Decluttering - do I need a peeler or a whisk?

[january2021]

I’ve recently moved house and am having a major declutter of my kitchen utensils before our new kitchen is installed. I really want a clutter-free space. I have a peeler and a whisk that I’ve never used. Do I really need them or can I throw them away? For context, I use a knife for peeling carrots and potatoes, and have never felt the need to use a whisk. Is it worth keeping them or shall I get rid?

You need a whisk to make white sauce? I might hold on to it for that reason then, since I am partial to a lasagne. (I’m planning to do lots more cooking once we get the new kitchen!)

Well, I'm probably not the person to ask as we have 4 peelers, of different types and 4 whisks! That said, if I only had room for one and I could use a knife to peel my veg, then I'd keep a whisk.

I use peelers all the time. Can't get the knack with a knife. A whisk maybe twice a year for proper hot chocolate. You can whisk with a fork to a degree.

Personally, we use a peeler (like a PP, we have one each. DH won't use mine, I will use his if mine is in the dishwasher and mid cycle) most days.
I probably use a whisk once or twice a week - pancakes, waffles, white sauce. And an electric whisk too.

I would rather be without the whisk, but really wouldn't want to be without either.

BUT, if you don't use them, why keep them?

Yes, I use all of those several times a week. OP - Do you not cook?

leave the gun… bring the cannoli …

I mean if you don’t use them then don’t keep them. But how do you make cakes? Unless you have a proper mixer. Or gravy. I couldn’t be doing with clanging a fork in my saucepans.

I do use both of mine but if you don’t use them then yes get rid and they’d be fairly cheap to replace should you need them

If you haven't used in the past year... why do you think you would suddenly need one?

I use both those multiple times a week but you are not me.

Will people ever help you peel veg? Such as Christmas or Easter? I would struggle with a knife, I use my peeler regularly. Whisk I use less often but I would use for pancakes.

How do you do life without a whisk??
Bechamel sauce, Custard, ganache, cheesecake. I could go on!

Whoa! I have at least 5 different whisks and 3 peelers. All
are ESSENTIAL to my cooking happiness!

Oh shoot - I forgot about pancakes! Can you not just use a fork though?

I use both my peeler and my whisk loads but I have a special peeler haha - could never do it as quickly with a knife. And I bake a lot and make Yorkshires etc so use my whisk. So I personally wouldn’t get rid of either but if you don’t use them then get rid.

Will take longer.

I make pancakes and waffle mix etc in the nutritibullet.
And actually I just use a silicone or wooden cooking spoon to make a white sauce

I do use a whisk though for some things

Oxo peeler, well oxo kitchen anything is the way forward

If you have reached adulthood with no need for them though I’m sure you will
manage

To make mash

Never used a peeler in my life, I use a knife. The whisk I only use for gravy.

I get using a knife instead of a peeler but I couldn't not have a whisk.
What about gravy? Custard? Sauces like Bechemel? Hot chocolate? Cake batter? So many whiskable things!!

I use a silicone spatula for white sauce. It's fine as long as you keep stirring and don't get lumps. A whisk is handy if you have lumps. I don't really use a whisk for anything, although I do have a whisk attachment for the food processor. It's not been out in a while. The only thing I can think of that definitely needs a whisk is meringue and I don't do them often (every decade or so).

I'm struggling to understand them being clutter surely they just live in a drawer.

Yes, I can't imagine living without either, but if you don't use them, don't keep them?

Won't they both fit in a drawer, I use my peeler a lot for parsnips and carrots, I don't use the whisk much so it's gone in the less important stuff drawer in the utility room rather than the kitchen with the nutcrackers and stuff like that.

I can't woth this comment. The only scenario I can think of where I wouldn't peel my potatoes wpuld be a jacket potato.

Do you leave the skin on your roast potatoes? Or chips? TBF, I might do skin on chips

but if so, surely you peel for mash?

Gravy, white sauce and batter are my main hand-whisk uses. Everything else is done with an electric whisk. I wouldn't be without a hand whisk though.

Peeling veg is SO much easier with a good peeler vs a knife, so I wouldn't be without one of those. Butternut squash would be a nightmare with a knife - I'd have no fingers left!