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Post by gillyp on Dec 5, 2024 12:23:13 GMT
What SMALL household items do you use on a regular basis that others maybe don’t and might find useful? Links would be good, this is the season of enabling! I use these toast tongs nearly every day. The magnet on the top keeps them out of the way, attached to the toaster yet always to hand. I cannot stand crumbs on tables and counter tops. By no stretch of the imagination am I Little Miss Clean and Tidy but crumbs irk me so I use this Table dustpan and brush. My grandmother used to use one and I thought they were old fashioned and twee but it’s much more useful than a cloth or gathering crumbs up in the hand. So what small item do you use that I might find useful? |
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Post by candygurl on Dec 5, 2024 12:24:22 GMT
I love my ikea handheld frother! I use it everyday to froth my creamer before adding coffee to it. I don’t like a lot of froth and this works better for me than the frother machine.
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Post by leeny on Dec 5, 2024 16:41:01 GMT
Great ask! I few of my long time loves from Pampered Chef: Apple Wedger - I can't bite apples, but this wedger that I've had for years cuts most sized apples nice a smooth. Smooth Edge Can Opener - has a little learning curve at first, but I love this can opener Bar Pan - Actually any of the bar stoneware sheet pans are wonderful. I use them for cooking anything in the oven that I want to be sure will be crispy. Food Chopper - The best gadget to chop up bits of whatever you need. Stays sharp forever. |
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Post by ellen on Dec 5, 2024 16:50:11 GMT
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Post by pantsonfire on Dec 5, 2024 18:11:51 GMT
Handheld frother
Mini food processor
Silicone trivet
Y vegetable peeler
Heinkles small chefs knife
Small handheld vacuum
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Post by lisae on Dec 5, 2024 18:17:07 GMT
Pampered Chef kitchen shears. They are more than 20 years old and still cutting.
Our pit pack. Another over 20 year old item. I wish I could give you a link but we bought it at a craft fair. It's a cloth bag filled with cherry pits. You heat in the microwave for muscle aches or just to warm you feet.
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Post by Kerri W on Dec 5, 2024 19:01:50 GMT
I really love this fish turner. I don't use it for fish but it's very handy for all kinds of other things in the kitchen. |
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Post by christinec68 on Dec 5, 2024 19:16:50 GMT
The Pampered Chef Sauce Whisk is my random favorite. It brings sauces together quickly and since it's silicon - it's doesn't scratch the pan, nothing sticks and it's easy to clean. |
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Post by gillyp on Dec 5, 2024 19:28:15 GMT
I really love this fish turner. I don't use it for fish but it's very handy for all kinds of other things in the kitchen. Oh my good grief! You have no idea where this link has taken me! To our partner to The Pottery Barn, which I never knew existed! Small things.  |
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Post by gillyp on Dec 5, 2024 19:42:41 GMT
This is so timely! I've been reading up on making my own sourdough loaves and expect to get started shortly. One of those whisks (and one for my granddaughter) are on their way here! Thank you.  |
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Post by breetheflea on Dec 5, 2024 20:12:01 GMT
I don't know what it's called, herb zipper? You put thyme or herbs through the hole and it removes them from the stem.
garlic press
meat thermometer (it folds, uses batteries, and doesn't stay in the meat when cooking.)
I want a flip-top salt cellar (like Alton Brown uses) so I can get a pinch of salt without dumping too much into my hand.
I love my half spatula from Pampered Chef for getting the last bits out of narrow containers.
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Post by gar on Dec 5, 2024 20:41:12 GMT
I really love this fish turner. I don't use it for fish but it's very handy for all kinds of other things in the kitchen. Oh my good grief! You have no idea where this link has taken me! To our partner to The Pottery Barn, which I never knew existed! Small things. Where did you get taken Gill? I just get page unavailable. |
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Post by gillyp on Dec 5, 2024 20:59:50 GMT
Oh my good grief! You have no idea where this link has taken me! To our partner to The Pottery Barn, which I never knew existed! Small things. Where did you get taken Gill? I just get page unavailable. There is also Pottery Barn Kids www.potterybarnkids.co.uk/ It looks like we can't get Pampered Chef stuff here, unless imported from Germany. They are on Amazon but a medium bar pan is something like $128!! |
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Post by bc2ca on Dec 5, 2024 21:40:52 GMT
The Pampered Chef Sauce Whisk is my random favorite. It brings sauces together quickly and since it's silicon - it's doesn't scratch the pan, nothing sticks and it's easy to clean. Thanks, I might have just added the OXO version of this to my gift list.  My use it several times a week, can't recommend it enough, small item is the OXO Grate & Slice set. The link takes you to The Container Store but it is available all over the place. |
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Post by gillyp on Dec 5, 2024 21:58:33 GMT
I love the OXO brand.
