/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I'm considering letting my live in the kitchen again

how else would you prepare toast and, more importantly, somewhat stale bread.

seriously. somewhat stale bread out of a toaster is the state every bread should aspire to be in.

then again, i'm german, my relationship to bread might be a bit different than the rest of the world's.

>>6122983
I'm thinking of getting a toaster oven to replace my toaster and my microwave.

Honestly, unless you are are seriously cooking rice 3 times a day: A rice cooker.

Otherwise I'd say one of those stupid as seen on TV "infrared" countertop convection cookers. But nobody actually owns those.

>>6122997
Oven grill, or are ovens banned in Germany after WW2?

>>6123009
i think my oven uses much more energy than my toaster plus it takes a lot longer to heat.

I have a toaster and I use it a couple of times a year. It's convenient

I also have a rice cooker that I use every day, but I still don't knock people with toasters because honestly they don't take up all that much space

This >>6122993
>>6122993
>>6122993
is one of the most useless things ever. That and electric woks. Fuck electric woks.

>>6123015
Yeah but I think OP's point is toasters take up a bit of space and only really have one purpose.

>>6123019
there's definitely more useless one-purpose-appliances out there though.

Electric crepe makers


Yeah, I love crepes. You can also make them on a nonstick pan just fine. I don't waste storage space with a waffle iron, but at least a waffle iron you literally can't make waffles without.

>>6123022
I don't speak hitler, what is it?

>>6122983
Toasters are useful for making toast. I have toast pretty much everyday, and I'm not normally in a state to do much more than slot bread into a hole in the morning.

>>6123026
an egg boiler.

the only wikipedia articles on it are in german, dutch and luxembourgish, so i'm guessing nobody outside germanic countries has heard of that.

>>6123022

>>6123022
How is it useless? It hardcooks eggs perfectly. I can see any number of reasons why someone would use that regularly.

>>6123022
this reminds me of a toy I had. Egg shaped figures that sat in a spaceship with clear dome cockpit lid

>>6123034

You can boil eggs in a pot of water, and you literally don't even have to clean the pot.

>>6123034
but it's pretty easy to boil eggs in a pot. i grew up with one of those and i still think they are useless. if you really need an appliance to hold your hand while boiling your eggs, pic related takes up less space in your kitchen.

>>6123039
>>6123038
>>6123034
>boiling eggs and not steaming them

no wonder you guys think you need an appliance

>>6123045
that appliance actually does steam them.

>>6123038

dirty nigga wash yo pots when u cook

>errything smell like old egg in yo house

>>6123045

>Implying you can't get still get delicious runny yolk by softboiling them

>>6123051
>implying you've ever even seen a fresh egg

you have to age eggs for like a month if you're going to boil them

Really depends on your food habits, for example i eat a lot of bread so a toaster is very usefull , while a rice cooker I don't need since i eat rice like once a week

>>6123054
w-what

Most useless kitchen appliance? Definitely the banana slicer. But it makes for hilarious internet reviews.

http://www.amazon.com/Hutzler-571-Banana-Slicer/dp/B0047E0EII/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420679466&sr=8-1&keywords=banana+slicer

>>6123039
>>6123039
does it sing or something?

>>6122983
gimmick appliances

>>6123064
i guess there are different versions, the one i know from a friend plays three different songs indicating different levels of doneness (soft, medium, hard). you store it with the eggs in the fridge.

>>6123060
kek

waffle irons are pretty useless

>>6122983
Hello everyone. I got a tripcode! I'm the food truck Phd as some of you know. Just acquainting myself with the board so you all know who I am.

Anyways... I think a toaster is useful if you eat a lot of toast, bagels, and the like. I think it is okay to use the Toaster Oven if you don't have much space, and this is actually what I do. I think there are obviously a lot of gimmicky appliances you see on TV that are for the extremely lazy

>>6123106
Post dick

>>6123106
Please jump into the nearest river and don't hold your breath until your lungs are filled with water

>>6123106
please kill yourself. rambling old guy is the only one true /ck/ savior.

>>6123106
and once again a tripfag adds nothing of value to any discussion.

>>6123008
Except me because my step dad got one for free, it does its job

>>6123060
Oh wow. I need more reviews of useless products.

>>6123019
>only really have one purpose
does no one else cook hamburger patties in their toaster?

>>6123257
Even if it fully cooked the patty, I imagine it would make the toaster smell bad.

>>6123175
>square

>>6123299
This is everything I want in life. Please tell me this is a real product.

>>6123309
Nah, it's just a joke box from The Onion. You can find them on amazon.

>>6123106
Hey alright! It's this fuckin guy! How's the anti lunch truck quest going? Although I hate you for being such an assmad faggot for start I g shit with the city over getting the wrong order, I really am interested to hear how it goes. I can't believe you really got a trip, I was the one who told you to do it last week or something

>>6123175
>"makes a square egg"
fuck

>>6123299
all those fucking crumbs on the keyboard

>>6122983
Kill yourself.

