Cookery meme :)

[elingregory]

Because I'm clearing out my kitchen this is very appropriate - gacked from alex_beecroft

How is your cookery? Bold the ones you have and use at least once a year, italicize the ones you have and don't use, underline the ones you have had but got rid of, and strike through the ones you never had [which is everything not bolded or italicised so i can't be bothered]:

I wonder how many pasta machines, breadmakers, juicers, blenders, deep fat fryers, egg boilers, melon ballers, sandwich makers*, pastry brushes, cheese knives, electric woks, miniature salad spinners, griddle pans, jam funnels, meat thermometers, filleting knives, egg poachers, cake stands, garlic crushers**, martini glasses, tea strainers, bamboo steamers, pizza stones, coffee grinders, milk frothers, piping bags, banana stands, fluted pastry wheels, tagine dishes***, conical strainers, rice cookers, steam cookers, pressure cookers, slow cookers, spaetzle makers****, cookie presses, gravy strainers, double boilers (bains marie), sukiyaki stoves, ice cream makers, and fondue sets languish dustily at the back of the nation's cupboards.

* I don't use it but my daughter does and I nick a toasty sarnie when she's not looking. Mmm lovely.
** The paint has come off it so I tend to use the blade of a knife now.
*** It was a present and won't fit in the oven.
**** What the hecks a spaetzle?

Comments

[jl_merrow]

Spaetzle are yummy Schwaebisch (South-West German) egg noodles, traditonally fried in breadcrumbs for six million calories a serving. Eat with brown lentils and hot dog style German sausage. Delish! Also nice with Chanterelles.
You can make them using a thing that is exactly like a ginormous garlic press, or you can be all traditional and spread the dough over a board and slice off bits at the bottom, which I will be amazed if anyone bothers to do any more!

[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I don't feel I've missed out much with those. However I did enjoy watching Nigelissima the other night. There's a lady who knows how to enjoy herself :)

[jl_merrow]

I'm clearly not selling them right. Spaetzle are lovely!

Hmm. I'm not convinced about Nigella. She's gone all skinny...

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Traditionally fried in breadcrumbs? Wow, that sounds good; I've never encountered them that way. When I've seen them, they've been boiled, just like any other noodle.

[jl_merrow]

I've never seen them in a restaurant like that. These were specially made from scratch, boiled and then fried up for me by a south German Hausfrau. :)

[metallumai.livejournal.com]

Blender-- Eldest son is a smoothie fan; he uses it a lot more than I do.
sandwich maker occasionally. Mine's an antique, two metal round bits on a hinge, with handles, to hold over the fire.
pastry brushes, when I can find one. if not, a regular one-inch paintbrush works fine.
meat thermometer- I bought one for me darling because he cooks like a chemist.
tea strainer-- I have one but it's seldom used; it's mostly teabags here.
coffee grinder-- for the boys.
rice cookers, slow cookers-- I use both, frequently!

For the rest of that stuff: I am a Luddite in the kitchen. Make my own bread,crush my own garlic, slice cheese with any knife I can reach....

[mcgonagalls-cat.livejournal.com]

My Mother-in-Law (who was the coolest lady EVER!) said all you need to keep house is an iron skillet, a colander, and strong thumbnail.

That not withstanding:



I wonder how many pasta machines, breadmakers, juicers, blenders, deep fat fryers, egg boilers, melon ballers(used for things other than melons though), sandwich makers (I have Two! One is electric the other stovetop/campfire), pastry brushes, cheese knives, electric woks, miniature salad spinners, griddle pans, jam funnels, meat thermometers, filleting knives, egg poachers, cake stands, garlic crushers, martini glasses, tea strainers, bamboo steamers, pizza stones, coffee grinders, milk frothers, piping bags, banana stands, fluted pastry wheels, tagine dishes, conical strainers (it was my Grandmother's and I used when I made tomato juice, but have not done that recently, also have her grinder, apple saucer, and some other neat things), rice cookers, steam cookers, pressure cookers, slow cookers, spaetzle makers, cookie presses, gravy strainers, double boilers(bains marie), sukiyaki stoves, ice cream makers, and fondue sets languish dustily at the back of the nation's cupboards. Microwave Mixers, electric tea kettle.



The sandwich makers are WONDERFUL ! I've put all manner of fun things into them - like chocolate chips and marshmallow cream, or cheese and onions... Love my hot toasty little pockets of yum!


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[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

There's something very therapeutic about kneading dough. Pity my bread always turned out like lumps of fragrant dry wall.

I remembered that I do have a salad spinner. You wash the salad then put it in the middle of a clean tea towel, draw up the corners and hold them then go and stand outside an whirl the tea towel round your head a few times. Centrifugal force does the rest. On a sunny evening you can make rainbows for the onookers.

[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

She does sound very cool.

I would probably use the sandwich maker more often if Jen ever cleaned it before she put it away.