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Post by lesley on Dec 5, 2024 22:43:05 GMT
TrivetI love this Joseph Joseph pot stand which is incredibly handy, and sturdy. I keep it in the cutlery drawer (it’s the same size as the teaspoons) so it’s one less thing cluttering up the worktop. |
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Post by katiekaty on Dec 6, 2024 0:12:05 GMT
My salt and pepper cellars—-I keep coarse kosher salt and coarse table grind pepper in the other. Its amazing, no more struggling with the pepper mill and uneven ground pepper and there flavor s more ever and NO peppercorn or pieces of them tuck in your teeth (thanks to watching old reruns of Rachel Ray)
The avocado tool thing, cut your avocado in half, the takeout the pit thing and slice with tool—much safer than using a big chef knife and aiming at you hand holding the avocado and trying to hit the pit to remove it
My turntable that I keep on my island that hold the most use spice, the jar of peanut byte no one seems to be able to find if it’s it the pantry and the butter dish and a roll of paper towel. It a true kitchen marvel, keeps the island neat and makes me look all chef-y!
My meat pounder-it’s a very thick round of steel with a handle that I saw Geoffrey Zacharian use to pound both chicken and beefutlets. They pounded out smooth and thin and flat and evenly without tearing or shredding the meat lit a meat tenderizer hammer.
Mty fridge clear organizer bins—need I say more?
Ditto for the pantry clear organizer bins!
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Post by cmpeter on Dec 6, 2024 0:16:59 GMT
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Post by mom on Dec 6, 2024 2:11:24 GMT
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Post by peano on Dec 6, 2024 4:39:38 GMT
I have little marble bowls I keep next to the stove. I put kosher salt and coarsely cracked black pepper in them, so when I'm cooking, I can just grab a pinch when I need it.
I have a hugely long wooden spoon I got at Colonial Williamsburg that I call my "reachy spoon". It's way too big for cooking or stirring anything, but it's great for grabbing stuff out of cabinets that I can't reach.
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Post by peano on Dec 6, 2024 4:40:58 GMT
My absolute favorite OXO product is the dish brush that has dishwashing soap in the handle, and you push a button to release it into the brush. I can't believe everyone doesn't have one. Sponges are so gross. |
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Post by brynn on Dec 6, 2024 6:08:34 GMT
Great ask! I few of my long time loves from Pampered Chef: Apple Wedger - I can't bite apples, but this wedger that I've had for years cuts most sized apples nice a smooth. Smooth Edge Can Opener - has a little learning curve at first, but I love this can opener Bar Pan - Actually any of the bar stoneware sheet pans are wonderful. I use them for cooking anything in the oven that I want to be sure will be crispy. I need to get this apple wedger. I love my can opener and bar pan. I also love my mini-food processor and immersion blender. |
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Post by gar on Dec 6, 2024 13:10:05 GMT
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Post by kluski on Dec 7, 2024 14:21:40 GMT
Such a fun fluff question.
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Post by airforcemomof1 on Dec 7, 2024 15:02:29 GMT
OXO angled measuring cup. I love it so much I have given them as gifts.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Dec 7, 2024 15:19:41 GMT
I have a metal Pampered Chef ice cream scoop.
Running it under hot water, heats the metal and makes it easier to scoop ice cream.
It was the very first item, that I purchased from Pampered Chef.....I still use it, 25+ years later.
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Post by grammadee on Dec 7, 2024 15:26:15 GMT
Pampered Chef food chopper for onions, especially  Tupperware gravy maker--a game changer from lumpy to smooth gravies and sauces  |
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Post by lindas on Dec 7, 2024 15:40:54 GMT
I Like to make cupcakes but getting the batter from the bowl to the pan was a messy job. Found this batter dispenser on Amazon and it’s so much easier now. link |
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Post by gillyp on Dec 7, 2024 16:22:57 GMT
I Like to make cupcakes but getting the batter from the bowl to the pan was a messy job. Found this batter dispenser on Amazon and it’s so much easier now. linkI make a lot of pancakes and something like this will be so much easier than a ladle! Thank you.  |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 7, 2024 17:24:22 GMT
I really love this fish turner. I don't use it for fish but it's very handy for all kinds of other things in the kitchen. Oh, I had my grandmother's!! |
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