Before Ross and I got married, we registered at Bed Bath & Beyond. Ross got to hold the scan gun, which explains a lot of items on our registry: the restaurant-style toothpick holder, the citrus peeler, the strawberry huller. I never thought I'd admit it, but I love that strawberry huller. Actually, it's the first item on today's list:
Kitchen Gadgets I Totally Love and Probably Couldn't Do Without
1. Oxo Strawberry Huller
I realize a strawberry huller is a unitasker, but I'm making an exception for this one. This little gadget is really handy when your family goes through two or three cartons of strawberries a week. Before owning the strawberry huller, I just lopped off the top of the strawberry -- an effective method, to be sure, but it wastes a lot more of the strawberry than necessary. Now, I just pull the leaves off, remove the hull with this little gadget, and voila -- strawberries are ready to eat!
2. Salter Kitchen Scale
Where would I be without my kitchen scale? I love this little gadget. I bought mine at BB&B with a 20% off coupon, but they're widely available everywhere. This is most handy for measuring liquids. Shortly after buying this scale, I conducted an experiment to determine the weight of commonly used liquids. Know what I found out? Alton Brown's saying is true: "A pint is a pound the world around." One pint of liquid = 16 oz. So, do you need to measure 1/2 c. of milk but hate to dirty up your liquid measuring cup? No problem! Just put your bowl on the scale, turn it on, and pour until the display reads 4 oz. It also works for water, orange juice, and pretty much any other liquid.
3. Cookie Scoop
I have no idea what brand mine is, but I love my cookie scoop. It's great for no-bake cookies & chocolate chip cookies, especially if you loathe the two-spoon method like I do. It's great for making uniform cookies so you don't end up with some bite-sized and some gargantuan-sized. I also really like this for scooping ice cream into a small dish. It makes me feel like I'm eating more ice cream than I actually am!
Let me know what kitchen gadgets you can't live without!
Ummm...I don't really use many cooking gagets, because I'm not a good cook! But I do love your cookie scoop and kind of want one. Speaking of berries, there are about a million ripe or almost-ripe blackberries at our place right now...all waiting for us to pick them and put them in a pie!
ReplyDeleteWish you were here. I have strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries in my frig. And a watermelon. I love summer.
ReplyDeleteA cookie scoop is the most efficient way to TOTALLY WASTE perfectly good cookie dough by making it into cookies... :)
ReplyDeleteAnd - I wish I had a strawberry gadget.
I use a large star tip for hulling my strawberries, but that gadget looks pretty cool. I might have to invest. I have about 6 different sizes of cookie scoops, which I LOVE!!! I think my favorite gadget is my bench scraper. I just love it and couldn't live without it.
ReplyDeleteI'm lovin' your blog!