>>6123022
What about it?
Toasters are in nearly every home. This egg thing isn't part of the question.

>>6122983
it's either toaster or rice cooker, both are useless

I'm not sure if I used mine yet in 2015 but I haven't used a blender either, I'm still keeping them.
Good toasted bagel once a a month and it earns it's keep I reckon

>>6124573
I used my rice cooker to make orzo pasta last night

>>6122993
Sandwich toasters are fucking boss. I use mine all the time. Just about any left over can be made awesome again my encapsulating it in crispy buttery toast in one of those things. You can make an toasted egg sandwich and a pancake in the same device at the same time.

>>6124621

Yeah, but you can do that with a plain ol frying pan. No need to buy anything special for it.

>>6124573
Rice cooker? Nah. It's nice not to have to waste burner space and a larger pot on rice. Plus, the rice is perfectly steamed.

>>6122983

what drives me crazy is that when I only want one piece of toast I end up having to throw the other piece away.
arggghhh

>>6124624
The sandwich toaster seals up the sides of the sandwich so the contents don't fall out. They become little pockets of food. It is pretty nice actually.

Pic related, my dad got me one like 3 years ago and I haven't used it once. Probably because whenever I need to blend something, it's a big-ass portion and I just use my regular blender.

>>6124586
How did it come out?

What I'm making eggs I'll just throw some bread on the pan and make it that way instead of using a toaster. What is wrong with this?

>>6124641
Nothing, but if you have a big breakfast going you may need that pan for something else at the same time. You can put a toaster on top of a fridge for all it matters while it makes toast.

It won't taste as good and the texture will be different though.

>>6124636
A stick blender will blend a big portion easier than a regular blender.
If your boiling up soup in a big ass pot just use stick blender in there, less washing up, no need to transfer soup from pot to big blender.

>>6124636
>>6124662
Yep, I use mine all the time. Cook up a soup, blend it once all the ingredients have gone to mush, cook a bit more and done, all in the same pot. you can omit stuff you don't want blended at the start if you want.

Incidentally there's no point in getting a slow cooker, or a rice cooker. A pressure cooker can do the same thing as well as pressure cook.

Electric can opener. Unless you have severe arthritis I don't see the point.

>no thermomix

Step it up fags. $2000 for a thing that does normal things but with slightly less mess

>>6123009
underrated post

>>6123019
Kettles take up space and only really have one purpose.

You can boil water on the hob

Can someone convince me not to get a waffle iron ?

I make oat pancakes most days for breakfast. and thought I could just dump the batter into one and make delicious waffles

Am i wrong ?

>>6125516
They're a pain in the ass to clean.

>>6125535

But removable plates though ?

>>6124629
>rice in a sandwich

>>6123009
>or are ovens banned in Germany after WW2?

>>6123060
>that one guy bitching that it curves the wrong way

>>6125507
u chatting shit about me kettle m8?

>>6123299
>Make up to 4 pieces of toast in 30 minutes!

>>6125516
don't know if your still here but my dad has with changeable plates so it can be a sandwich press and a flat top for pancakes.

he uses it all the time because the plates take up less room in a dishwasher

>>6124629
that's what tortillas or pitas are for

>>6123060
>In a city of a thousand bananas there is always a story
That's fucking beautiful.

oh my fucking god I hate unitaskers
my gf got like 1000 of them from her mother and I hate all of them except the sandwich maker.

>>6125721
Get a cast iron food press and a grooved cast iron pan.
Pressed and toasted sandwich possibilities increased massively, and not limited to sandwiches, takes up less space, most likely much easier to clean, and extremely durable.
Not dissing the end product, just the machine, which is ridiculous.

>>6124621
I like these things a lot but I can't justify buying one with the lack of space in my shitty bachelor apartment kitchen. Maybe when I get a bigger apartment.

Goddamn, now I really want to try and make pancakes it in.

>fill with fruit compote
>delicious as fuck

I once saw some magazine making fun of egg slicers, but I grew up with one always in the kitchen. It makes adorable perfect egg slices and I eat hardboiled eggs enough to actually get decent use out of it.

What other things can you cook with a sandwich press?

>>6125702
Do you know which one it is? I want to check it out.

>>6123163
Here ya go, not kitchen related but still
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Avoid-Huge-Ships-John-Trimmer/dp/0870334336

>>6123019
>[toasters] only really have one purpose.

