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[QUESTION] What are your favorite spices to use in soups?
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My first is this silicon spatula. It's construction isnt just a silicon tip with wooden handle. Its the red silicon for much more of the handle, which I've felt makes it easier to clean and last longer, since gunk isnt getting wedged between the handle and tip. I like it so much I have two.
The second is probably just a spray bottle with water and dish soap. I clean up messes and the stove and countertops with it, and it's incredibly convenient.
microplane (much, much more than a "zester") - relatively under-known, but a true godsend
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Upgrade to a box grater. Slice, grate, shred, zest all in one.
What do you do with this other than zesting? I tried searching and I see something about grating hard cheese but that's it.
Grinding garlic instead of finely chopping it. You don't even have to peel it first. The peel is tougher and will just come off instead of being grated.
Knife, obv. My second favourite is also a knife. My third favourite is another knife. My fourth favourite is an ancient wooden spatula which has become exactly the right shape for my fifth favourite enamelled Dutch oven.
Dreamfarm stuff is the best in my experience, I love it!
Besides the workhorse knives (the tools most used have to be of good quality), my favorite misc item is a Rosle bar spoon I got 20 years ago. It's more a proper spoon shape than other bar spoons, with a bowl shaped spoon and straight handle, and it's like 12 inches long. I use it at least a few times a week.
Sadly long discontinued, and I can't even find a picture online anymore.
Use all the time:
silicon spatula
strainer spoon
ss measuring cups with little pour spouts - The things are so solid they could probably stop a bullet. lol
ss rectangular measuring spoons - Don't get round ones, get rectangular ones, that way they actually fit into the mouths of spice bottles.
Less used but glad I have them:
thermopen - It greatly improved my meat cooking. no more guesswork
zester - I have a zester that goes on a finger and you palm it. works great and holds the shavings in a plastic cup until you pop it off and empty it. I've never found one that works as nicely as this.
box grater - I've ignored this for too long and I'm realizing it is better than 99% of the gizmos out there for cheese and such.
Swiss Classic Tomato and Table Knife That I use as a "sandwich knife" every day for slicing buns or baguettes, butter, anything you'd put on toast or a sandwich gets cut with this knife. I use it over any specialized bread or tomato knife.
Hands down my wooden chopsticks, wooden spoon or wooden spatula. I use at least one of these guys for everything I cook. I also don't want anything plastic in my kitchen - the packaging is bad enough as is.
My Sunbeam egg cooker. Not sure it qualifies as a utensil?
I just stick two eggs in, plus the amount of water indicated for two eggs, and soon two soft boiled eggs are ready. No fuss, no guesswork.
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