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

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NogaVog@reddit

Does it only work for the strawberries? I hit the pit like stem in a tomato.

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

I haven't tried it for anything else, but I guess it would work for tomatoes too.

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Purple_Committee_216@reddit

A gadget that "breaks" the vacuum on jars.

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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.

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

Sounds like you're allergic to them

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LemonTrifle@reddit

Could be. Never thought of that. Ty.

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hedges_101@reddit

Oven. Use mine at least once a year

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Most_Alternative_464@reddit

Oo look at moneybags here !

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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

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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.

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thediverswife@reddit

I use a plastic straw! If you can find one these days, push it through and the hull pops out

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Burn_the_children@reddit

Why remove the hull is what gets me, I never understood why people would throw away a chunk of strawberry.

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Piggstein@reddit

I find that plays havoc with my haemorrhoids

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Individual-Ad-4620@reddit

I just eat around it

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themissingandthelost@reddit

Thank god someone explained what this is, I eas so confused.

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maccathesaint@reddit

I also thought it was a fruit themed butt plug.

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yousmellandidont@reddit

Oh god. Is that why the strawberries my wife serves me always smell so bad??

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MaximusDecimiz@reddit

Does your wife not wash her hands?

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Best_Stress3040@reddit

Grab by the leaves and bite lol, I didn't realize anybody was looking for an easier solution than this

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sweetsimpleandkind@reddit

People have lost their minds

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Christopher109@reddit

I can't be bothered. I eat then with the leaves

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ThatHairyGingerGuy@reddit

Push twist pull is how I usually extract it.

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scud121@reddit

What about the strawberry stems?

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ThatHairyGingerGuy@reddit

So glad someone got this.

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astro_flyer@reddit

That’s what she said

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ProsodySpeaks@reddit

This guy fruits

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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.

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PantherEverSoPink@reddit

But don't you lose that whole section of strawberry though?

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twodogsfighting@reddit

Office knife wants to know why it's being neglected.

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jonplackett@reddit

True cavemen eat only the stems

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---x__x---@reddit

I just eat it. The leaves are good for you.

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SignificanceOld1751@reddit

Yeah, I just eat the whole thing, same with kiwis.

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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.

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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

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Pedantichrist@reddit

I am as old as dirt.

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SignificanceOld1751@reddit

Oh yeah, I'm aware it's unusual, I just have an unusually strong liking of bitter flavours

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Pan-tang@reddit

Nope. Strawberries have more pesticide residue than any other fruit, especially on the leaves

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TrueSolid611@reddit

I eat the majority of it then feed the remnants to my dog including the green bit

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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.

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BeccasBump@reddit

Awww. One of my cats goes mad for raspberries for some reason.

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Willing_Coconut4364@reddit

I just eat them.

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raccoonsaff@reddit

A can opener that actually works (they're surprisingly hard to find) and kitchen scales

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-Dear-God-@reddit

Lantana Smooth Edge Tin Opener. Absolute game changer.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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very_unconsciously@reddit

A can opener that actually works

I'm still searching

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gary_mcpirate@reddit

We have had the same electric kenwood can opener for 25 years and it’s brilliant

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atomicsiren@reddit

MagiCan

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Sarcastic_Sociopath@reddit

It works but you have a circle of death at the top.

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Inevitable-Top355@reddit

Oxo good grips I've had one for 7 years never had any issue.

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bopeepsheep@reddit

Joseph Joseph round one. Takes a little getting used to, but much easier on the hands.

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Auntie_Cagul@reddit

Brabantia make quality can openers. Lots of electronic kitchen scales out there.

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bagleface@reddit

Wife

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kwyjibo1988@reddit

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.....

Yerrr, no, it's a butt plug.

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

Believe me, you would NOT want yo insert this thing into your rectum and sit down!

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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.

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

Would you want this up your rectum?!

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JuanTooFreeForFyve@reddit

Looks like an internal pooper scooper

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SnooSnooSnuSnu@reddit

Your hand?

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windol1@reddit

You'll be shocked by some people's answers, many of whom aren't joking....

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FuzzyPalpitation-16@reddit

A lot of doctors can attest that theyve seen worse up someone’s arse….

