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"The Small Drawer" - Kitchen Gadgets

Kitchen Gadgets

Every good kitchen has a bunch of gadgets.  They keep well in drawers, some used rarely, some never.  Earlier we examined "The Big Drawer," those tools that stir, scoop, shred, and otherwise make a meal happen.  Here we examine "The Small Drawer," those gadgets that we could live without, but they really really come in handy.

They measure, they shred, they peel.  Like I said, we could cook without them, but we'd rather not.  Here is our list of gadgets which you will find in "The Small Drawer":

 

Tea Ball /Tea Spoon (one of each) - almost daily

Measuring Cups - almost daily

Measuring Spoons - almost daily

Can Opener - almost daily

Serving Spoons - almost daily

Pizza Cutter - almost weekly (we like this one)

Bench Scraper - almost weekly

Vegetable Peelers (4 total, 2 Lancashire peelers and 2 "Y" peelers) - almost weekly

Hand-held Cheese Plane - almost weekly

Garlic Press - almost weekly

Ice Cream Scooper - almost weekly (we like this one)

Candy Thermometer - rarely

Pastry Blender - rarely

Very Small Spatula - rarely

Hand Mixer Beaters - rarely

Small Metal Spatulas (a Mini Off-set Icing Spatula and a Straight one)  - rarely

Spaghetti Measuring Tool - rarely

Pastry Brush - rarely

Zester - rarely

Melon Baller - rarely

Muddler - rarely

Citrus Reamer - rarely

Small Whisks (2) - like this 3-Piece Whisk Set - rarely

 

What useless gadgets are you secretly harboring in your kitchen junk drawer?

 

 

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Reader Comments (2)

My. What a sizable gadget drawer you have! Enough room for a Melon Baller and a Citrus Reamer? Oh the envy ;)
I didn't see Microplane on your list... but if you have the room, I highly recommend one. Fun stuff!

October 6, 2009 | Unregistered Commenteraveragebetty

I was going to say, the kitchen gadget section of stores are my weakness. Everything's priced just-so that I can justify spending nearly my whole paycheck on unitaskers that seemed like a good idea at the time. And then I look at them later and I'm like, olive grabber?? WTF?! I must say I have a giant tea ball-looking thing that's more for steeping spices in mulled wine, but I use it for making broth (holds all the loose spices and don't need cheesecloth), and by bf uses it for beermaking, for similar steeping. The microplane gets used a lot more than I thought -- always adding fresh nutmeg to things. The mellon baller is great when I'm hollowing out squash to stuff/roast, and for coring apples and pears for pastries. And by the way, I saw the FoodBuzz nominations and dammit, YOU WERE ROBBED!! I was totally expecting to see your blog up there, as you deserved a nomination. I sure as hell voted for you!

October 6, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterwasabi prime

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