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Cooking & Baking

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30. with the rice cooker a close runner-up

Reply to northoftheborder (Reply #19)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 12:00 AM

Feb 2013

I thought it was superfluous until I got one: now it's "let's start the rice while we decide what the rest of dinner will be", and let it do its thing without any more human intervention.

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Quick, name a kitchen invention that you really like. [View all] Denninmi Feb 2013 OP

Fire Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #1

Yeah, that's kind of important. Denninmi Feb 2013 #2

In college, I'd have said the toaster oven, now it's the microwave cooker. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #3

Ice box that became refrigerator. pinto Feb 2013 #4

Since my go-to for a very very quick nutritious on the go "meal" hlthe2b Feb 2013 #5

Crock pot Freddie Feb 2013 #6

Immersion blender LancetChick Feb 2013 #7

That's what sprung to my mind as well. noamnety Feb 2013 #17

I love blended soups of all kinds. cbayer Feb 2013 #18

That's mine, too Warpy Feb 2013 #20

Cast iron skillet Major Nikon Feb 2013 #8

was just about to post this fizzgig Feb 2013 #9

The stove and oven follow Major Nikon Feb 2013 #12

i will say i am a fan of the dishwasher fizzgig Feb 2013 #13

I use my dishwasher every day Major Nikon Feb 2013 #25

Hand down the stick blender. cbayer Feb 2013 #10

Immersion blenders. GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #11

My microwave. Graybeard Feb 2013 #14

The Wok OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2013 #15

Microplane grater. Snarkoleptic Feb 2013 #16

Appliance: dishwasher; gadget: microplane grater northoftheborder Feb 2013 #19

with the rice cooker a close runner-up Retrograde Feb 2013 #30

Convection for cooking. Glassunion Feb 2013 #21

my keurig coffee maker. boston bean Feb 2013 #22

Coffee/spice grinder. Liberal Jesus Freak Feb 2013 #23

Celphalon non-stick pan bif Feb 2013 #24

I am a kitchen gadget junkie, one of my prized possessions is a flatbread electric press that I've mother earth Feb 2013 #26

Parchment paper. sir pball Feb 2013 #27

Nutmeg grater kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #28

I'm a fan of many of the things mentioned Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #29

peeler guardian Feb 2013 #31

we have this onion chopper that we could not live without sad-cafe Feb 2013 #32