Cooking & Baking

usonian

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14. Cooking for one here. I mostly use:

Sat Dec 28, 2024, 01:44 PM

Dec 28

Microwave, Wolf countertop oven I got on sale ( because most ovens are many degrees off), air fryer, toaster or tiny Dash toaster (so small, it's fast) and since I cleaned the damn range top, an electric plate or two.

TBH, since we use propane here, it burns hotter than nat gas and I use electric burners to simmer lower than I can maintain the gas flame without it going out. Not happy with diffusers.

I took out the AllClad electric side by side griddle - flat and grooved removable surfaces
-- and that has been useful lately. It tempts me to make pancakes. Hmmmmm.

Where are you?, if you care to share. I am downsizing and have extra serving pieces and misc. good stuff. Sierra Nevada foothills here.

Still trying to get popovers to pop.

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hey cookers- i'm outfitting a new kitchen for mid-term rental. i cd use some opinions. [View all] mopinko Dec 28 OP

A blender, toaster, and a small food processor. nt Phoenix61 Dec 28 #1

yeah, i thought about a toaster, fersher. mopinko Dec 28 #2

For the blender thing... 2naSalit Dec 28 #25

A Panini press. flying rabbit Dec 28 #3

Toaster oven with air fryer SheltieLover Dec 28 #4

How about a toaster oven leftieNanner Dec 28 #5

The big deal killer for my wife and I is flimsy uncomfortable Ikea furniture, cheap kitchen knives and no desk dutch777 Dec 28 #6

furniture is all high quality, gently used early american. mopinko Dec 28 #12

i have an oxo hand can opener. i like it, but mopinko Dec 28 #20

we use a toaster oven most. pansypoo53219 Dec 28 #7

Decent set of knives with steel. cachukis Dec 28 #8

i'm hoping my friend has some knives at her antique store. mopinko Dec 28 #10

I'd love to see a spice rack with spices FullySupportDems Dec 28 #9

yeah, i wouldnt design a kitchen w/o a dishwasher. mopinko Dec 28 #11

Dark kitchens are a pet peeve of mine FullySupportDems Dec 28 #36

the electrician screwed up and forgot the 3 light fixture over the main counter area. mopinko Dec 28 #40

Good on you getting the lighting fixed in that kitchen FullySupportDems Dec 28 #45

I would probaly like Old Crank Dec 28 #13

there's a whole street full of them in chgo. mopinko Dec 28 #15

Cooking for one here. I mostly use: usonian Dec 28 #14

i'm in chgo. mopinko Dec 28 #16

An air fryer. greatauntoftriplets Dec 28 #17

I second this. happybird Dec 28 #18

They're amazing. greatauntoftriplets Dec 28 #19

does it make toast? mopinko Dec 28 #21

It's like a mini-convection oven happybird Dec 28 #22

I've never tried. greatauntoftriplets Dec 28 #23

Air fryer/convection oven is awesome. Didn't think I'd use it, but use it all the time and it is great. Attilatheblond Dec 28 #33

Same! I got one for Christmas a few years ago and thought it would just gather dust happybird Dec 28 #35

Pot stickers don't stick on parchment in the air fryer Attilatheblond Dec 28 #37

Yes customerserviceguy Dec 28 #39

I got some! ExoticMei Dec 28 #24

very helpful, tho i think it's also quite different. mopinko Dec 28 #30

Sounds lovely wryter2000 Dec 28 #26

I have found that if you don't have... 2naSalit Dec 28 #27

it's not that bad. mopinko Dec 28 #29

Good point... 2naSalit Dec 28 #32

i rly shd sell this old barn and move somewhere smaller. mopinko Dec 28 #41

An instantpot would be great. mahina Dec 28 #28

yeah, i have 1 i dont use. mopinko Dec 28 #31

Go to Le Creuset's website ... Tarzanrock Dec 28 #34

that's a rly good idea. mopinko Dec 28 #43

I worry that a tenant might not know care of enameled cast iron. No thermal shock and no metal utensils on the enamel. usonian Dec 28 #46

I got a big Lodge brand enameled cast iron skillet with lid a few years back happybird Dec 28 #48

Titanium cutting board is much safer than wood or plastic. applegrove Dec 28 #38

never heard of such a thing. mopinko Dec 28 #42

My niece works for a resort company and they just bought applegrove Dec 28 #44

One more thing! A removable lid for items in the microwave. usonian Dec 28 #47