What's a kitchen gadget you can't live without?
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ConfidentDig5972@reddit
Definitely a decent meat thermometer! Thermapens are phenomenal bits of kit. Also use it for dough especially for checking pizza dough or sourdough.
Bit pricey but I’ve bought a few cheap alternatives and I’ve had to replace every one.
This is an affiliate link but check it out.
https://thermapen.co.uk/pza4tk
NogaVog@reddit
Does it only work for the strawberries? I hit the pit like stem in a tomato.
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
I haven't tried it for anything else, but I guess it would work for tomatoes too.
Purple_Committee_216@reddit
A gadget that "breaks" the vacuum on jars.
LemonTrifle@reddit
I use a pointed pairing knife and just cut it off at the top, wash them under cold tap, pat dry, sprinkle of sugar or maybe chop up & put yogurt on. They give me itchy heat lumps though. Don't know why.
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
Sounds like you're allergic to them
LemonTrifle@reddit
Could be. Never thought of that. Ty.
hedges_101@reddit
Oven. Use mine at least once a year
Most_Alternative_464@reddit
Oo look at moneybags here !
sweetsimpleandkind@reddit
I just rip my strawberry stems off with my hands like a cave person I guess. Never thought of looking on LoveHoney for something to do it
Illustrious_Hat_9177@reddit
I'm with you. I just rip the stem out and eat. I don't need no tiny porn mouse to do it for me.
thediverswife@reddit
I use a plastic straw! If you can find one these days, push it through and the hull pops out
Burn_the_children@reddit
Why remove the hull is what gets me, I never understood why people would throw away a chunk of strawberry.
Piggstein@reddit
I find that plays havoc with my haemorrhoids
Individual-Ad-4620@reddit
I just eat around it
themissingandthelost@reddit
Thank god someone explained what this is, I eas so confused.
maccathesaint@reddit
I also thought it was a fruit themed butt plug.
yousmellandidont@reddit
Oh god. Is that why the strawberries my wife serves me always smell so bad??
MaximusDecimiz@reddit
Does your wife not wash her hands?
Best_Stress3040@reddit
Grab by the leaves and bite lol, I didn't realize anybody was looking for an easier solution than this
sweetsimpleandkind@reddit
People have lost their minds
Christopher109@reddit
I can't be bothered. I eat then with the leaves
ThatHairyGingerGuy@reddit
Push twist pull is how I usually extract it.
scud121@reddit
What about the strawberry stems?
ThatHairyGingerGuy@reddit
So glad someone got this.
astro_flyer@reddit
That’s what she said
ProsodySpeaks@reddit
This guy fruits
Yolandi2802@reddit
I use a plastic straw: push it through from the bottom and take the stem out. Voila! My best kitchen gadgets are a thingy that lets the air out of jar lids and a hooky thing that goes under ring pulls on cans. Both are great for arthritic hands.
PantherEverSoPink@reddit
But don't you lose that whole section of strawberry though?
twodogsfighting@reddit
Office knife wants to know why it's being neglected.
jonplackett@reddit
True cavemen eat only the stems
---x__x---@reddit
I just eat it. The leaves are good for you.
SignificanceOld1751@reddit
Yeah, I just eat the whole thing, same with kiwis.
Pedantichrist@reddit
I eat kiwis including the nice tart skin, but whilst my family eat strawberries whole, the great part just tastes like grass and spills the strawberry taste. It is like leaving the wrapper in an Opal Fruit.
Eyeofthemeercat@reddit
You just revealed your agree with that one. Wash that down with a marathon bar with the wrapper on while you're at it
Pedantichrist@reddit
I am as old as dirt.
SignificanceOld1751@reddit
Oh yeah, I'm aware it's unusual, I just have an unusually strong liking of bitter flavours
Pan-tang@reddit
Nope. Strawberries have more pesticide residue than any other fruit, especially on the leaves
TrueSolid611@reddit
I eat the majority of it then feed the remnants to my dog including the green bit
Chuptae@reddit
Yeah my dog loves berries, sometimes I put a little natural yougurt in with the tops and squishy bits and we have pudding together.
BeccasBump@reddit
Awww. One of my cats goes mad for raspberries for some reason.
Willing_Coconut4364@reddit
I just eat them.
raccoonsaff@reddit
A can opener that actually works (they're surprisingly hard to find) and kitchen scales
-Dear-God-@reddit
Lantana Smooth Edge Tin Opener. Absolute game changer.
Pattoe89@reddit
I enjoy my 'Stab Can opener'. You stab it into the can and you rip that shit open with raw brutality and anger. It's incredibly cathartic and effective. They are really cheap too. Buy one, give it a try, you'll be surprised with the results.
