Fave kitchen implements/gadgets

Lay off people!  I've had a long week!!!!

But of course. I use Bounty when doing the daily crossword, even though my wife says that's cheating.

Hijack hijack hijack hiMister_Nibbles!  

Gosh I missed you!

Im thinking I might eventually get an Ebelskiever (aka ableskiever) pan soon tho. Mom just got one and its great. Ebelskievers are "apple dumplings" (in Danish).

My grandmother got me one of those after I helped the Danish Sisterhood make hundreds of the little things for their fundraiser. They are a pretty cheap purchase and something I'd bet you'd find on eBay. The one I have is cast iron and really nice, think gran got it off one of her Sisterhood friends for free.

Waffle irons ...

They do, and it is a great site!

Only thing I don't like is that they're heart-shaped.

Well, my dear it comes down to the plain "to have or not to have". Pickiness (huh?) doesn't get you very far here ... LOL    In moments like these always remember life in Eastern Europe where the shelves were/are completely empty! 

True... though I never lived in Eastern Europe... and waffles aren't exactly a big necessity, though would be a nice treat...

It is!?  Really?  I find it smells a bit gross!  Just noticed that recently! (I am weird I know!)  But it's  so much better then the Sainsbury's brand we used to get. 
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Speaking of paper towels (spelling or unspelling ones), what is up with the midget rolls of towels over here?

I have one of those, they do work a treat.  It is called a "Zerol" ice cream scoop.   Maybe do a search by the manufacturer's name? 

Thanks for the tip

I got my ice cream scoop from Pampered Chef. Didnt know it was mercury filled! I love it. Check out pampered chef UK on the net

THATS IT THATS IT!! Im sure the one our friends had was from the Pampered Chef.

My grandmother got me one of those after I helped the Danish Sisterhood make hundreds of the little things for their fundraiser. They are a pretty cheap purchase and something I'd bet you'd find on eBay. The one I have is cast iron and really nice, think gran got it off one of her Sisterhood friends for free.

My mom remembers her friend's mom had a cast iron one when she was a kid. I hear they cook to perfection (typical of cast iron tho). Since she got it for christmas she googled it and theyre everywhere

Best. Gadget. Ever. (First one on the page)
We just got ours back after being in our shipment for weeks. I love freshly ground pepper without having to do anything to get it! Talk about lazy!

I cant believe that I forgot these! They really are the best gadget ever - battery powered salt and pepper grinders. And the bottom lights up when your griding so you can see how much you're putting on.

Something else I thought of that Im SURE we'll get someday soon is the Aligator Onion Dicer which is this tool that opens like an aligator mouth... you shove the onion in and then close "the aligator mouth" and the blades (which look like a checker board) cut right through and dice the entire onion for you, perfectly, in one stroke. Gotta love it. You can get it from Amazon and Williams Sonoma.

Pampered  Chef  rocks!!..  even had  an almost disaster  here  with the  damn grill being on TOP off the range..  WHATever!  and  my greasy  hamburgers  and all  went  flying  and the  stone  pan didn't even break.. the range went  ablaze  for a minute and scared the  Cr*p out of me but  I was amazed  that  the  stone  cookie sheet type thing did not break.. 

another  useful item...  wooden tongs..LOVE them  when I  flip  bacon