Kitchen Tools, Gadgets & Essentials

cerebus said:
Except poaching pods. And rubber thimbles. And folding chopping boards. And mandolins and microplane graters. And I'm guessing some kind of chamber vacuum.
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LOL yes true :o, but I dont have a rubber thimble and the folding chopping board was just to try it out. I binned it.

Point is that there are a lot of gadgets that, if you knew how to use a (sharp) knife properly, you would not need them. You cannot use a knife where you need a poach pod, microplane and mandolin. Crushing garlic is as easy as adding pinch of salt to the garlic and mashing it with your knife blade flat side on the cutting board. Does not take more time than fetching a gadget, using it and then having to clean it and put it away.

Now about that chamber vacuum..... would love one and O, a sous-vide as well. But just to expensive for how often I will use it..
 
Spacerat said:
LOL yes true :o, but I dont have a rubber thimble and the folding chopping board was just to try it out. I binned it.

Point is that there are a lot of gadgets that, if you knew how to use a (sharp) knife properly, you would not need them. You cannot use a knife where you need a poach pod, microplane and mandolin. Crushing garlic is as easy as adding pinch of salt to the garlic and mashing it with your knife blade flat side on the cutting board. Does not take more time than fetching a gadget, using it and then having to clean it and put it away.

Now about that chamber vacuum..... would love one and O, a sous-vide as well. But just to expensive for how often I will use it..
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I LOVE me some kitchen gadgets. My only problem is a) cost and b) space. Otherwise I'd have the entire Yuppiechef inventory.
 
Also use one of these - inexpensive, small for easy storage, works like bomb

Edit: It's a garlic peeler
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So seeing all the love for pressure cookers, I budged and bought the one on special on Takealot Daily Deals for R899 this morning.

I've never ever used a pressure cooker.

Anybody care to share some tips? What are your favourite meals to cook in them.
 
APoc184 said:
So seeing all the love for pressure cookers, I budged and bought the one on special on Takealot Daily Deals for R899 this morning.

I've never ever used a pressure cooker.

Anybody care to share some tips? What are your favourite meals to cook in them.
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Trinchado, stews, soups, chicken al a king.
 
RustyPrincess said:
Trinchado, stews, soups, chicken al a king.
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All stuff I love. Nice.

I guess I can make my butternut chicken in there too?

I'll start reading up more about the do's and don'ts in the next few days. Maybe watch a few videos.
 
APoc184 said:
So seeing all the love for pressure cookers, I budged and bought the one on special on Takealot Daily Deals for R899 this morning.

I've never ever used a pressure cooker.

Anybody care to share some tips? What are your favourite meals to cook in them.
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awesome, congratulations,

you can literally cook anything(almost) that you want to cook in it, it is that versatile, more so that these new 1s dont require a stove top, and have settings to saute and such. Curries, to stews to braising to pot roasts, to every day boiling it will work well..
 
APoc184 said:
So seeing all the love for pressure cookers, I budged and bought the one on special on Takealot Daily Deals for R899 this morning.

I've never ever used a pressure cooker.

Anybody care to share some tips? What are your favourite meals to cook in them.
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Chilli con carne is perfect in a pressure cooker. Plus it fits very nicely into a low carb meal strategy, and is loaded with healthy animal fat.

Tips: don't add spices while pressure cooking. The intense heat and pressure of a pressure cooker destroys delicate flavours, such as spices and herbs.

Use a pressure cooker to soften up tough meat, and then add the spices later. Certain spices don't really get degraded that much by the heat - things like using onions, carrots and celery as a base for a sauce is fine. Cumin and paprika are better added at the end. After adding spices, let whatever it is simmer for say 30 minutes for the flavours to mingle properly, and so you don't eat raw spices.

EDIT: Second tip, remember that they run on liquid. A general rule is to always keep the level of the liquid close to the level of whatever you are cooking. And, don't fill it past the full mark. There will be a mark on the inside to show you where the full mark is.
 
Thanks guys. Now I can't wait for it to arrive.

And the rainy weather is right on time too.
 
APoc184 said:
YuppieChef has a bunch of them: https://www.yuppiechef.com/spiralisers-and-mandolines.htm

I've also seen them at most Clicks stores.

But I recall hearing somebody say it is a waste and only a good way to lose finger tips.
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The one I'm looking for is either electric or manual but works like a meat mincer.

Edit. Its this one. Thanks apoc.

https://m.yuppiechef.com/inspiralized.htm?id=17163&name=Inspiralized-The-Inspiralizer-Spiral-Slicer
Heard someone talking about it and it sounded really interesting.
Hamster said:
What you are looking for is a julienne peeler.

Shogun peeler comes with one which is excellent imo: https://www.verimark.co.za/products/shogun-power-peeler

Do not bother with its bigger brother though. This thing plots ways to injure you while you are sleeping at night: https://www.verimark.co.za/products/shogun-quattrocut
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WaxLyrical said:
The one I'm looking for is either electric or manual but works like a meat mincer.

Heard someone talking about it and it sounded really interesting.
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This is the closest you'll get I think.

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Can't imagine veggies going through a mince-like-machine will come out anything other than mush.
 
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