Future charity shop donations, anybody?

charliee_3

i have a dualit stick blender that has lots of attachments and it is BRILLIANT.. my most unused kitchen gadget has to be my food processor, it takes up so much space and it has so many bits and its a faff to clean it just to make a bit of coleslaw or something.. it just ends up covered in that horrible kitchen grease-dust so you have to wash it BEFORE you use it too :rolleyes:

charliee_3

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MOST USELESS by far is an egg cooker my parents bought me!!! I'm not the best cook in the world but I do know how to cook eggs!! Maybe if it could cook a choice of scrambled, fried, poached etc but it only does egg soldiers!

I would love to sell it but worried they will notice it's gone.[/QUOTE]

i used to live with a guy and we got one of those egg cookers and we loved it as i find it hard to get eggs just right and that did it most of the time.. it was the bosch one and looked quite cool too.

esmf73

Must get an Aston Martin to go with my martini maker!

zippychick

charliee wrote: »

i used to live with a guy and we got one of those egg cookers and we loved it as i find it hard to get eggs just right and that did it most of the time.. it was the bosch one and looked quite cool too.

I could never get soft boiled eggs right until I did this way. Put water up high and bring to boil. As soon as starts to boil, turn off heat and leave pot in place and pop toaster down. When toast comes up , perfect soft boiled eggs! i never thought it would work in a million years, but it does.

anniemf2508

My breadmaker is a must have...hubby is a coeliac so its used pretty much everyday for him

I got sucked into buying a one touch tin opener and its pure and utter rubbish, i've gone back to a normal one :rotfl:

lbt_2

I have been hoping to see a Remoska on Freecycle or in a charity shop. I really, really want one but I am not sure if I would use it enough.

LameWolf

The only gadget we found we had no use for was a sandwich maker; it was more hassle to take it to bits to clean than to do toast, put the cheese in the middle of 2 slices and microwave it, also you HAD to butter the bread, and I don't usually have butter on my toasties. But it was readily accepted by a friend's daughter, who was just starting Uni and needed such a thing so a good home found for it.:o

Pitlanepiglet

witchwoopiggy wrote: »

coffee machine donkeys years old and its brill you can make a pot full and just reheat if needed it is shaped like a coffee pot and you can see the coffee bubbling in the lid handle (hard to discribe)

A coffee percolator like this http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Coffee-Percolator/2602822/product.html?cid=133635

We've got a couple of them that we mainly use for camping and they are fab.

The easiest, cheapest, faff free way of a couple of cups of filter coffee is one of these http://www.coffeedetective.com/one-cup-coffee-maker.html you just put the 1 cup paper filters into the plastic filter and bin (compost) it when you're done with it.

larmy16

Halogen oven
Electric steamer
Nicer Dicer (fab)
Breadmaker
Plastic microwave steamer for perfect rice (£1 from charity shop)
New teasmade (bought today but not a kitchen gadget - will use a lot!)
Loads more

Love gadgets.

ChapelGirl

lbt wrote: »

I have been hoping to see a Remoska on Freecycle or in a charity shop. I really, really want one but I am not sure if I would use it enough.

The problem with useful gadgets is that unless the owner is a complete "numptie" (as they say in Scotland) they will never get rid of them!

We have had 2 Remoskas. On the first the seal around the glass lid was faulty and moisture got in. It tripped the circuit breakers in the house every time we switched it on. Lakeland replaced it without question, but didn't ask for the old one back.

OH took it apart to see if it could be repaired (waste not, want not). It is a VERY basic design. There is an electrically-charged wire surrounded by ceramic beads which sits inside the lid. For those of us who are old enough, if you think of an old-style 2-bar electric fire with the element broken into tiny pieces you will have the idea.

There isn't any kind of gasket around the glass window and it relies upon a mechanical seal between the glass and the 2 metal sandwiches of the 2 sides of the lid, kept water-tight by the screws alone. That's why they are sold with warnings about not getting the lid near water.

Having said that, our 2nd model has behaved itself impeccably since we got it and it is great for camping etc. as it can be run off (most!) campsite low amperage supplies. That means it's very economical in the home as well.

The only things you have to watch for are: (a) the stand tipping over if you don't put it on a level and stable surface or if you catch the handle with your arm, and (b) being careful to put the lid down upside down and in a safe place as it cools so you don't burn yourself or melt your kitchen!

If it does ever trip any circuit breakers in your home get it checked by a qualified electrician or take it back to the shop, whichever is cheapest.

If you are on your own or are a couple it does a very good job at frying (e.g. bacon, sausages, pork chops etc.) and you can make stews and casseroles in it too. That will save you money if you would otherwise have put the stew in the oven. Also it is supposed to be good for baking cakes etc., though I have not tried that.

There is a whole section on here devoted to Remoska recipes etc. so there are more knowledgable opinions there than mine.

You can get a divider pan so you can do more than one thing at once but we don't have one. We would do the meat in the Remoska and the veg. in a tiered steamer or similar on the gas hob. We do have the 2 depths of pan though - deep one for stews and chickens etc. and shallow for frying bacon etc. The price of the non-stick pans is scary, for what they are.

We also have a rack, but I can't rememember ever using it.

It takes up relatively little cupboard space, which is also a plus when you are camping.

If you are an experienced cook the thing to remember is that the heat is coming from on top, not underneath, so for some dishes you have to do things slightly differently.

On balance, I'd say to me it's worth the cupboard space.