The piece of cookware that changed your life

Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
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I gotta make a list…my top ten things that changed my culinary life…

  1. My first honing steel. (It made me more knife-agnostic because I can hone crap knives, even!)

  2. First large saucepan.

  3. Tagine.

  4. Weber grill.

  5. Cuisinart…man, it made so many things easier that I had been doing by hand!

  6. Salad spinner - I like spinning my cleaned vegetables more dry.

  7. Blender, for everything from pesto to margaritas (yeah, sometimes I blend drinks.)

  8. Gas stove-top.

  9. Mortar and pestle.

  10. Sorry to be trendy - I love my sous vide because it helps me coordinate many serving time windows.

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This was a tough one, there are lots of good choices. But in the end I’m going with my Zojirushi rice cooker. It is such a basic perfect piece of equipment. Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

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This.

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Replicator. Really cuts down on prep and cooking times

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Can you be an explicator for “Replicator”…what is it?

It sounds foreboding.

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Think Star Trek

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Cast iron skillet

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Mine only spits out tea, Earl Grey, hot.

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Thanks. That’s the problem. I saw the original movie when it came out, in 1976 or so…and one sequel not that long after.

May the forceps be with you!

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Betty,
How many BTU’s does the wok harness? Any idea?

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Nearly all of mine have been mentioned. The one that hasn’t is the Thermapen. Perfection for what it is and I use it almost daily. Makes cooking meat basically fool-proof.

Runner-up would be my cast iron skillet. More useful – and more-often used – than my All Clad or Le Creuset.

Also my Big Green Egg, Blue Star Range, and Zojirushi Rice Cooker. All perfect for what they are.

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All mentioned, but to chime in:
Wolf Range
All-Clad non stick pans
Zojirushi rice (and more) steamer

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None whatsoever. I’ll take a pic the next time I’m there.

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If I remember correctly, the wok range that my ex-girlfriend’s father had was 125,000 BTU. Like I said, it breathed fire. The damned thing roared when it was cranked

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Tough to call, but I would say either Zojirushi rice cooker or Kuhn Rikon pressure cooker. I really love my donabe and Anova sous vide too, but the others have been with me longer.

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My 1st good Dutch Oven

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Zojirushi rice cooker changed my life. I’ve had steel cut oatmeal waiting for me when I wake up every morning for a decade. Plus, timing my rice and grains for meals is so helpful!

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I have lots of cooking stuff I like and use for years, but for life-changing, it’s got to be the hearth oven.

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My Wife… champagne.gif

Actually, it is true, because I had to really learn to cook ALL the time. Big change for me. [wink.gif]

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Digital probe.
(But really various restaurants, cook books and, yes WINES, have had greater impact than any piece of kit. And I do cook quite a lot).