Wine vacuum. This simple, inexpensive tool lets you serve leftover red wine

I'm sorry, whatover?

I don't have room for the stuff I have.

Bleagh. Stemless wine glasses. The whole point of the stem is that you're not holding the bowl of the glass, warming the wine with heat from your hands. A stemless glass doesn't even have that.

If you just wanted glasses that fit in the dishwasher, why not just use a mug, at least you wouldn't be warming the damn wine.

/Not a wine drinker.

RexTalionis: Bleagh. Stemless wine glasses. The whole point of the stem is that you're not holding the bowl of the glass, warming the wine with heat from your hands. A stemless glass doesn't even have that.

If you just wanted glasses that fit in the dishwasher, why not just use a mug, at least you wouldn't be warming the damn wine.

/Not a wine drinker.

Why dirty a mug? I just drink it from the bottle.

Diogenes: RexTalionis: Bleagh. Stemless wine glasses. The whole point of the stem is that you're not holding the bowl of the glass, warming the wine with heat from your hands. A stemless glass doesn't even have that.

If you just wanted glasses that fit in the dishwasher, why not just use a mug, at least you wouldn't be warming the damn wine.

/Not a wine drinker.

Why dirty a mug? I just drink it from the bottle.

Or the box.

I_Am_Weasel: Diogenes: RexTalionis: Bleagh. Stemless wine glasses. The whole point of the stem is that you're not holding the bowl of the glass, warming the wine with heat from your hands. A stemless glass doesn't even have that.

If you just wanted glasses that fit in the dishwasher, why not just use a mug, at least you wouldn't be warming the damn wine.

/Not a wine drinker.

Why dirty a mug? I just drink it from the bottle.

Or the box.

I'm not too proud to admit I've done that.

2. Cast iron crockpot. The cast iron lined deluxe crockpot by All-Clad runs around $250, but it makes crock pot cooking faster because browning can be done in the liner on top of the stove and transferred to the crockpot, saving time and cleanup.


Maybe because the purpose of a crockpot is to cook it slowly. I don't want to save time when I'm using one since I'll be at work. The nice part of a crockpot is it breaks down the collagen in cheaper meats and makes them wonderful.

Also:


(Never needed one, but it's an option, my crockpot cleans really easily).

Sybarite: Wine vacuum. This simple, inexpensive tool lets you serve leftover red wine

I'm sorry, whatover?

Came here to ask this exact thing.

Leftover?

Do you reach over to your left to drink the wine?

/confused

Theaetetus: Actually, you'd be surprised... For making a quick gremolata, a slap chop really is the best tool.

What are you, some sort of elitist?

/Doesn't cook because accidentally setting himself on fire once was enough.

My take on the list:

1) Immersion Blender: Good call. However if you pony up for the $25 model you'll be blending your soups until your arm falls off, cursing out the family dog and telling your husband you want a divorce. Get the $75 Viking model or equivalent, your marriage will thank you.

2) Cast Iron Crockpot: Cast Iron = Good, yet just get a farking cast iron dutch oven and use it to braise your meat like normal people of old before crock pots were invented. Same idea, use your oven and become friends with one of your most useful instruments in your kitchen. Save the counter space for the liquor bottles like we all do.

3) Appetizer Plates: Whatever, just have enough plates for what you're serving.

4) Long-handled spoons: Yes, but not whatever this author has been paid to peddle. Just go to your local restaurant supply store and pick up a small collection of various sizes at $2-3 a piece. If you buy the Williams-Sonoma ones at $8 a pop you deserve to be punched in the cooter.

5) Cast iron skillets: Yes, two french style and 1-2 black ones. Use and abuse them like the secret significant other that no one else knows about.

6) Stemless wine glasses: Fark you.

7) Wine Vacuum: Sure, whatever. Or just drink your farking wine.

8) Drying mats: What. The. Fark? Just sit your plates on kitchen towels, which you should have enough to make a farking bedsheet fort out of. Someone who throws down money on these just makes me want to go kick something cute and furry.

9) Personal blenders: If you need one, get one, you smoothie-drinking hipster douchewaffle. Just make salad dressings using a bowl and a whisk like a normal cook. You didn't built up those forearm muscles from fapping off for nothing, right?

