Quote from: FierceKitty on 07 March 2023, 12:38:49 AMBreadmaker, coffee machine - my breakfast depends on both!

I still use Italian stove-top coffee pots, one of which belonged to my parents so it is as old as I am.  It is a morning ritual which includes grinding the beans by hand.  I'm not sure a machine would be quite the same.  It's tea after mid-day.
 

I used to use those Moka-express stove top pots; better than a drip filter, but they generate only about a third of the steam pressure of a real espresso machine, with correspondingly greater flavour (including acid bitterness - they aren't for everyone). There's no going back.

Lee also grinds the beans daily; much better that way.

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Quote from: FierceKitty on 07 March 2023, 11:11:12 AMignore

No, shan't

Old Cooker 55cm was just the right size, but down to one working ring (The SMALL one, of course!). Main Oven NEVER used! But grill good for 3-4 slices cheese on toast, so loth to replace with 50cm.
M'wave ...or fryer will 'grill', but have not tried yet.
Would still want some sort of Ring... 'boiled' eggs, now not an issue! But have drooled over FB pic of 'Spicy Sausage and Red Pepper Casserole'. Think a ring and heavy pan would be needed. Will see... someday, maybe?
Think you can get 'counter-top' rings... will have to look. Kitchen needs a clear out and more storage space.
Air Fryer is a definite plus! There is just me, now Ma has gone...so bought small 4l... bigger, better if you have space. Heard 'Ninja' is prob best, but costs more than my little 'Tefal'.

When planning to replace my gas hob with an induction one I bought a stand alone induction "ring" to see if the change over would need changes in technique as well as a swap of a few pans - most of mine are stainless steel anyway. Cost about fifty quid but convinced me not much was going to change except my gas bill.

So, I currently have a large and small built in oven, a stand alone halogen oven, a built in four ring gas hob, an induction ring, an air fryer, a microwave, two kettles .... and a bread maker that doesn't work. Cooking for one. In a kitchen with next to no worktop space and far too few power sockets. Doh!

Ithoriel... sounds a bit like Me! 5 Fridges/freezers, 2 switched off. MOST of old pans/implements chucked! Then, you want one! Buy another!
To be honest... a BFF or fem relative 'MAY'! be good idea... but TERRIFIED of results if I let cousin's wife loose... KNOW what she can do! Tornado's, nothing in it! LOL!!!     

Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 07 March 2023, 12:44:36 PMNo, shan't

Nyah, nyah, nyah! My mommy could thump your daddy and his dog, so there!

I had a breadmaker many years ago but was never happy with the bread from it so ditched in in a move at one point. I would be tempted by a proper espresso machine but can be pricey to get a good quality one. I tend to stick with grinder and v60/aeropress for coffee brewing. Have lots of various pots and brewing vessels for different types of tea too and a temperature control kettle for them (which turns out to be very useful for making baby bottles too!) I'd use the instant pot and air fryer multiple times a week for cooking. I've just an electric hob, had an induction in the last place and miss it but can't justify swapping out the current electric one while it's still working. I have a decent amount of kitchen space at the moment, but if I was to downsize I think the instant pot and air fryer would probably be my main cooking devices alongside the hob. I do have a single plug in induction plate that I got many years ago for the same reason as ithoriel, but alas it's a bit too temperamental after many years and multiple moves. 

QuoteOld Cooker 55cm was just the right size, but down to one working ring (The SMALL one, of course!). Main Oven NEVER used! But grill good for 3-4 slices cheese on toast, so loth to replace with 50cm.
M'wave ...or fryer will 'grill', but have not tried yet.
Would still want some sort of Ring... 'boiled' eggs, now not an issue! But have drooled over FB pic of 'Spicy Sausage and Red Pepper Casserole'. Think a ring and heavy pan would be needed. Will see... someday, maybe?
Think you can get 'counter-top' rings... will have to look. Kitchen needs a clear out and more storage space.

You can probably do decent cheese on toast in the air fryer and depending on how much temperature control it gives you you could make a casserole in it as it's just a mini oven at the end of the day. Failing that, a small instant pot would see you through any number of casseroles, stews, soups, braises and just about anything else "wet" that can be done in oven

The only thing I use my gas hob for these days is making big batches of soup as my induction ring can't take the big pot. I tend to make enough soup at a time for 5 or 6 bowlfuls. One into me, the rest into the fridge or freezer!

I used to really enjoy the bread from my breadmaker but it packed up just as I started a serious and ongoing diet so I haven't replaced it because eating a whole freshly baked loaf slathered with olive spread is not conducive to weight loss :-)

Dead breadmaker went to the recycling last night due to the reminder from this thread that I needed to dispose of it.

Dear God. Just remembered, small child... 4-5. Snow and Baked tatties in foil cooked on bonfire, started up somehow when still on farm. THAT is what a brain IS for!   

Quote from: mollinary on 06 March 2023, 08:32:13 PMI will hold this forum directly responsible for anything cooking related which happens after mine arrives on Wednesday!

So how was it for you?

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QuoteI will hold this forum directly responsible for anything cooking related which happens after mine arrives on Wednesday!

So how was it for you?

Got one after hearing how great they are and from eldest's university anecdotes; never looked back since...

It was amazing how much difference those two little drawers made to easing the pressure on cooking Christmas dinner this year 

I have looked at air fryers, but rejected them. I do not use my oven a lot, and then only the small one. Most of my cooking is done on the hob, stir frys, Italian pastas and risottos, Mexican with tacos or tortillas. I don't tend to use recipes, but taste and season as I go along, which is difficult if you have shut the food up in a little box.

I have got a breadmaker and use it a lot. My expresso machine died a few years ago and I used an Aeropress for a couple of weeks, until replacing the machine. I love it and never bothered getting another electric coffee machine!