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C. Richard Dewees These Are a Few of
Oil Company My Favorite
Things

Buck Reed
The Supermarket Gourmet

Rolling pins flattening pizzas and sweets.
Cast iron skillets that sear and brown up our meats.
Chef knives that cut up our veggies like bling.
These are a few of my favorite chef things!

24 Hr. Emergency Service As a personal bowl. Getting a silicone one that
Budget Plans chef, I have been can stand the heat of up to 400°
in more than a few can be used to stir soups and
Automatic Delivery home kitchens, so I sauces without fear of scratching
Annual Burner Contracts can tell who actually the bottom of your pan.
cooks and who Cast Iron Skillet. There is a
301-271-7303 does not. No, I do reason your grandmother used
not pass judgment, one of these for everything: they
Thurmont, MD although I would like to see more are awesome, just like her. They
people cooking. I can usually tell are great for searing steaks and
Proudly Serving Frederick County if they cook by the gadgets that poultry, and if you haven’t used
Since 1970 fill their drawers, or the lack of one to bake your cornbread you
them. Sometimes their gadgets are are missing out. This pan was
carefully put away in the packages made for pan roasting.
they came in. Tongs. These are great for
So, what kind of culinary turning food over in a hot pan, as
tools do you need? First, we must well as transferring portions to a
determine what kind of cook you plate. Note: Meat Forks are for
are. Wood workers use different slicing and serving prepared food,
tools then metal workers. One not as a cooking tool. As your
of the reasons professional chefs meat is cooking, you do not want
have so many tools is we aspire to to poke holes in it and allow the
be proficient in so many culinary juices to escape.
disciplines. Dishers (AKA ice cream scoop).
A few things or gadgets that These are great for portioning
every cook needs include the food and can be used by bakers
following: to accurately portion cookies or
drop biscuits.
Instant Read Thermometer. Mandoline Slicer. I had to
A good thermometer can help include this in the list, because
you accurately measure the when I was on cruise ships, it
temperature of cooked poultry was said I couldn’t cook without
and meats, as well as bread and one. But unless you are slicing 80
baked goods. pounds of zucchini or 75 pounds
Knives. In your kitchen, you want of potatoes, this may not be
knives that you are comfortable worth having.
using, but if you are going to
use them every day, try to use With all the fancy kitchen and
the knives that are designed for cooking gadgets coming out on TV,
specific tasks. it can be difficult deciding what you
Chinese Cleaver. This looks need and what you can do without.
like a battle ax, but when used A good rule of thumb before buying
properly, it is a precision culinary something new: Will you use it, and
instrument. With practice, it can can you use it, for more than one
be used to chop or slice most function?
anything you might need, plus
the size of it makes it great for Have a question about this article
transferring ingredients and or any articles from the past? Maybe
can even double as a make-shift you have an idea about a future
spatula. article. If so, I would love to hear
Rubber Spatula. This is great for from you at rguyinthekitchen@aol.
getting the last bit out of a mixing com.
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