Kitchen Gadgets

Hedi Mitchell said:
LOOLOL... I can't believe the kitchen overkill on here. Ya'lls kids are gonna cuss you some day..having all that stuff!:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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Maybe pissing off the heirs belongs in the Hobby thread, huh? When my mother died, the only thing I took was her box of recipes and an old Mirro spritz cookie maker, which I've used for church cookie swaps.
 
I receive my silicone poached egg cups and used them this morning.

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They work pretty well. My only ding is that they are too tall to fit in any of my pans when you put the lid on...it scrunches and contorts them. I've never owned a pan deep enough for them to fit well. It was an easy enough fix with a pair of scissors. The tall sides are meant for you to grab to take out of the pan when the eggs are done, but the silicone doesn't get hot...I was able to grab the edges with my bare fingers. They really are too deep for their intended use.

There were a little pricey ($15 for the set of 4.) You may be better off getting some smaller silicone muffin cups. They will be cheaper, they'll work better, and you can use them for other stuff.

As an aside, this is one of those Amazon products that has 4.7 Stars and 12,000 reviews. But when I read the reviews to see what others said about the height, there are a ton of other products in the reviews (like a dedicated poached egg pan with the metal insert for 4 eggs.) I hate when they do that. I didn't dig though them to see what others said about this specific product not fitting their pans.

That being said, once I trimmed them, they did the job well.
 
I have an egg poaching pan like a skillet with a metal insert for six plastic covered cups, to fit six eggs. It poaches eggs pretty well, I never have a need for six poached eggs, given that my wife doesn't like poached eggs, but I don't have to poach six eggs just because there are cups for them. My only complaint is that once I remove the first cup, I have to place it back into the poacher or risk being burned by steam coming from the uncovered hole. That's happened more than a few times because my inclination is to put them in the sink rather than back into the poacher since they need to be washed.
 
Ken Anderson said:
I have an egg poaching pan like a skillet with a metal insert for six plastic covered cups, to fit six eggs. It poaches eggs pretty well, I never have a need for six poached eggs, given that my wife doesn't like poached eggs, but I don't have to poach six eggs just because there are cups for them. My only complaint is that once I remove the first cup, I have to place it back into the poacher or risk being burned by steam coming from the uncovered hole. That's happened more than a few times because my inclination is to put them in the sink rather than back into the poacher since they need to be washed.
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When I was a teenager, I would have 4 poached eggs on toast as a late night snack. These days, 2 are sufficient. I've never poached them in anything but a hot water bath with a splash of white vinegar.

These cups work well, for as often [rarely] as I eat poached eggs. You boil 1/2" of water, put the eggs in the cups, put the cups in the water, and put the lid on the pan. The instructions say to poach/steam them for 5-10 minutes. 5 minutes was just a little too long...the edge of the yolk had started to cook.
 
I like the egg poacher more than just dumping them into hot water, I think, because I melt some butter in the cup first, and that adds to the flavor. I do have trouble with the timing, as it isn't unusual for the first egg to be wasted because the whites are still soft. Although I don't mind if the yolk is cooked through, I prefer the yolks to be slightly soft.
 
Ken Anderson said:
I like the egg poacher more than just dumping them into hot water, I think, because I melt some butter in the cup first, and that adds to the flavor. I do have trouble with the timing, as it isn't unusual for the first egg to be wasted because the whites are still soft. Although I don't mind if the yolk is cooked through, I prefer the yolks to be slightly soft.
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I like my yolks runny and the whites to be set (fried eggs are always over easy.) Maybe these work because the bottom of the cup sits on the hot bottom of the pan, so they kinda get cooked and steamed at the same time. I thought of rubbing butter on the inside of the cups but opted for cooking spray...the cups do need to be lubricated. The eggs slid right out.
 
My amazon gift cards form the Apple Watch Study have started to arrive, so today i ordered a Ninja Foodi Everyfay 6.5 , which is the smaller one, and should be perfect for just the two of us.
I am sure that i have a rice cooker, but when I looked for it, it was nowhere to be found, and I imagine i sent it to be rehomed when i was doing keto/Low carb, and not cooking rice.
Now, I am really happy with the Starch Solution foods, and rice is back on the menu again, especially brown rice, which is my favorite anyway.

I had looked at the Ninja Foodie before, but was not sure i would use it enough to be worth the price, and when I started looking at rice cookers, the Foodi popped up in my results.
We used to have one of the old Ninja Cookers, and i loved making roast chicken in it, and even the small 6.5 Foodie is large enough to roast a chicken, as well as being a slow cooker, and has settings for rice, pasta, and oatmeal. So, it should replace my rice cooker, and my slow cooker, as well as being able to sear foods that i am roasting if I am cooking a roast or a chicken.
Even though I am eating vegetarian right now, I have an “anything meal” on Sundays, so a chicken or pot roast could happen then.

 
Have any of you heard of non-stick aluminum foil? For all the years I've been cooking, I recently ran across it for the first time, being called for in a baked candied pecans recipe. I had none on hand the first time I made the nuts and tried regular foil with Pam, but it didn't work out very well, so I bought a roll of it and have used it twice. Other that the baked candied nuts, I can't imagine any other use for it...but it works well for sticky treats.
 
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I bought these several years ago and get a lot of use out of them:

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They hold Ziplok bags so your hands are free to fill them. The arms raise & lower for the different size bags.
 
John Brunner said:
Have any of you heard of non-stick aluminum foil? For all the years I've been cooking, I recently ran across it for the first time, being called for in a baked candied pecans recipe. I had none on hand the first time I made the nuts and tried regular foil with Pam, but it didn't work out very well, so I bought a roll of it and have used it twice. Other that the baked candied nuts, I can't imagine any other use for it...but it works well for sticky treats.
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I have seen the non-stick foil but never bought any that I recall.
 
John Brunner said:
Have any of you heard of non-stick aluminum foil? For all the years I've been cooking, I recently ran across it for the first time, being called for in a baked candied pecans recipe. I had none on hand the first time I made the nuts and tried regular foil with Pam, but it didn't work out very well, so I bought a roll of it and have used it twice. Other that the baked candied nuts, I can't imagine any other use for it...but it works well for sticky treats.
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I have used non-stick foil for many years for various things, especially for holiday baking. It works great when making, spiced pecans, fudge, and Oreo bark. I also use it for roasting vegetables on a cookie sheet, and oven fries.
 
John Brunner said:
Have any of you heard of non-stick aluminum foil? For all the years I've been cooking, I recently ran across it for the first time, being called for in a baked candied pecans recipe. I had none on hand the first time I made the nuts and tried regular foil with Pam, but it didn't work out very well, so I bought a roll of it and have used it twice. Other that the baked candied nuts, I can't imagine any other use for it...but it works well for sticky treats.
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I make a lot of candid almonds with Jalapeno. Hart candy stage. Regular foil works well. If you found something that works - great,
 
With hand issues, I started having trouble opening jars. After trying a few pliers-type products, I found this one. Works perfectly & it's inexpensive.
One reason it works so well is you hold the jar with both hands & twist the jar; not the tool.
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