Favourite kitchen gadgets

Pineapple corer! Best thing for the summer. I hate cutting up pineapple and used to avoid buying them even though I love eating them.

And as a bonus you are left with a lovely hollowed pineapple, perfect for pina coladas

I want one

not really a gadget but i always always use my cake release spray when i'm baking - it's honestly a wonder product! think it's dr oetker but not sure bl***y great though

My onion comb, recommended on a similar thread years ago. No more smelly fingers!
onion holder

I also wouldn't want to be without my ring-pull tool.

I also love my ring pull tool - from Lakeland.

My hand held runner bean stringer.

Not only removes the outer hard bit it slices so think the beans are lovely on salad.

Also my V Slicer but I did chop the tip of my finger on it, OUCH.

Just bought an onion chopper, no more smelly fingers & tears. I wish I had bought one years ago!

My garlic wheel. Just pop a clove inside, run it up and down the worktop and hey presto..finely chopped garlic.

My little black knife - just an ordinary kitchen knife bought many years ago, but used and sharpened so often that the blade is thin and flexible but still remains strong.

A pair of long tongs for flipping over items in a pan, grill or oven. I bought a new set a few months ago but I still have my trusty pair given to me 40 years ago for lifting spaghetti out of a pan.

I am sure if I had one of those Kitchen Aid food processors you see on bake off it would be my favourite

i'm with you there whitewave - have been after one of those for a few years now but just can't bring myself to spend that amount of money in case i don't use it enough to justify it. On the other hand i did go positively mad last night in sainsbury's and bought a strawberry huller - it's shaped like a strawberry, which is nice...but it also means i don't get painful nails from digging our the stalks! which was a pet hate of mine

A sort of silicone tube that you roll garlic cloves inside and they come out sans skin. Brilliant! It came in a set with a little ceramic plate with spiky bits on that is supposed to reduce said garlic to a mush, but it is useless.

A food processor i bought in a charity shop for £9, bargain , now i can make better pastry, can't use my hands as they are too hot !

My "jar key" must be my favourite. It releases the vacuum on a new jar of just about anything, when your wrists and fingers are not strong enough. Mine was sent to me by the manufacturer of a brand of chutney, when I couldn't open it, and wrote to them. Bless them, they sent me this gadget, and it's been priceless.

My grandmother's nutcrackers. They are over 100 years old and absolutely invaluable for opening small bottle tops like lemonade or ketchup.

I am going to get myself one of those onion combs. What an ingenious gadget

Twostep, I was going to say my strawberry huller is my favourite gadget too! Really makes the job a lot quicker, easier and less messy.

Totally agree -as a maker of loads of lakes - couldn't do with the spray !

Agree about cake release spray - indispensable for making sponge flan cases (hate the bought ones).

Egg pricker. Prevents eggs cracking when being boiled, which they used to do occasionally even though I keep them at room temperature.

Well, somebody has to say it - my indispensable, lovely husband is the one kitchen gadget I depend on absolutely. He is currently in HIS kitchen (he doesn't welcome visitors) making gammon with rice and vegetables, his own recipe, followed by fruit salad and cream. In about half an hour he will be up with my glass of white wine and a bowl of nuts.

No, I'm not making it up. We've been together for 35 years and I'm not swopping him for an onion peeler or a tin opener. Unfortunately we have both put on loads of weight since he took over the cooking. Nothing good comes without a price.

I have a mincer that shreds orange skins perfectly for marmalade. I lent it to a friend who broke it and I replaced it from ebay.

AnnieGran

Cherry stoner. If you get the angle right the stones shoot out the bottom of the cherries, making a noise like a little popgun. Good for pies and crumbles.