It took me a while to truly find my own identity as a cook. A large part of that was sorting out what the best tools were for me.
It's easy to be swayed by a lot of gadgetry that promises to do it all. Miss Britt wrote about that a couple of days ago on her shopping blog Buy-Her. Some trendy things are fine but most get stored away as they never find their place amongst the tried and true kitchen essentials.
Although this is the first in the series I am not suggesting that this is what you get first. I do however think they are essential to being able to reduce effort and improve results in the kitchen. I think they are essential add-ons to the basics, which I'll cover later.
Plus they were the first things I came to in my secondary utensil drawer.
It's easy to be swayed by a lot of gadgetry that promises to do it all. Miss Britt wrote about that a couple of days ago on her shopping blog Buy-Her. Some trendy things are fine but most get stored away as they never find their place amongst the tried and true kitchen essentials.
Although this is the first in the series I am not suggesting that this is what you get first. I do however think they are essential to being able to reduce effort and improve results in the kitchen. I think they are essential add-ons to the basics, which I'll cover later.
Plus they were the first things I came to in my secondary utensil drawer.
Whisks are so useful ---I've saved many a gravy with one. I like having two different sizes.
I found this wonderful Henkels skimmer at Tuesday Morning. The mesh is very fine and it is the perfect size to slip around the bubbling rim of a soup or stock.
Ladles make sauces and soups easy to maneuver. I love the small one for sauces and for serving soup in mugs.
These are the best graters ever. Microplane makes several styles and sizes of graters. I like these because the handles are easier to deal with than the long thin full length grater. I have medium for cheeses, chocolate, onion, etc. The fine is perfect for grating spices. Both work exceptionally well for zesting citrus. I've had these several years and have not noticed any reduction in their sharpness. I got mine at Bed, Bath & Beyond.
These are some of my favorite add-on essentials. What are yours?
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Ah, the graters. You can certainly go into great detail about those graters. Trust me. Your readers got the short version :)
Funny...this is something I had on my subject list...my tools of the trade as it were...I will still do one on this, as I think some of our tools are different...LOL
I love the microplane graters.
Brad: LOL
Bond:Well great minds and all. But as I said these are add-ons. I bet our basics are pretty much the same.
I have a tiny little whisk that came with a hot chocolate kit. I use it to throw together small amounts of sauces or marninades.
And kitchen shears. Can't live without those.
SMOOCH....yeah we are basically the same!
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