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FuzzyPalpitation-16@reddit

You’re holding it so menacingly 😂

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

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getstabbed@reddit

Don’t you know the saying? Anything’s a dildo if you’re brave enough.

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Lox_Ox@reddit

Definitely safer than a lightbulb

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dannydrama@reddit

Or a jam jar...

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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).

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Yolandi2802@reddit

Or a hamster (yes, it happens).

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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????

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Solabound-the-2nd@reddit

Eminem song. Just lose it I think. Also that Eddie Murphy film had some references...

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CabinetOk4838@reddit

Do they make a battery operated Stem Gem? Asking for a friend.

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pizza-on-pineapple@reddit

This is a dildon’t

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LondonCycling@reddit

PAIGE NO!

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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)

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

I guess the metal claw at the end would still hurt the inside of your rectum

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Uhura-hoop@reddit

There’s a niche for every taste

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Dani_Darko123@reddit

you knew what you were signing up too😂

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alamcc@reddit

So as long as you stay stood..?

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i-mahmood25@reddit

OP talking from experience. Listen to them

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lifetypo10@reddit

Rude of you to ASSume

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Individual_Wallaby25@reddit

Sounds like a challenge...

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77xyz88@reddit

I honestly thought it was a butt plug at first too 😂

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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.

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SnooSnooSnuSnu@reddit

There is no reason why it couldn't be used as one...

The same could be said of many things.

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rustblooms@reddit

Anything if you're brave enough!

(Flange required.)

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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.

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ColourSpreader@reddit

"Kitchen gadget"

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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.

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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.

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Ordinary-Following69@reddit

It's the forbidden plug...

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valaina1982@reddit

Literally all I saw there was a butt plug 🤣

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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 🤣

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daniluvsuall@reddit

I’m so pleased someone said this 😂

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waitwutholdit@reddit

Something about eating juicy fruit while you're stretched and full 👌

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trouser_mouse@reddit

Are you sure that's a kitchen gadget

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SnooSnooSnuSnu@reddit

I mean, you could use it in the kitchen...

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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!

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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!

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SnooSnooSnuSnu@reddit

I always just shove my finger in these, it always hurts and I always do it the next time like I’ve forgotten.

But enough about buttplugs

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sleepingleopards@reddit

Reading the comments about what this gadget looks like and then reading this gave me a chuckle.

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Not_Sugden@reddit

im so confused on

a: how this removes the stem

b: why you need a gadget for it

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AnybodyBubbly6650@reddit

Thought it was a butt plug

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Kent_Doggy_Geezer@reddit

This looks like something from the bedroom, not the kitchen 😂🫣

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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.

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Billiebillieba@reddit

Does it have multi destemming speeds? ;0)

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Emergency-Aardvark-6@reddit

Garlic peeler. Just a silicon sleeve. It's brilliant.

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

Sounds useful! I hate having my hands smell of garlic for ages after peeling them.

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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.

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

I use a garlic crusher to avoid chopping garlic

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Emergency-Aardvark-6@reddit

Perfect then.

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InfectedFrenulum@reddit

r/dontsitonthat

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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??" 💀

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Kind_Neighborhood434@reddit

Butt plug?

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BeccasBump@reddit

How do you use it? (As in how do you actually use it to destsem strawberries, not the other thing.)

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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.

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BeccasBump@reddit

Thanks for the explanation!

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adatneu@reddit

I don’t eat strawberries. The pink thing took me here. Will definitely get one.

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Old_Bend9264@reddit

Don't need you tonight honey

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Southern_Pirate_3606@reddit

Plumbus

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Acrylic_Starshine@reddit

Knife

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Patski66@reddit

C’mon. That’s a butt plug!

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Sahri@reddit

How does it work? 🤔

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

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Sahri@reddit

Uuuhh yeah, don't put that up your butt! 😬

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SimilarWall1447@reddit

Taps on my sink. With which would not be able to control water flow. Very handy gadget

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87catmama@reddit

This vegetable peeler

I struggle with holding post peelers (I'm terribly cack handed) and I LOVE this one.

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BulldenChoppahYus@reddit

I use a knife and core it properly so there’s no waste.

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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.

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Cardabella@reddit

That's one way to get rid of piles

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Grazieeee@reddit

It looks like a but plug…

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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.

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

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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.

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-Alex_Summers-@reddit

Lights

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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.

