Are you one of the many individuals who likes kitchen gadgets? Most people who cook are very fond of or even hooked on kitchen gadgets. Naturally, some kitchen gadgets are more useful than others and some are positively essential.Who could do without a cooker, a kettle or a coffee maker? Mixers and blenders are common items as well and electric tin openers and knife sharpeners can be found in many kitchens. How much cooking would you be able to accomplish if the electricity was cut off?
People have always loved labour-saving devices, the only thing that has changed is that most of the contemporary kitchen gadgets are electric these days. We had a water-driven potato peeler when I was a child. It was attached to the tap by a hose and the water drove a wheel which turned an abrasive wheel which took the skin off a pound or two of potatoes.
We also had a hand apple corer and a garlic squeezer, but that was about it. On the other hand, our kitchen has several electric gadgets, including a juicer, a rice cooker and a bread-making machine.
My wife's favourite kitchen device is the rice cooker, but then she is Thai and eats a lot of rice. In deed, the rice cooker is only turned off to wash and refill it. It leaves a beautiful sweet smell in the air which is not unlike fresh bead, if you cook Jasmin rice, which is Thailand's best.
When I lived in Britain, my kitchen was full of gadgets, but some of the things I used to use only once a month over there, I now see being used every day. For instance, I had a wok and a bamboo steamer which I used once in a while, now all my food is cooked either in a wok, in a bamboo steamer or on a barbecue.
Similarly, I had a pestle and mortar which looked good on the top of the cupboard. It gave the impression that I was a real cook, but I never truly found a use for it. Now my wife uses a massive granite pestle and mortar to prepare every meal. It weighs approximately ten pounds and is large enough to mix a cake in; the wide end of the pestle will fill half an orange (I use that as a juicer, that is how I know).
My favourite kitchen gadget is the bread maker, but then I am European and love bread. Where I live though, in northern rural Thailand, the bread is quite sweet by Western standards and took me a few years to get accustomed to. Now I can bake my own and I love it, although obtaining strong flour is not so easy.
I like to put the ingredients in the bread machine before I go to bed and set the timer so that the bread is cooked when I wake up. You do not require an alarm clock with the smell of fresh bread wafting from the kitchen! Now all I miss is cheese, but I have not found a cheese-maker yet.
People have always loved labour-saving devices, the only thing that has changed is that most of the contemporary kitchen gadgets are electric these days. We had a water-driven potato peeler when I was a child. It was attached to the tap by a hose and the water drove a wheel which turned an abrasive wheel which took the skin off a pound or two of potatoes.
We also had a hand apple corer and a garlic squeezer, but that was about it. On the other hand, our kitchen has several electric gadgets, including a juicer, a rice cooker and a bread-making machine.
My wife's favourite kitchen device is the rice cooker, but then she is Thai and eats a lot of rice. In deed, the rice cooker is only turned off to wash and refill it. It leaves a beautiful sweet smell in the air which is not unlike fresh bead, if you cook Jasmin rice, which is Thailand's best.
When I lived in Britain, my kitchen was full of gadgets, but some of the things I used to use only once a month over there, I now see being used every day. For instance, I had a wok and a bamboo steamer which I used once in a while, now all my food is cooked either in a wok, in a bamboo steamer or on a barbecue.
Similarly, I had a pestle and mortar which looked good on the top of the cupboard. It gave the impression that I was a real cook, but I never truly found a use for it. Now my wife uses a massive granite pestle and mortar to prepare every meal. It weighs approximately ten pounds and is large enough to mix a cake in; the wide end of the pestle will fill half an orange (I use that as a juicer, that is how I know).
My favourite kitchen gadget is the bread maker, but then I am European and love bread. Where I live though, in northern rural Thailand, the bread is quite sweet by Western standards and took me a few years to get accustomed to. Now I can bake my own and I love it, although obtaining strong flour is not so easy.
I like to put the ingredients in the bread machine before I go to bed and set the timer so that the bread is cooked when I wake up. You do not require an alarm clock with the smell of fresh bread wafting from the kitchen! Now all I miss is cheese, but I have not found a cheese-maker yet.
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