Toaster: Howdy doodly do. How's it going? I'm Talkie, Talkie Toaster, your chirpy breakfast companion. Talkie's the name, toasting's the game. Anyone like any toast?
Lister: Look, I don't want any toast, and he doesn't want any toast. In fact, no one around here wants any toast. Not now, not ever. No toast.
Toaster: How 'bout a muffin?
Lister: Or muffins. Or muffins. We don't like muffins around here. We want no muffins, no toast, no teacakes, no buns, baps, baguettes or bagels, no croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes and no hot-cross buns and definitely...no smegging flapjacks.
Toaster: Aah, so you're a waffle man!

>>6125922
I ended up finding the whole amazon section. Thanks though!
http://www.amazon.com/Funniest-Amazon-Product-Reviews/lm/RM0256CJKINZJ

>>6125535
you just wipe them out after they cool. maybe scrape a little with a wood spoon.

>>6123055
You should see a doctor.

>>6125669
And you know that the toast from this thing is more like crispy stale bread,

Ever hear of a popcorn maker? you can't make a sandwich in it

>>6122983
garlic press

>>6126950
get fucked

>>6124573
>Edgemotron r9k up in here.
A rice cooker is immensely useful for space saving and helps cook easily. I save money by using it to cook rice and whatever to pair with it making multiple dinners and whatnot. So no not useless.

>>6124629
It's nice but useless. I mean it's nifty but with ingredient management and paying attention you can get amazing results without having to worry about food falling out

>>6125516
Get a good one. Don't go cheap. Otherwise, waffle irons are great investment.

>>6126950
I was going to buy that but then realized the best part of chopping garlic is the smell on your fingers for days. Mmmm.

What I want to know is why toaster dials go up to 10 when anything over like 4 is burnt inedible shit.

>>6124628
hahaahah hahaha oh ha

jeez, i actually lol'd at that

>>6123060
As sold by Billy Mays:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROn5o91t0ck

http://www.amazon.com/Bfloweryan-Corn-Kerneler-Kitchen-Tool/dp/B005F02FQW/

>>6127155
>rape repellant for fat chicks

>>6127162
>implying they need it

>>6127282
most probably think they do

>>6123008
Hey.
Hey.
Hey, I use mine for steaming as well. S' okay.

>>6124629
>>6124621
>>6122993

I wish there were sandwich toasters with bigger cavities in them ... the ones I ever had were so thin ...

>>6123054
Lies. Kept chickens. Boiled eggs all the time. Tasted great. No aging required. Your bait is not as delicious.

I just really realized how completely useless muffin tins are. It's all about the cosmetic of the food which is kinda ridiculous when you think about it. I mean I know it's important but unless you are making those things once a week why on earth would one be in your cupboard? Just make muffin cookies and frost em all fancy.

Toasters and clamshell grills. Pfffft.

I'm going to buy something like this soon. THIS is how you make grilled cheese, pancakes, bacon, sausage, burgers, eggs, etc. This plus my grill and smoker, and I can finally do all my cooking outside. Oh, and I'm going to need a new propane deep fryer.

>>6123067
I want to put my dick in it

>>6125516
They cost $20 and could be thrown away without remorse

>toaster to make toast
I thought toasters toast toast.

>>6122993
damn havent used one in well over a decade. would love one in my possession right now...

>>6128595
Flattops indeed motherfucker. Though the steel on that one should be a little thicker to help it keep a temperature should you need to cover the damned thing.

>400 cover night
>choke weak little charbroiler and flattop
>one of the cooler breaks
FUCK!

I use my toaster more often than any other appliance. On some days I'll use the stove and/or the oven for dinner, sometimes I'll use the microwave for something, but every single morning I throw bread in the toaster because not only can I not fuck it up when I'm still basically asleep, but also because it only takes a couple of minutes which is about how much time I have for breakfast

>>6130934
the toaster toasts bread fagget

>>6130934
>>6133573
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkrCWWumg1I

As odd as it is, I don't think I've used a rolling pin in years...

>>6123019
>>6123015
have you guys never heard of a toaster oven?

>>6123175
>made in China

Well shit...

Why are toasters useless?
Toast is good.

Citrus press

>>6133573
You mean baguette?

>>6133647
i have not. what is it?

>>6133643
You don't make tortillas or sopapillas, do you?

>>6128834
I thought you were replying to
>>6127155

Useless machines?

>>6135573

>>6124573
Rice cooker's also good for soups and stews.

>>6124629
>They become little pockets of food
Little pockets of (technically) dairy based magma you mean, exploding violently over your face and chest.

Instant boiling water

Bread baking machine

Gelato maker

Electric rotisserie

>mfw I own all of these and never use them

>>6135658
Those suck.

Had been working in a large kitchen a few months where we had a small pump for dish soap built into the sink, I come home to my folks, see a familliar mini-tap on their new kitchen sink and go to work washing the dishes.

That was a fun christmas.

>>6135658
...would shatter that glass pitcher

>>6134831
an over the size of a toaster

>>6135702
apparently not...