Watch a video on how to do it, can be a bit tricky to start with but you'll get the hang of it. The one I've got is about 30 years old and works as good as it did on day 1.
AussieHxC@reddit
Spent 10 years thinking they were all shit until someone showed me I was applying far too much pressure to them. Haven't broken one since.
Zealousideal-Wash904@reddit
I bought a JML one a few years and it’s not the easiest one to use but when I manage to get it to work it does a good job.
annoyedatlife24@reddit
After going through about a half dozen, including a mid-range electric one. I shit you not, a £2.50 stainless steel one from Asda has been the best.
I picked it up purely because it had a big ol' tag saying "5 year warranty" and I distinctly remember thinking pfft I'll be using that next week...3 years going strong.
grimsbymatt@reddit
I've always been a fan of the cheapest stainless steel ones, but struggled to get a decent replacement - they all seem to have been enshittened. I'm on the Oxo Good Grips now, which are great.
very_unconsciously@reddit
I'm still searching
gary_mcpirate@reddit
We have had the same electric kenwood can opener for 25 years and it’s brilliant
atomicsiren@reddit
MagiCan
Sarcastic_Sociopath@reddit
It works but you have a circle of death at the top.
Inevitable-Top355@reddit
Oxo good grips I've had one for 7 years never had any issue.
bopeepsheep@reddit
Joseph Joseph round one. Takes a little getting used to, but much easier on the hands.
Auntie_Cagul@reddit
Brabantia make quality can openers. Lots of electronic kitchen scales out there.
bagleface@reddit
Wife
kwyjibo1988@reddit
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.....
Yerrr, no, it's a butt plug.
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
Believe me, you would NOT want yo insert this thing into your rectum and sit down!
SatNavSteve18@reddit
I wouldn't want to put anything in my rectum, but that doesn't mean that butt plugs don't exist. Your logic is flawed.
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
Would you want this up your rectum?!
JuanTooFreeForFyve@reddit
Looks like an internal pooper scooper
SnooSnooSnuSnu@reddit
Your hand?
windol1@reddit
You'll be shocked by some people's answers, many of whom aren't joking....
FuzzyPalpitation-16@reddit
A lot of doctors can attest that theyve seen worse up someone’s arse….
FuzzyPalpitation-16@reddit
You’re holding it so menacingly 😂
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
getstabbed@reddit
Don’t you know the saying? Anything’s a dildo if you’re brave enough.
Lox_Ox@reddit
Definitely safer than a lightbulb
dannydrama@reddit
Or a jam jar...
Lox_Ox@reddit
A jam jar at least has some rigidity to it under pressure. The lightbulb one makes me shudder (apparently it did not maintain its original shape).
Yolandi2802@reddit
Or a hamster (yes, it happens).
Freudinatress@reddit
Hamster…? Eh… where do I even…. How? Why? Is it dead first? God I HOPE it’s dead first! How do you know these things????
Solabound-the-2nd@reddit
Eminem song. Just lose it I think. Also that Eddie Murphy film had some references...
CabinetOk4838@reddit
Do they make a battery operated Stem Gem? Asking for a friend.
pizza-on-pineapple@reddit
This is a dildon’t
LondonCycling@reddit
PAIGE NO!
Illustrious_Hat_9177@reddit
What if you didn't sit down? Would it be OK then? Asking for a friend (which is a huge lie because I don't have friends)
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
I guess the metal claw at the end would still hurt the inside of your rectum
Uhura-hoop@reddit
There’s a niche for every taste
Dani_Darko123@reddit
you knew what you were signing up too😂
alamcc@reddit
So as long as you stay stood..?
i-mahmood25@reddit
OP talking from experience. Listen to them
lifetypo10@reddit
Rude of you to ASSume
Individual_Wallaby25@reddit
Sounds like a challenge...
77xyz88@reddit
I honestly thought it was a butt plug at first too 😂
rustblooms@reddit
Even having read the comments, it STILL looks like a butt plug. There is no reason why it couldn't be used as one... a little point won't hurt anyone.
SnooSnooSnuSnu@reddit
The same could be said of many things.
rustblooms@reddit
Anything if you're brave enough!
(Flange required.)
Kell_Jon@reddit
Or you could just use a standard straw. Go from the bottom of the strawberry towards the husk and you’ll remove it all very quickly and without the need for a butt plug looking device.
ColourSpreader@reddit
"Kitchen gadget"
Inevitable-Top355@reddit
Yeah, it sounds weird until you've tried it but I wouldn't go back to eating strawberries with nothing in my arsehole.