10) Cheap tongs: Again, yes but if you buy anything other than the cheap ones from the supply store (read Oxo, Williams-Hipster-who-cant-cook, ect.) you deserve a coot-punch postehaste.

There's more useful stuff to have in the kitchen than this craptacular list, but this just seems to be made for the "weekend warriors" of the kitchen. It won't make you cook any better, just easier. Really though if you don't know how to make a simple omelet or the like you should be ruthlessly mocked posthaste.

8. Microfiber drying mats. Running out of space on the counter for handwashing dishes and pans? Whip out these handy mats when you need more drying space.

If I'm out of counter space where am I going to put this mat, on the floor?

Came for the 3 speed lettuce dryer, leaving soggy.

I'm going to speak up in defense of the microfiber drying mat. We have one in our kitchen area at work and it's great. No matter how many wet dishes we put on the rack, the counter area around the mat is always dry. It's not a life altering luxury or anything like that; but a nice little convenience.

Theaetetus: stpauler: 2. Cast iron crockpot. The cast iron lined deluxe crockpot by All-Clad runs around $250, but it makes crock pot cooking faster because browning can be done in the liner on top of the stove and transferred to the crockpot, saving time and cleanup.


Maybe because the purpose of a crockpot is to cook it slowly. I don't want to save time when I'm using one since I'll be at work.

The point of the suggestion was that you can brown your meat pieces in the crockpot insert, without having to do them in a skillet and then transfer them to the crockpot.

If you don't brown your meat first, then it would be unnecessary. But what kind of idiot doesn't brown their meat?

I just brown the meat in the crockpot. that why, the debris from the meat is in the pot. why dirty two dishes? the whole point of a crock pot is that it can be used on the stove and in the oven.

what's an insert?

Peki: Completely agree, especially on the drying mats. The fiance's family has a two-story metal drying rack, which creates much more space than a towel on a counter.

That's what I have, it's cheap and works.

Theaetetus: You're thinking Dutch Oven:
Not Crock Pot:

kbotc: That's a dutch oven, not a crock pot.

you are both very correct. I was thinking dutch oven. I did not realize that a crock pot was something specific.

however, I use the dutch oven like crazy. it's awesome for braising. the wife has used it to make some beef bourgognion. good stuff. I want an oven that gets sticky, all that brown on the walls of the pot is the good stuff.

shiat.

I already have quite a few of what is on the list, except the wine vacuum and the microfiber drying mats.

You don't need an immersion blender though or cast iron crock pot. A normal size blender works fine, especially if you are transferring the soup to a large bowl to bring to the table immediately after blending it anyways. A cast iron dutch oven will do more than the crock pot, and cost a lot less than $250.

RexTalionis: Bleagh. Stemless wine glasses. The whole point of the stem is that you're not holding the bowl of the glass, warming the wine with heat from your hands. A stemless glass doesn't even have that.

If you just wanted glasses that fit in the dishwasher, why not just use a mug, at least you wouldn't be warming the damn wine.

/Not a wine drinker.

Certain wines taste better when you warm it with your hand.

Bloody William: Stainless steel stock pot.

Stainless steel skillet.

Small cast iron skillet.

Santoku knife.

Bread knife.

Serving spoon.

Ladle.

Silicone spatula.

Cutting board.

Food Ninja.

Wire straining spoon.

Rice cooker.

Oh, and fark your stemless wine glasses, you douchebag. Although I hate wine, period. A few rocks glasses are good for cocktails, though.

Yakko: A salad fork
Dot : A dinner fork
Wakko: A butter knife
YW+D : A water glass
Yakko: A soup spoon
Dot : A dinner knife
Wakko: A fork for eating pickled bass

YW+D : An oyster fork, dessert spoon, a napkin, and a finger bowl,
A dinner spoon, a salad knife, a bread plate for your dinner roll!

And yes, fark the stemless wine glasses, something I actually don't have, but my mind blocked out the idiocy of it. A stemless wine glass sounds a hell of a lot like an expensive lowball glass.

Lt. Cheese Weasel: You need the Turnip Twaddler. You just don't know it yet.