What kitchen gadgets do you recommend as gifts

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I like to get dh kitchen gadgets - not electrical ones but things that help with cooking. Good ones in recent years have been:

Heavy ice cream scoop
Meat tenderiser
Recipe book holder
Sugar thermometer
Posh garlic crusher

Any ideas for others I could get him? What gadgets do you think are good?

Lakeland pineapple thing, gets the entire contents of a pineapple out no chopping, very little mess

I think we have one of those in cupboard never used from my parents

We use ours all the time!

Blow torch?

Whereas we were given a blowtorch years ago and it only gets used when we've run out of matches to light the woodburner.

We got blowtorch for our wedding. It's still unused. Ooops

A really, really good potato peeler. We had one which peeled butternut squash and things with really hard skins no problems, unfortunately we lost it. I've tried to find a replacement but never got one quite as sharp or efficient. It was a present so I don't know where it came from.

PFOS, I have a really good potato peeler, which also peels butternut squash. 36p from ASDA

Ooh, we don't have a local asda but I might have to go and find one! I think our replacement is from morrison's and it's not the same.

I treated myself to a wet and dry grinder from Lakeland a couple of weeks ago, as my old coffee grinder died.

So I unpacked it, washed it, ground some coffee - perfect.

Looked at the bunch of basil dying in the fridge. Toasted some pinenuts, chucked them in the grinder with the basil and some oil - bingo, fresh pesto for lunch.

DS wanted hummus for supper. QUarter of a tin of chickpeas, sesame oil, garlic, bingo.

I've never used a gadget so much... I've shocked myself... It's supposed to rust in the cupboard after the first day isn't it...?

I am thinking of a blowtorch for DH and also a mezzaluna thing for doing herbs (we have a lot of rosemary)

"I am thinking of a blowtorch for DH".

SHould you be posting in Relationships Olivia? [concerned face]

Mezzaluna gets used a lot in our house. The Titan peeler from Lakeland is very good .

Decent nutcrackers and a big bag of nuts?

Good Japanese knives.

a scrudle from lakeland, in fact get the lakeland catalogue & if you're like me, you could probably buy most of the shop

I really like this tin opener Mixed Reviews Though

I'm with Dilys, a good set of knives would be lovely present, but could be pricey.

OOOOOHHHHHH NOOOOOOOO!!!

It is really unlucky to give someone knives as a present!!
Give them a gift voucher and tell them to buy their own knives!

Disclaimer: I am stupidly superstitious but I have no idea why the knives are bad.

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I would add good serving spoons or really nice tea-spoons/coffee spoons (where do they go)
John Lewis have nice ones with a heart shaped bowl or ones with a twist at the top.

I'd love a blowtorch for creme brulee (burned myself on hot sugar until grill. Ouch)

It's not unlucky to give knives if the recipient gives a payment in return, a pound coin will do, or a kiss.

Aaaahh. Actually my mum gave me some really good knives in self sharpening holders.
I thought she was trying to kill me off (but she's not superstitious at all).
I didn't give her anything in return though, they were a housewarming gift.

(I'll send her a pound)

I'd like a blowtorch too (but would end up eating to many creme brulee

Would also like Knives like these

A pestle and Mortar?

double ended spatular ?

A good potato masher?

Nice Over cloves?

Microplane grater. They are the dogs.

Potato ricer - no more lumpy mash.

These are my go-to kitchen gadgets of the last few years. Sort of thing you wonder how you did without before.

apple peeler corer slicer. EVERYONE is obsessed with mine!

I have the one with suction pad on base though

www.juiceland.co.uk/item--Apple-Peeler-Corer-Slicer--APPLEPEELER.html

YY to microplane grater- they are flippin brilliant (but I haven't bought a guard, so mind the fingers)

And YY to potato ricer. I used to mash my spuds and pass through a sieve (too much time on my hands but I can't do lumps)

Silicone oven gloves- DH doesn't like them, he finds them slippery , but I love 'em

JML halogen mini oven. Great for cooking yorkie puds seperately, high temp and because it's glass, you can see them without opening the door.

We also use our wet and dry grinder all the time.