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Top Must-Have Items in My KitchenChef-Me-Not - Cooking on Instinct
Best survival guide by a Thai soprano-wife-mother. See how she survives day-to-day cooking while applying her Thainess Through tips and techniques and fun Thai facts! Greetings! Before I launch into showing you my simple way of putting food on the table,
I would like to introduce you to top must-have items in my kitchen. There are not many items that I absolutely have to have, and we will only be talking about
seven tools today.
As you may have known, my up-bringing is Thai. And since I lived my first fourteen years of my life in Thailand, I've grown so familiar with a Thai way of cooking. When I became an adult and started to explore the world, I observed and learned a little bit of this and that, and have adapted what works for me into my habit. Just like most of you, if not all, there are so many kitchen tools and gadgets available, and we have made enough purchases in our time to 'deck the kitchen with tools and gadgets (falalala- lalalala) -most of which, we will never use! I will not be talking about those wonderful toys this time. Instead, I'd like to take this opportunity to talk about simple tools from a simple Thai in her simple kitchen. After you go through them, please let me know if you have any questions or anything to add and share with everyone. Have the most wonderful Chef-Me-Not day! Best regards, Top Must-Have Items in My Kitchen
Top Must-Have Items in My Kitchen - Chef-Me-Not, Cooking on Instinct
Best survival guide by a Thai soprano-wife-mother. See how she survives day-to-day cooking while applying her Thainess Through tips and techniques and fun Thai facts! Before I even talk about my food, I have to bring you to my must-have tools and the basic stuff in my kitchen. These items are good to have, and I'm not going into a panic mode if I don't have them. But it brings a little bit of convenience when it comes to playing-with-food! Advertisements from Google
The krok won't work without 'Lookkrok' or stone pestle
An electric rice cooker - is not a must, but it's so convenient if you can put your hands on one.
A knife that fits well into my hand I know that there's a separate knife for every different purpose. For me, I found out after several sets of good expensive knives and a lot of cheap knives that I end up using just one particular knife all the time - my all purpose knife. Now, I don't go carve a melon with that - but I cut, slice, chop, julianne and flatten all my vegetables and my meat from the same knife (yes, I wash it after every cutting job). You chop and slice your food all the time and you must understand how inconsistant in sizes your ingredients will turn out if your knife isn't right for your grip - and the inconsistancy in cutting will play a role in the outcome of your dish. The pain factor due from discomfort from wrong-fitting knife can also be quite overwhelming on a long, bad day. I don't want to make my family feel miserable because I use a knife that doesn't fit me, therefore, in choosing a knife,what is most importantis not about using the sharpest knife made of a certain material and a high price tag, but, rather, how a knife fits my grip.
A wooden cutting board The best cutting board comes from a full grown tamarind tree. It's strong and sturdy and works well with a cleaver. Well, I don't own one here. But since it's highly likely that I will not use a cleaver to chop any meat with bone any time soon I had settled with a regular rectangular-shaped cutting board. One thing of which you already have been aware; always make sure that all wooden equipments are clean very well after each use. What's a stove top cooking without a large frying pan - with deep bottom- or a wok?
Wooden spatulas
To recap Although my core of cooking is really Thai, but I am very innovative when it comes to my food creativity. As I start introducing some simple dishes (Please, I am not capable of complexity in anything but stuff inside my own head!), I hope that you will come to an undestanding that you, too, will start exploring and have fun with your own creation. Lifestyle today makes us keep going non-stop and applies steady stream of stress on us already. It's up to us to reverse the process and start enjoying and appreciating. Be on the lookout for my first dish! Enjoy your creation, and, since it's your own, name it, too! Ciao! Follow Me on Twitter Your Requests-SuggestionsHTML Comment Box is loading comments...
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