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Kristylovesbb
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09-14-2000

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 6:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't like appliances on my countertop either Happymom. The only ones I do have on them are my Kitchenaid mixer and blender and the only reason they are out is because they weigh a ton!LOL I have a separate area for my coffe/expresso/cappachino machine and coffee mill that I refer to as the coffee station.

Used most often, coffee machine, blender, Large mixer, good chef's knives, food processor, portable hand mixer, imported, from India, copper salt and pepper mills (my absolute favorite items I own), quesidillas machine, wok and crockpot.

The ones my husband gripes about because I HAD to have them and hardly ever use them, bread machine, Large George Foreman Grill, Rotisserie, waffle iron, donut maker, and portable steam table.

The ones I simply must have: a new food processor, coffee press, and a potato ricer.

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kristy, I've never heard of a potato ricer! What is it? Is your donut maker the one "As Seen On TV" that bakes the donuts? I have that too! I've used it once in about 2 yr! (And that was to make "healthy" donuts with whole wheat and oat flour and splenda...the kids hated them!



Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 4:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A potato ricer is a gift from god! I usually use it to make homemade gnocchi, but I also use it to make mashed potatoes and I would never use a masher thing again. It's kinda like a garlic press for potatoes. It looks like when you process meat on a stand mixer....it comes out in little worm-looking things. And it's wonderful!

It's right up there with my mandoline, coffee maker, and immersion blender as my favorite kitchen tools.

Colordeagua
Member

10-25-2003

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 7:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm 58 and never really learned to cook -- certainly not on the stove top. So I could not live without

-microwave
-crock pot (I have 3 - different sizes)
-Hamilton Beach grill/griddle (removeable grill and griddle plates, therefore easy to clean)
-egg boiler/poacher (almost always had problem peeling shells when I hardboiled eggs on stove top)

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tishala: Thanks for the info. about a potato ricer. It sounds a bit like a cookie press. I wonder if your potato ricer is easy to clean. It must be, otherwise you probably wouldn't use it.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 3:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Happymom, yes that is the same donut maker I have. The potato ricer I want for the simple reason that making really good mashed potatoes is an art. Over working your mashed potatoes make them glutenous and when using a masher it is easy to do. The ricer makes them light and fluffy and aerated, hence wonderful delicious mashed potatoes. The one I want is stainless steel at Targets for $30.00. It's not really a ricer but a vegetable sieve but it works the same way and you can put a lot more into a time than the ricer.

ricer

sieve


eta: A lot of the chefs on Foodtv use the vegetable sieve instead of the ricer, that's where I got the idea.

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 3:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Moved my post to "where would I find..." thread in this area.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 3:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
kristy, if you use this vegetable sieve instead of a masher, do you have to still peel the potatoes? noone at my house wants to ever peel potatoes. so we end up with smashed potatoes, instead of mashed.

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 5:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kristy, I never had potatoes that weren't "mashed" in one of those things in the bottom of your post until I got to Canada.
Don't know what they call it here, but in Germany it is called a "Wanton (Char)Lotte" (don't know why it refers to an easy woman).
Enjoying the ease of a potato masher, mine went the way of a yard sale years ago. You can also "mash" berries for seedless jams and jellies etc. in there.
If we want creamy light mashed potatoes now, we throw them in the Kitchen Aid mixer with some butter, milk and sour cream. But I have regretted selling my "Lotte".

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 1:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I had fun pondering this one, since I just went through and tossed a bunch of stuff.

Daily: Microwave, Ginsu Kitchen Scissors, Wooden Herb Cutter, Multi-Function Kitchen Grippers, Immersion Blender, Grinders, and Oil Misters

Weekly: Toaster Oven (3-4x), Hand operated can opener (3-4x), Remote Thermometer (2-3x)

Monthly: Waffle Iron, FoodSaver, Pressure Canner, Parmesan Cheese Grater (like what's used at Olive Garden)

Semi-Yearly: Water Bath Canner

Yearly: Chocolatier

Don't Use: All of these things are Gone, Donated, Tossed, etc....

Want: SmartSpin, Toaster Oven Bakeware, Electric Range Burner Toppers (well, actually, I want gas, but stuck with electric....), Burner Covers, REAL Pots and Pans, Kershaw Color-Coded Knives

Debating Usefulness: George Foreman Grill, Salad Spinner, Mandoline
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Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Friday, March 04, 2005 - 1:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I like the look of that potato masher with the crank! I never get enough lumps out to please my family with the regular masher.

Lkunkel, your post reminded me that I have that Olive Garden cheese grater too! I forgot!

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 3:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good question Landi. I have always peeled mine but I am going to try to use it with the peelings left on just to see. I will let you know what happens.

ps I lucked up and found one at the flee market. It is a new one and cost me 5 bucks!