Favourite kitchen gadgets

My hand whisk and grinder, use both all the time.

My self cleaning oven. It is wonderful. Press a few buttons and off it goes. The other thing I love is my Berro book.

My favourite kitchen gadget is this round mandoline slicer
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I cut with this all kinds of vegetables in seconds.

Knife.

Has anyone bought any left handed gadgets which they have found useful?

I wouldn't want to be without my left handed bread knife. I never knew until I got it what a difference it would make to the simple act of slicing a loaf.

My Phillips hand held electric whisk. I have had it for 40 years, and it makes the best mashed potato ever.

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Kitty thank you for helping. It was for my DS but he's been a pain today so he can find them himself . And it's only the first proper day of the holidays!

I wouldn't be without my electric steamer. It was bought as a present years ago and I thought it might be another gadget that cluttered up the cupboard. But I find it so useful, vegetables and rice cook perfectly. Makes a great steamed pudding too!

My stick blender is my greatest standby. Ideal for smooth soups and for smoothies made with fruit and natural yoghurt. I also love my jar key. I have two in case I can't find one of them!

I love my green bean shredder thingy - you push the runner bean through, it slices it and removes the side bits.
And my Kitchen Devils little knife I've had for 38 years, it's lost its tip but I use it every day.

I love my hands free can opener, you just press the button and off it goes.
I also love my bread maker, it is currently busy baking a maple and oatmeal loaf for tomorrow.

I value my set of plastic funnels. There really isn't any alternative, if you don't count rolling a piece of paper into a cone - not usually successful.

I used to buy lefthanded things Ruby but most things seem to be ambidextrous nowadays or I've got less cack-handed. My potato peeler works both handed as do my scissors. Not sure what else there would be that is specific though, when I have pressed post, I will think of loads.

I have many of the above, so it was quite hard to think of something else (except my version of anniegran's only works once a week) but it has to be either a herb chopper that you just roll over the herbs, it has lots of blades, or a meat funnel with a handle and a removable filter at the bottom. You can pour liquids through it into bottles and jars, and it filters out bits for you at the same time. I do a lot of bottling, so it's very useful.

My bread maker. I walk downstairs and there's the delicious smell of home cooked bread every morning. It also makes pizza bases.

Has anyone bought any left handed gadgets which they have found useful?

I also use the straw to hull strawberries. Gives a beautiful finish.

I have a jar opener that my grandfather bought over 60 years ago. It's basically just a pair of curved, hinged handles but it works brilliantly. I have to be careful with it as the hinge is getting very fragile but I've never seen another one quite like it.

My wand type blender, perfect for blending soup in the pan.
I used to have to tip the soup into the liquidiser, blend it then tip it back into the pan. Too much kerfuffle by far!

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Oh my best bargain ever was a plastic cherry stoner bought from Lakeland for 50p. It is still going strong and I use it for olives as well. I used to worry about it breaking but I see Lakeland now do one in metal.