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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: rosmitchell1000 on January 28, 2012, 05:21:12 am
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I've just moved overseas and need to set up with kitchen with the basics all over again. I've just got my *: so I want to know what other items of kitchen equipment do you still use with the *: and what stuff do you never use anymore. So far I've got some scrapers, chopping board, a sharp knife and a baking dish (use it for rolls, biscuits etc too).
Thanks for your help.
Ros
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Ros, I would want a cake tin that could double as a bread tin. Also lots of plastic containers for ingredients and to store cooked food. A cheap electric egg beater. A silmat is very handy.. A good silicon spatula. A lot depends on how long you will be staying.
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Like chookie LOTS of plastic storage containers for all the ingredients.
What do you normally use your TMX for? I bake lots of cakes, cookies, bread etc so I use my cake tins, tart tins and silpat mat a lot. Spatulas, apple corer ( I have been having CADA for breakfast), vegetable peeler, good quality knives, oven trays and my egg separator ( I could never see the point of these until someone gave me one and now I love it!)
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cake tins, bread tin, trays for baking, pyrex dishes for freezing meals, then straight to the oven/ dishwasher.
Robyn :)
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Ros I'd sit down with pen and paper and think of things you would make/eat for a couple of days. I'd then look at the list and write down what I need for them.
I'd have a good knife/bread knife, containers for my flour etc, plastic containers for bits and pieces, a couple of bowls, a tray for baking, a 20cm round cake tin, a casserole, a rolling pin, wooden spoon, a hand mixer, measuring spoons and cups, a measuring jug, a frying pan, salt and pepper shakers or grinders. Possibly a multi purpose nice serving bowl.
A vegie peeler too.
Perhaps go to a store that sells this stuff and have a good look round to see what you need.
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Ros, I have moved into a small unit for a few years in a remote area so didnt bring much equipement except my TM, sharp knives and a handheld blender. I have since bought a coffee machine and grinder (essential!), muffin tin (nearly all cake mixtures become muffins, so I can freeze left overs), waffle machine, and sandwich press and a halogen bench top oven. Also a few casserole type dishes and small ramkins.
We use the waffle machine for breakfasts on a weekend and left overs are frozen as a sandwich base for me. (fermented rice recipe from Quirky Jo). Sandwich press is mainly used to grill haloumi and eggplant.
The bench top oven was purely because I hate the oven in the unit as it cooks breads etc OK, but not meats and veggies. (Yeah, I probably am a princess!). Just had a look in the kitchen and have bought lots of small gadgets - shredders, juicers etc.
I am very well set up for me - so agree have a really good look at what you like to cook and how you like to cook it and go from there.
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Thanks for the tips ladies. I'm here for 2--3 years but will ship whatever I have back to Australia so nothing will be wasted.
Cheers,
Ros
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... colander, rolling pin, small 1 litre jug, stainless steel bowls in different sizes, silicon basting brush, jar opener, can opener, can strainer, casserole dish, lasagne dish, slice tin...