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

I've not had great experiences with those either, they're pretty useless.

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Art3mis86@reddit

My wife 👀

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ResolutionNumber9@reddit

Kitchen gadget my ass!

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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.

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Yolandi2802@reddit

You were ripped off. £2.50 from Home Bargains. It’s great for olives too.

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

I've seen those and would get one if I ate cherries more often. I hate removing the stones!

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a_crazy_diamond@reddit

Just eat the cherries as they are and spit out the stones

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LordPijamas@reddit

Works equally as well for baking.

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

I have a weird sensory thing about fruit stones in my mouth, so I can't do that.

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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!

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

I can't find one at John Lewis but is this similar to what you have?

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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

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

Nice. I'll check my local Waitrose.

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desi_londoner@reddit

Tripped whilst rushin to the comments section..

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Limp-Archer-7872@reddit

Said the patient to the doctor

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Yolandi2802@reddit

Said the art teacher to the gardener…

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NotTrynaMakeWaves@reddit

After accidentally landing butt-first on a pointed comment

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Swimming-Location-97@reddit

Awesome!

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ukpunjabivixen@reddit

Butt plug in the kitchen, fish slice in the bedroom kinda person.

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oojiflip@reddit

I just eat the strawberry whole with the stem

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anguslolz@reddit

I personally can't live without my spaghetti portion measurer

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tropicalazure@reddit

I am fond of my palm peeler.

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throwawaybullhunter@reddit

r/DontPutThatInYourAss

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throwawaybullhunter@reddit

r/Don'tPutThatInYourAss

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OneMagicBadger@reddit

My mind went somewhere else looking at that

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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

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MrJustMartin@reddit

The fridge. The absolute unsung hero of our kitchen, don’t know what we’d do with it.

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CommunicationHot4669@reddit

Buttplug.

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Slimothy32@reddit

My wife has something like this in her bedside table.

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Charley-Says@reddit

How strange...

Does she eat a lot of strawberry's in bed...?

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Feefi-Foefi@reddit

OMG. I just realized that "Yankee" basically means "Wanker", right?

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Broad_Rub8388@reddit

Is that a buttplug?

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TheHappyCamper1979@reddit

My fingers are far more nimble than the strawberry butt plug

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loveshot123@reddit

This is my favourite thread on reddit in the years I've been on here.

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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.

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DarthScabies@reddit

Garlic peeler.

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tarfullbr@reddit

Butt plug definitely is a kitchen gadget

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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.

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RichMoose1@reddit

I just eat the whole strawberry, green bit and all. If you took this approach, you could leave that in your butt

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islaisla@reddit

I eat the whole strawberry and pull out the green bit:-)

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Missey85@reddit

It looks like a butt plug! 🤣🤣🤣

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babbadeedoo@reddit

Looks smelly.

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5thhorse-man@reddit

Anything can be a butt plug if your brave (or stupid) enough

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Realistic_Count_7633@reddit

Extremely hard to cook without whiskey on the rocks - does the tumbler count ?

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Artistic_Data9398@reddit

Ouch

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NewPower_Soul@reddit

OP uses butt plugs to remove stems from strawberries and vibrators to mix drinks 😂

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DemmickyOne@reddit

"Hello, I'm calling about your butt plugs"

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DigitalFootprint2733@reddit

sir, that’s a butt plug

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Haytham_Ken@reddit

Kitchen gadget? C'mon, you're not fooling anyone 🙃

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Floydian557@reddit

Is that a butt plug ? 🤔🤣

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dingo_deano@reddit

A knife

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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

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Human_Parfait9516@reddit

Butt plugs, apparently

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Bungeditin@reddit

Where do you store it when not in use?

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28374woolijay@reddit

The taps. If water continuously came out of the pipes it would be really annoying.

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Nonzeromist@reddit

Strange to use a button plug in the kitchen but you do you!

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Aggravating-Rip-3267@reddit

How did you find out that this Butt-Plug does the opposite to Strawberries ? !

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Aggravating-Rip-3267@reddit

Dual Use = = Strawberries and Cherry Buster ! !

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Kidcrayon1@reddit

I just eat the stems 😎

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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

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit (OP)

You still have the stem in the middle even if you rip off the leaves, this cuts it out completely.

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