Recommend a kitchen utensil or piece of equipment

looking4advice

I just got some Stellar pans and they are great, a huge improvement on the tin can esque ones I had before.

A potato ricer is great for mash as well.

I need to build up my kitchen so what do you recommend? Specific links or descriptions would be great as well rather than "a corkscrew"!!

The Hill Billy

A corkscrew.

Dinkie

My stick blender/minichopper combo. Use it for everything from blending soups to making pesto and chopping onions.

Also my espresso pot.

Darkginger

A proper, basic tin opener - the sort you jiggle backwards and forwards as you go around the tin. All other tin openers will fail, sooner or later - and usually when opening a tin is a really important thing to do!

alie

A good sharp knife, global or henkel

looking4advice

alie wrote: »

A good sharp knife

Can you give an example of a product?

SBWife

A waiter's friend corkscrew, Global vegetable knife.

Mrs Fox

A good butcher's block.
Wok.
Steamer -- personally I find bamboo ones are best but if you want to go down the fancy route than get one of the stainless steel ones.

mike65

You won't cook or prepare or serve with this but every home should have one

http://www4.westfalia.net/shops/electronics/lights_and_bulbs/lights/battery_powered_lights/1202614-telescopic_magnetic_wand_with_light.htm

for retrieving dropped metal items in behind fridge/cooker/washing machine etc.

Uncle_moe

Second the global knife although I'd probably go for a 20cm global chef's knife.

Also kitchen tongs are essential. Ever had trouble turning steak or any type of meat in a pan? Sausages are particulalry troublesome without tongs.

looking4advice

Uncle_moe wrote: »

Second the global knife although I'd probably go for a 20cm global chef's knife.

Also kitchen tongs are essential. Ever had trouble turning steak or any type of meat in a pan? Sausages are particulalry troublesome without tongs.

Can you put up a link for the tongs and knife?

John_Rambo

A honing steel (and how to use it properly, see your local butcher and start slowly ).

A salt bowl.

Pestle & mortar.

Speed pourers.

About eighty four plastic chopping boards from AKEA.

Silicone trays.

A slave for washing pots and pans.

olaola

A Microplane grater. They're FANTASTIC.

Uncle_moe

sorry just checked back on this thread, both links are from amazon but I know that Arnotts and debenhams sell kitchen tongs and Brown Thomas sell global knives but they're far more expensive in there.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxo-Good-Grips-Locking-Silicone/dp/B003L0OYJ4/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1332755259&sr=8-8 I like tongs with silicone heads because they wont damage non stick pans

http://www.amazon.co.uk/G2-Global-Cooks-Knife-20cm/dp/B00009Y32A/ref=sr_1_3?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1332755310&sr=1-3 Could always get a three piece set with bread knife and small utility knife

melatonin

sous-vide machine

Bubblefett

I swear by my silicone spatula for baking

Zascar

I find a set of Kitchen Tongs absolutely envaluable. I don't understand why more people do not use them