Gadgets

Earlier this week a young friend asked me what was my favourite gadget. Without giving it too much thought I replied that I’m not a gadget person and that I don’t appreciate gifts with plugs on… ! We recently had a trip to Norwich where I enjoyed perusing all the kitchenalia in the Lakeland store but walked past the spiralisers and nutri whatnots, only buying paper cases and toothpicks. So it was during this week, when I’d made a batch of soup, that I went to my machinery cupboard and took out the stick blender – that’s it! My favourite gadget. I’ve had it for many years and used it frequently as it also has a mini chopping thing (perfect for making breadcrumbs) which is run by the detachable handle. Then the tall narrow part twists in to the handle too and since it’s plastic doesn’t scratch any pans when resting on the base and drawing in the lumps of vegetables through the arches around the base. Am I giving you a picture of this thing ? My runner-up in the usefulness stakes would be my food processor closely followed by the apple segmenter – useful for pears too – which came from Pampered chef and other makes can be found in most supermarkets these days….but the mango cutter ? Hasn’t seen the light of day for a while. What about you ? What would your most useful gadget be ?