Handy Kitchen Gadgets (Part 2)
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 by The Cooking Guy Subscribe To Our Feed
Ok, as promised, here is part 2 of the handy kitchen gadgets.
Colander
This is useful when you’re washing any vegetables for cooking as you can let the water drain off from the washed vegetables by leaving it in the colander. I also use it to drain the water from my pasta by simply pouring in the contents of the pot into the colander which is in the sink.
Timer
This comes in handy for baking, and for when you’re preparing a time consuming dish which you can leave for long periods of time and forget about. And that’s why it’s so handy. With a timer in your kitchen, you won’t be allowed to forget to turn off, turn over, or baste your dish at the right time.
Clock
I have two of these in my kitchen in places where I can easily turn my head and see them. A clock becomes indispensable if you’re dealing with a few different dishes at once and want to keep track of what time you put each one on the fire. In fact a good memory also becomes indispensable at this point!
Grater
You could do all sorts of wonderful things with these little gadgets, although they’re most often used for grating cheese. I use mine to grate potatoes for hash browns, and even carrots and beetroots for all sorts of dishes.
Rolling Pin
Again, this is what you really need for baking purposes. I’ve also found another use for it: I use it to squash cardamoms very quickly without resorting to my mortar and pestle.
Mortar & Pestle
Ever since I found about this little thing, I’ve used it almost daily in my kitchen. It’s great for crushing ginger, garlic, and even mustard seeds or pepper.
Peeler
Every kitchen needs one of these, otherwise you’ll be thrown back to a time when the luxuries of sliced bread didn’t exist, and when you had to peel everything using a knife. Thereby prolonging your time in the kitchen.
Splatter Screen
Not exactly indispensable, but useful if you fry a great many things, like bacon. You can use it as a shield to stop the oil spattering all over you, and afterwards you can cover up the frying pan with it so the oil doesn’t spatter on the stove while you leave it to cook.
These screens come in a few varieties as well as shapes and sizes. You can choose the plastic or silicone spatter screens, or the wire mesh ones. You’ll also find that they come in the perfect sizes to fit each different size of frying pan.
Multi-Lid
I just thought I’d tag this one on, since I’ve have found it to be of great use to me. You wouldn’t believe the amount of lids that just go missing, or are squashed out of shape in my house, so I finally had to resort to the use of a multi-lid.
These lids are generally very large to accommodate the large sized pans, but on the inside of the lid you will find grooves cut at regular intervals going one full circle. These are at certain specified distances so the lid will be able to fit over many different sized pans.
Multi-purpose Mixer /Grinder & Blender
I decided to lump all of these together for the simple fact that sometimes you will come across one large all-encompassing gadget that implements everything into its features but the kitchen sink.
Some people swear by these things, whether they come separately or as a package deal. But I don’t tend to use mine overly much since I’m not all that fond of washing these up. To me, although they might help with the cooking preparations, they still leave quite a bit to wash.
Juicer
I love juice of any type or variety, and I especially love and prefer the fresh kind. So one day while I was staring longingly at the juicer of my dreams, I did a bit of quick mental arithmetic.
And I came up with the astonishing fact that by buying myself a juicer, I wasn’t really spending any extra money. I was already spending quite a bit on fresh smoothies and juices, not to mention the store bought, carton varieties, so ultimately it would all even out.
Metal rack, or Trivets
These are essential for you to place your hot pots and pans on, when you take them off the fire. These will keep your tables and work surfaces from being damaged. And there is an amazing variety of these to choose from and you will definitely be able to find one to fit in with your décor.
Spoon Rest
This is a lovely little gadget that keeps your spoons from dripping their contents onto your counters while you’re still in the middle of cooking.
Spice Rack
This is a must for anyone who loves their spices and has a vast collection of spice bottles. Like me! It saves space and helps you to keep track of the multitude of spice bottles.
There are many gadgets that you can use in the kitchen, and I’ve got a feeling that I’ve covered only one tenth of what’s available. Some of these gadgets are useful, and some are just plain frivolous and fun, but what they all have in common is that they try to serve some purpose in your kitchen.
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