Comments on: Kitchen Item as Holiday Gift? Maybe, maybe not

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 03:18:45 +0000

In reply to Doug.

Yes, a fat separator is essential. For gravy: https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/22/how-to-make-gravy-2/

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 03:16:48 +0000

In reply to dean. That's actually a really handy thing to have for, like, fish boils! I've been stuck using a closet dowel for that.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 20:40:43 +0000

My Kitchen Aid mixer is still going strong and I bought it in the early 1980s. I think I’ll get that flex edge beater looks great, I may have to order one. I haven’t got a use for the grinder(or at least I’ve never regretted not having one) I do have an older version of the Fresh Prep Slicer/Shredder Attachment which I’ve used a lot. The Sifter and Scale attachment looks interesting but I have a good 5kg digital scale that also gives you nutrient/calorie/carb count based on weight and ingredient.

For the budget conscious person who makes gravies I still think the handiest device you can have is a fat separator, especially the type that strains out the produce while you are filling it. https://www.cookstore.ca/oxo-4-cup-trigger-fat-separator-11198900g.html

By: dean

dean — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 23:08:14 +0000

On the trail of kitchen gifts that go south in a funny way: my wife does a crap-ton of Xmas baking every year, for family, friends, etc. She also makes carmels (how she spells it) and uses a wooden spoon to stir them.

Two years ago she stated she needed a new spoon — the one she’d been using for 30+ years was wearing down. Our older son informed me he’d found on online. Three days later he informed me he’d “screwed up” but wouldn’t share information until the big day.

He had found a spoon. Wooden. It was 3 feet long, designed to stir pots of fishboil. He’d just seen it advertised as “large wooden cooking spoon”. It’s now displayed on the wall outside the kitchen