Gloomy-Flamingo-9791@reddit
Damn this is what I've been missing in my life. I've just been using a rolling pin to fill the ol' pooper during breakfast. Bit difficult to sit down with 4 inches of the rolling pin sticking out my arse, this device would be a lot more comfy.
Ordinary-Following69@reddit
It's the forbidden plug...
valaina1982@reddit
Literally all I saw there was a butt plug 🤣
CalligrapherShort121@reddit
That’s all anyone is going to see if you have one of these in the drawer and your visiting friends are looking for a teaspoon! For that reason alone I wouldn’t have one 🤣
daniluvsuall@reddit
I’m so pleased someone said this 😂
waitwutholdit@reddit
Something about eating juicy fruit while you're stretched and full 👌
trouser_mouse@reddit
Are you sure that's a kitchen gadget
SnooSnooSnuSnu@reddit
I mean, you could use it in the kitchen...
trouser_mouse@reddit
I was eating a strawberry and my pants fell down and I tripped over and my special kitchen tool just went up there dr!
Bufobufolover24@reddit
I always just shove my finger in these, it always hurts and I always do it the next time like I’ve forgotten.
Some people are so wasteful when using them though! They take out like half the strawberry!
SnooSnooSnuSnu@reddit
But enough about buttplugs
sleepingleopards@reddit
Reading the comments about what this gadget looks like and then reading this gave me a chuckle.
Not_Sugden@reddit
im so confused on
a: how this removes the stem
b: why you need a gadget for it
AnybodyBubbly6650@reddit
Thought it was a butt plug
Kent_Doggy_Geezer@reddit
This looks like something from the bedroom, not the kitchen 😂🫣
swallowshotguns@reddit
What a pointless single use gadget that is, provocative and got the comments engaged for sure, but pointless.
To your question, the best single use gadget in my kitchen is a garlic press.
Billiebillieba@reddit
Does it have multi destemming speeds? ;0)
Emergency-Aardvark-6@reddit
Garlic peeler. Just a silicon sleeve. It's brilliant.
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
Sounds useful! I hate having my hands smell of garlic for ages after peeling them.
Emergency-Aardvark-6@reddit
£2.50 on ebay but your hands still smell of garlic because of chopping it after. I cook so much with garlic, it makes it alot quicker.
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
I use a garlic crusher to avoid chopping garlic
Emergency-Aardvark-6@reddit
Perfect then.
InfectedFrenulum@reddit
r/dontsitonthat
Best_Stress3040@reddit
If anybody ever stumbled across my cuffs and collars, I'll just tell them it's cooking stuff I suppose
"What do you mean you've never seen one of these? How have you been able to get your grapes off the stem without one??" 💀
Kind_Neighborhood434@reddit
Butt plug?
BeccasBump@reddit
How do you use it? (As in how do you actually use it to destsem strawberries, not the other thing.)
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
Press the green button which opens up the claws at the end, Place the open claws around the stem, press down and lose them by releasing the button. Twist so the stem and the flesh are cored and remove.
BeccasBump@reddit
Thanks for the explanation!
adatneu@reddit
I don’t eat strawberries. The pink thing took me here. Will definitely get one.
Old_Bend9264@reddit
Don't need you tonight honey
Southern_Pirate_3606@reddit
Plumbus
Acrylic_Starshine@reddit
Knife
Patski66@reddit
C’mon. That’s a butt plug!
Sahri@reddit
How does it work? 🤔
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
Sahri@reddit
Uuuhh yeah, don't put that up your butt! 😬
SimilarWall1447@reddit
Taps on my sink. With which would not be able to control water flow. Very handy gadget
87catmama@reddit
This vegetable peeler
I struggle with holding post peelers (I'm terribly cack handed) and I LOVE this one.
BulldenChoppahYus@reddit
I use a knife and core it properly so there’s no waste.
Abigail-ii@reddit
Running water. But I guess most people are too young to consider this a gadget. Stove and fridge would make numbers 2 and 3.
Cardabella@reddit
That's one way to get rid of piles
Grazieeee@reddit
It looks like a but plug…
Knowlesdinho@reddit
Assuming it is a strawberry stem remover, I just can't understand how it works. I'm too scared to do any research.
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
You press the green button and the "claws" open, put them around the stem, close them so it cores the area around the stem, twist and remove the stem and you're left with perfectly removed stem with minimal fruit removed as well.
