Gadgets

I have a weakness for cooking gadgets! My hubby teases me about it, but the truth is it extends beyond kitchen gadgets. Most of the As Seen on TV products fascinate me for some reason. Luckily for hubby and me, atleast I do not venture to buy all of them! The only one product I have brought from the As Seen on TV commercials in my eight years of stay in the US has been the Vidalia onion chopper for $29.99. I must say it was a let down and that curbed my fascination to just on-screen fascination. Also, the fact that we do not have a cable connection for the past 4 years has helped quite a bit:)

But I was curious to know what kind of kitchen gadgets everyone owns? What are your cannot-live-without ones? What are some that you spent money on and were totally let down?

Let me go over my list:

1. Cuisinart food processor (7 cup) - useful gadget if you know when and where to use it; I do not seem to use it much except to make salsa once in a while; Also the first few times I tried, the chappati atta came out quite well, but the amount of dough produced was too much. I prefer fresh ones, and hence stopped using it for atta making.

2. Mini food chopper+Hand mixer - This has been quite handy to chop onions or other veggies as well. Plus, I was impressed when my Indian mixie broke down and I was able to use this to make my Indian style gravy pastes.

3. Garlic press - Let down for me; I hardly use it

4. Bottle/Jar openers - simple device but super useful

5. Sandwich maker - useful, but somehow I hardly use it

6. Panini grill press - I adore it, but again, somehow do not use it as much

7. Coffee grinder - used it a few years ago to grind baby food and it has been sitting unused ever since

8. Chef's Envy - It is a slicer, chopper etc - This was a recent acqusition when I fell aprey to the product demo in Kroger. Luckily for me, hubby has been singing praises of it ever since we got it; Useful if you can handle the super sharp blade edges.

I will keep updating the list as I remember and come across more gadgets from my stashes. We did a kitchen cleanup, where we stowed away our unused utensils and gadgets in the basement. I probably do not remember the other half of the gadgets that are down there.