass lidded saucepans (micro/oven/stovetop/dishwasher friendly) 3. Braun handmixer, with mini food processor attachment/blades. Admit however that even when we go away for our annual 3 weeks holiday nearly half of my kitchen comes along too. I will NOT put up with crappy kitchen appliances/tools even for a brief holiday, though I cull the list of 'must take items' for weekends away. First to be packed: Sunbeam deep sided (about 4") electric frypan AND POWER CORD!!! 3 essential Fury knives (bread, cleaver & utility) the spare set of plastic utensils - slotted spoon, serving spoon, masher & egg slice butter knife & a tablespoon & whisk veg peeler ss stockpot - versatile for soup, pasta, stew, casserole bamboo skewers for the bbq hand mixer & fp attachment 1 ss baking dish 1 silicon cake pan 1 small cutting board (can bear the thought of using one who's history I don't know) ss coffee plunger and our two favourite mugs for morning coffee salt & pepper grinders (small acrylic variety) couple of micro-safe containers (reason?ditto cutting board) Just as well we've got an 8 seater van is all I can say! (Which seems ridiculous now there's only the two of us... hehehe) LadyJane -- "Never trust a skinny cook!" |
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> > Admit however that even when we go away for our annual 3 weeks holiday > nearly half of my kitchen comes along too. I will NOT put up with > crappy kitchen appliances/tools even for a brief holiday, though I cull > the list of 'must take items' for weekends away. > > First to be packed: > Sunbeam deep sided (about 4") electric frypan AND POWER CORD!!! > 3 essential Fury knives (bread, cleaver & utility) > the spare set of plastic utensils - slotted spoon, serving spoon, > masher & egg slice > butter knife & a tablespoon & whisk > veg peeler > ss stockpot - versatile for soup, pasta, stew, casserole > bamboo skewers for the bbq > hand mixer & fp attachment > 1 ss baking dish > 1 silicon cake pan > 1 small cutting board (can bear the thought of using one who's history > I don't know) > ss coffee plunger > and our two favourite mugs for morning coffee > salt & pepper grinders (small acrylic variety) > couple of micro-safe containers (reason?ditto cutting board) > Just as well we've got an 8 seater van is all I can say! (Which seems > ridiculous now there's only the two of us... hehehe) > > LadyJane > -- > "Never trust a skinny cook!" > This sounds like EXACTLY what I do when we go to to Florida (condo a couple of times a year. Redneck Niveria is NICE if you've never been). The list is different, but the thought is EXACTLY the same. Can't cook w/out *some* of my stuff. helen |
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"Helen Harrand" > wrote in message . .. > <snip> paper towels french press coffee pot tongs |
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On 20 Jul 2006 19:20:14 -0700, "Scooter" >
wrote: >Not necessarily the most expensive, most versatile, most *whatever* >things in the kitchen, just my favorites: > >1. Bad-ass KitchenAid mixer > >2. Polder digital thermometer/timer > >3. Big ole 12" cast iron skillet > 1. The shelves full of beans and grains above my sink. 2. The big island, when it's cleaned off. 3. My KitchenAid immersion blender. serene -- Kissing Hank's Ass is 10 years old! http://jhuger.com/kisshank My personal blog: http://serenejournal.livejournal.com My new cooking blog: http://serenecooking.livejournal.com |
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my cast iron skillet
my chef's knife my kitchen-aid mixer Debbie/Indiana >> <snip> > > > paper towels > french press coffee pot > tongs > |
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