-Alex_Summers-@reddit
Lights
sleepingleopards@reddit
Mine is one that I can live without rather than can't. I'm saying this about apple corers. During the first lockdown I wandered downstairs to do some apple slices to go with the kids breakfast, the plastic around the top snapped as I cored the apple and the blade went quite deeply into the thumb joint 😱 I didn't want to go to a&e because of the scary times we were in so a tea towel tourniquet was created and it somehow went on to heal itself. I cant bring myself to use an apple corer since.
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
I've not had great experiences with those either, they're pretty useless.
Art3mis86@reddit
My wife 👀
ResolutionNumber9@reddit
Kitchen gadget my ass!
pepesilvia000@reddit
Bought a gadget that takes the stones out of cherries super fast (I think its meant for getting lots of cherries destoned for baking?). £10 from John Lewis. Its probably the single most used gadget in my house every summer.
Yolandi2802@reddit
You were ripped off. £2.50 from Home Bargains. It’s great for olives too.
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
I've seen those and would get one if I ate cherries more often. I hate removing the stones!
a_crazy_diamond@reddit
Just eat the cherries as they are and spit out the stones
LordPijamas@reddit
Works equally as well for baking.
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
I have a weird sensory thing about fruit stones in my mouth, so I can't do that.
pepesilvia000@reddit
to be honest, I barely ever ate cherries before I got it (for the same reasons as you). you should give it a go, its so satisfying to use and fresh cherries in the summer are great!
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
I can't find one at John Lewis but is this similar to what you have?
pepesilvia000@reddit
Yes but I have the Oxo Good Grips one (it needs a bit of strength behind it so I am not sure if an Amazon one would last very long).
I just checked and it looks like John Lewis dont sell it anymore but is on sale at Lakeland (£11) or if you have a Waitrose near you it looks like its cheaper (!!) there at £6.50
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
Nice. I'll check my local Waitrose.
desi_londoner@reddit
Tripped whilst rushin to the comments section..
Limp-Archer-7872@reddit
Said the patient to the doctor
Yolandi2802@reddit
Said the art teacher to the gardener…
NotTrynaMakeWaves@reddit
After accidentally landing butt-first on a pointed comment
Swimming-Location-97@reddit
Awesome!
ukpunjabivixen@reddit
Butt plug in the kitchen, fish slice in the bedroom kinda person.
oojiflip@reddit
I just eat the strawberry whole with the stem
anguslolz@reddit
I personally can't live without my spaghetti portion measurer
tropicalazure@reddit
I am fond of my palm peeler.
throwawaybullhunter@reddit
r/DontPutThatInYourAss
throwawaybullhunter@reddit
r/Don'tPutThatInYourAss
OneMagicBadger@reddit
My mind went somewhere else looking at that
Negative-Pen-8504@reddit
Without your description I honestly wouldn’t have been able to tell you what that is if my life depended on it
MrJustMartin@reddit
The fridge. The absolute unsung hero of our kitchen, don’t know what we’d do with it.
CommunicationHot4669@reddit
Buttplug.
Slimothy32@reddit
My wife has something like this in her bedside table.
Charley-Says@reddit
How strange...
Does she eat a lot of strawberry's in bed...?
Feefi-Foefi@reddit
OMG. I just realized that "Yankee" basically means "Wanker", right?
Broad_Rub8388@reddit
Is that a buttplug?
TheHappyCamper1979@reddit
My fingers are far more nimble than the strawberry butt plug
loveshot123@reddit
This is my favourite thread on reddit in the years I've been on here.
Mountain_Cat_cold@reddit
Hardly a gadget, but a very good knife is the kitchen item I would be most sad to have to do without.
DarthScabies@reddit
Garlic peeler.
tarfullbr@reddit
Butt plug definitely is a kitchen gadget
Foundation_Wrong@reddit
Hulling strawberry’s should be easy. If they’re ripe, but I use the tip of a small sharp knife for the awkward ones.
RichMoose1@reddit
I just eat the whole strawberry, green bit and all. If you took this approach, you could leave that in your butt
islaisla@reddit
I eat the whole strawberry and pull out the green bit:-)
Missey85@reddit
It looks like a butt plug! 🤣🤣🤣
babbadeedoo@reddit
Looks smelly.
5thhorse-man@reddit
Anything can be a butt plug if your brave (or stupid) enough
Realistic_Count_7633@reddit
Extremely hard to cook without whiskey on the rocks - does the tumbler count ?
