Topic: Favourite kitchen gadget?

[RobinB]

I've found the oxo good grips range is pretty decent too. Got a brilliant whisk I picked up from Rick Steins cookshop in Padstow, and also a mandolin and a gravy/fat separator.

[DalPuri]

love my electric chapati maker and also... a porcelain ginger grater

Tell me more about your electric chapati maker, Frank; sounds interesting.  And does the fact that your ginger grater is porcelain mean that it is more likely to grate ginger, and less likely to grate finger tips, than its modern stainless steel equivalent ?

** Phil.

The chapati maker is a great addition to the kitchen. No mess with flour on the floor and no rolling out required. Just ball them up and rest for 30 mins before flattening a little by hand and cooking. Took a while to get the dough right because the hotplates can act like those table air hockey arcade games and shoot the balls out when pressed down.   ;D
And elephant atta is pretty poor flour to work with. I must've gone through 50-60kg before I realised that.  :(Cannae resist a bargain  )
They do taste a little different to a rolled out chapati though because of the additional flour needed for rolling. I actually prefer a flour chap (as I call them) but for convenience, I can't fault the electric.

As for the ginger grater, I wouldn't be without it. Not once have I broken skin.
Can be used for just the pulp and juice leaving the fibre behind or, with a gentle scrape with the point of the knife in between the rows of spikes, then a quick slap upside down onto the chopping board, everything falls off.
Needing only a rinse under the tap. 

[RobinB]

Just been looking at the chapati makers online, would it cook a naan?

[DalPuri]

Just been looking at the chapati makers online, would it cook a naan?

Ive used it to press out chapatis/parathas then straight onto a tawa to cook. But not tried to cook naan with it yet Robin, can't see why not though.

[Micky Tikka]

For the all round chef the Thermapen digital food thermometer is a must
It takes all the guess work out of cooking meats to your personal tastes (medium rare for me  )
I also love the Anysharp
A mandolin now and again
And to trump you all my Thermomomix    ;D sorry

[JerryM]

cheap latte coffee machine

Thing I miss is a garlic crusher

Infra red thermometer must for pizza and useful generally.

Mini scales ~100g are not bad

[Gav Iscon]

Would that last be a Moka Express ?

It is and as I'm the only coffee drinker in the house, the gaggia is now pushed to the back of the cupboard in favour of the little pot.

[Madrasandy]

You sh@t the bed Gav I ? Some people browse the forums really early

I don't really have many gadgets, but my favourite/most used must be hand blender. Closely followed by pestle and mortar(not really a gadget) but love it regardless

[Gav Iscon]

  How did you know.  ;D

[Gav Iscon]

You sh@t the bed Gav I ? Some people browse the forums really early

And thats just the sort of BS that people talk BS about in another place that's got a few BS's in it or should that be on it.