What kitchen appliances do you use?

[chatelaine]

You can check at Harvy Norman or Best Denki.

Timtams:

does anyone know where can we buy replacement pot for the rice cooker? is it neccessarily only from the brand dealer?

[chatelaine]

Hi


I own a Panasonic convection oven too :celebrate:
Most of the time use it for baking cake, making mashed cheese potato, pizzas with self add-on ingredients, etc.

Tefal steamers to steam fish, steamed egg, sweet potato, canned food, etc.

Tefal deep fryer to fry chicken wings, fries, nuggets, etc. On top of this, I'll on my fan to blow out all the hot air and smell out of my kitchen window :rahrah:

Funz:

I am also using a Panasonic convection oven. I cook my rice using the microwave functions and I have been baking and roasting with the convection function. Had it for coming 8 yrs oredi. So well worth the money.

I do not like steaming or cooking using microwave though it is a lot more convenient. Somehow, I have it stuck in my mind that fire makes the food taste better.

[ANobleNerd]

b2b3m4:

I'm into kitchen stuff and i own a couple of 'equipment' to get my diiner out in 1 hour.

1. microwave oven to defrost frozen meats, fish, chicken
2. Thermal cooker to cook rice, brainless and use less electricity
3. Pressure cooker to cook those soups, stews or porridge that otherwise will take forever
4. Mulit-purpose mandoline to slice up cucumber, cabbage, potatos, bitter gourd up fast
5. Reversible Grill and griddle pan. i put oil in a sprayer, coats the pan thinly and reduce splatter, i grill sausages, fish, prok chops. Flip to the griddle side, i use it like a hot plate, wrap fish, meat, veg with condiments and seasoning in aluminium foil. Put on griddle, no splatter at all.
6. Lastly my mulit-purpose cleaner. IMMEDIATELY after cooking, i spray areas that are oily or dirty and clean up with a wet cloth.

All done in an hour. Ok, maybe minus the washing.

I'm looking for a good mandoline - could you let me know where you bought yours and what its brand is?

Personally, my fav cooking apparatus is the thermal pot. We use it daily for soups, stews and to keep our rice warm. We cook our rice via microwave, and when we have guests over for dinner, our usual microwave pot is too small to cook rice at such a number, hence we keep the rice warm in the thermal pot.

That said, we also cook our claypot rice with the thermal pot too. Just make sure that the amount of water used is lessen because water don't evapourate much in the thermal pot.

[Bedokid]

I have been using alumimium foil all the while till a friend of mine asked me did I use it correctly??? I have been using it in such a way that I put my food on the not so shinny surface but she said she put hers on the shinny side of the alumimium foil…is she right or mine???anyone to comment???

[ANobleNerd]

For alu foil, the key to which side faces the food depends on what your purpose is.


The shiny side reflects heat, so if your intention is to cook or keep food warm, then the shiny side should be facing in.

The dark side absorbs heat better, so it ought to face outside.

If your intention in using the alu foil in baking is to prevent food from browning too fast, put the alu foil shiny side out.

[autumn82]

ANobleNerd:

For alu foil, the key to which side faces the food depends on what your purpose is.


The shiny side reflects heat, so if your intention is to cook or keep food warm, then the shiny side should be facing in.

The dark side absorbs heat better, so it ought to face outside.

If your intention in using the alu foil in baking is to prevent food from browning too fast, put the alu foil shiny side out.

Tsk.. So all these while, I'm using the wrong side when BBQ-ing.. :oops:

[Bedokid]

ANobleNerd:

For alu foil, the key to which side faces the food depends on what your purpose is.


The shiny side reflects heat, so if your intention is to cook or keep food warm, then the shiny side should be facing in.

The dark side absorbs heat better, so it ought to face outside.

If your intention in using the alu foil in baking is to prevent food from browning too fast, put the alu foil shiny side out.

thanks, didn't know using alu foil also got to know what u are cooking before using.......a good lesson for me...thks

[janet88]

heidie:

Starting with health would be probably the most natural thing to do as health is something very precious. The steam or moisture from the food contains the important nutrients. Keeping it in means keeping the nutrients of the food where you want them in your food. That is why I love using my http://www.stainless-online.com/cookware/pressure-cooker.htm because pressure cooking is the healthiest compared to all cooking alternatives.

I steam rice as I heard it's more nutritious...supposedly better than using rice cooker. As for soup, I use thermal cooker as I don't have to watch the fire and still enjoy a good soup.

[jtoh]

ANobleNerd:

For alu foil, the key to which side faces the food depends on what your purpose is.


The shiny side reflects heat, so if your intention is to cook or keep food warm, then the shiny side should be facing in.

The dark side absorbs heat better, so it ought to face outside.

If your intention in using the alu foil in baking is to prevent food from browning too fast, put the alu foil shiny side out.

Thanks for the tip.

[Shoe]

I got a mandoline with the ceramic blade… is it kyocera? It’s really good and really sharp