Artistic_Data9398@reddit
Ouch
NewPower_Soul@reddit
OP uses butt plugs to remove stems from strawberries and vibrators to mix drinks 😂
DemmickyOne@reddit
"Hello, I'm calling about your butt plugs"
DigitalFootprint2733@reddit
sir, that’s a butt plug
Haytham_Ken@reddit
Kitchen gadget? C'mon, you're not fooling anyone 🙃
Floydian557@reddit
Is that a butt plug ? 🤔🤣
dingo_deano@reddit
A knife
Apidium@reddit
Electric can opener.
Every single mechanical one I have tried has been a nightmare. The twist the knob ones really like to just disassemble themselves in my hand while I'm trying to use them. Including one that literally lasted two cans.
The old fashioned stabby ones are frankly too much effort and I have to deploy a kitchen knife to get it started.
Plop down and push a button all the way. It has not disassembled itself once or nearly resulted in me having a few less fingers.
It's not shaped like a butt plug though so
Human_Parfait9516@reddit
Butt plugs, apparently
Bungeditin@reddit
Where do you store it when not in use?
28374woolijay@reddit
The taps. If water continuously came out of the pipes it would be really annoying.
Nonzeromist@reddit
Strange to use a button plug in the kitchen but you do you!
Aggravating-Rip-3267@reddit
How did you find out that this Butt-Plug does the opposite to Strawberries ? !
Aggravating-Rip-3267@reddit
Dual Use = = Strawberries and Cherry Buster ! !
Kidcrayon1@reddit
I just eat the stems 😎
ProsodySpeaks@reddit
Sorry guys, I'm comment number 70, hope we weren't trying to keep it one below?
Digital thermometer. It has an external probe on a wire - stick the probe in the meat, put the meat in the oven, set an alarm for the temperature you want, and have literally perfect roast every single time.
It was barely a tenner
YchYFi@reddit
This looks like a pleasurable device.
Redroses4moi@reddit
That’s what I thought 😂
NuggetNibbler69@reddit
Is there a warning on this thing saying do not shove up arse? Because of all the unnecessary warnings in the world, this is definitely something that should make it clear not to shove it up your arse.
__Game__@reddit
Don't the strawberries go all mushy in your arse if you remove the stems 1st? Great 2-in-1 though
Hot_Chemical_3211@reddit
I thought this was for a different kind of gem.
LoneMight@reddit
Looks more like a sex toy lol
Some-Background6188@reddit
wtf is that Butt plug from hell lol.
FreeTheDimple@reddit
The ol' prostate remover 9000.
DoIKnowYouHuman@reddit
9000 out of 10000 proctologists endorse this device!
cragglerock93@reddit
9,000 removals and counting.
Irateasshole@reddit
Not me just seeing the picture and thinking that was a butt plug 😂
soulshock22@reddit
hemorrhoid extractor
DRSU1993@reddit
I LOVE YOU, KITCHEN GUN!
drewbs86@reddit
Just... be very careful. No midnight strawberry eating, and if you must, maybe don't leave it on the bedside table...
_Raspberry_Ice_@reddit
That definitely looks like a dildo. I could live without one, no problem. I have hands, and they are good.
d_smogh@reddit
I use a straw. Plastic straws were good until they were banned, so had to buy a metal one.
eaumechant@reddit
Part of me is just "What did OP expect asking this question of a bunch of Brits with that photo" but part of me is just "OP knew what they were doing"
LondonCycling@reddit
Looks like something you'd use to cheat at chess.
That_Welsh_Man@reddit
Call it what you like, but who ever sold you that is having a chuckle everytime they think of you using that butt plug to de stem a strawberry
Judging_Jester@reddit
Is that a Plumbus?
jamesbrown2500@reddit
Eletric Corkscrew.
citalopromnight@reddit
Does it have a remote?
FuzzyPalpitation-16@reddit
Mortar and pestle.
This gadget though… I still think it’s a gimmick. It’s so quick and easy to just peel the leafy part away lol nah.
InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)
You still have the stem in the middle even if you rip off the leaves, this cuts it out completely.
FuzzyPalpitation-16@reddit
No i basically rip off the leaves along with the stem!
ghostie_hehimboo@reddit
I use a straw for it push up from the tip (that sounds so wrong) but uh yeah can't live without my electric jar opener and can opener
JazzieF@reddit
That… that doesn’t look like it lives in the kitchen
Hellhoundsbitch@reddit
I'm with everyone else who thinks it's a butt plug .
thom_orrow@reddit
The joy of strawberry stem removal.
ATX2EPK@reddit
Strawberry stem remover🍓
Ok_Home_3541@reddit
The old watermelon dildo bird eh?
mdmnl@reddit
I'm going to hear that to the tune of Harry Styles' song.
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