just an unnecessary gimick
I have loads
1. an onion holder (used once)
Oh. I have an apple corer they are good they are.
Is a Jaccarder used for beating meat (teehee.)
Shall we start a museum.
I have a bread maker. never use it Penfold knows how to.
Cheeky nic b
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hard boiled egg slicer.useful yes but used no.
Well I used to sell Pampered Chef, so I have a lot of useless gadgets. Like you said, onion holder, a scraper that you use to push things off the cutting board, Strawberry Huller, you can easily use a knife, Cherry pitter - and Apple corer, peeler, slicer, for the price who really needs one. Drainer that fits on top of a can for things that need to be drained, such as tuna.
Electric knife.I’ve never used it.
At home we have a meat jaccarder, came across it the other day. Don’t usually buy meat that needs it. At work we have a pizza peel. We do have a pizza oven but it is a conveyor oven, no peel needed.
An orange peeler. (its a plastic doo-dad that has a knitting needle end and then a butter knife end)
useful but never used.
Potato Masher
Apple Cutter
There probably more in my kitchen, lol
One time my wife got bread making machine as a gift from her step mom. It looked just like R2D2. We never, ever used it even once, although my stepmother-in-law’s breads and rolls made from just such a machine were delicious. So, R2D2 was relegated to the very back of one of our kitchen cupboards. But whenever the relatives come to visit, we always remind each other to take R2D2 out of his cubby hole and put him on proud display right next to the programmable microwave, where he stares at us reproachfully.
An apple portion thing that’s supposed to cut out the core and slice the apple into wedges, all in one step. It doesn’t.
The plastic knife that keeps shredded/cut lettuce from turning brown. Used it twice.
A small wooden, ridged blob on a stick that’s allegedly to dip honey. Pah, what a joke.
A flat metal paddle with teeth that’s purportedly used to slice tomatoes. A good sharp knife does the job just as well.
A Tupperware Julienne tool. * Sigh *
We should have an exchange.
What a cracking question. Some good answers but mine is.
the wife
Mine is called an “oven”, Maureen,
I know. I mean, what the devil am I supposed to do with something like THAT.
Some Pampered Chef crap - a Mini-whip, which you are supposed to use to mix like one drink or something, quite useless. And something I have forgotten the name of - it looks like a fixed propeller on a stick. You’re supposed to be able to mash things with it but it is not useful.
Oh and a strawberry huller too. At least I didn’t buy any of these.
I have also never used my Bundt pan - just have never gotten around to it.
I have a garlic crusher that got used once and then discarded to back of the drawer. Does the job but it’s a pain in the backside to clean
glasses for short sighted potatoes
A sandwich toaster, bought it about 8 years ago, ate nothing but toasted sarnies for a fortnight then put it up in the cupboard and haven’t seen it since.
We used to nave a kitchen full of them, when I was married, so I have learned my lesson now.
My electronic “add and weigh” scales and a hand blender (with a little food processor attachment) are all I seem to need now.
I have used my balloon whisk, it’s just that a fork is usually closer to hand.
One of my friends has an enchilada maker, that is a really un-usefull device that takes up a good amount of space, not even sure how that works. Someone got me a quesadilla maker, it is so easy to just use a frying pan.
onion holder, tomato holder, tomato corer, strawberry huller, cake tester, snadwich maker,
Asparagus steamer
I tend to divest of them quickly. My dear Rose is a fan of gimmicks but I am a cook and as such eschew them. The one I’ve bought recent;y and actually use is a garlic pealer.they’re great.a little tube of silicone that you place a clove insuide and roll around till it separates the skin from the meat - no muss, no fuss, no broken fingernails.
my food dehydrator it not used. it works well but i just don’t use dehydrated food because I have a freezer.
I got rid of the meat slicer, the yogurt maker, and the sharpest knife in the world (that couldn’t cut straight even in the hands of a master). I still have the adjustable measuring cup that is almost impossible to clean.
A Girlfriend, who can’t bloody cook.
I have a set of serrated grapefruit spoons. The handles aren’t even long enough for unblocking the sink.