Unused kitchen gadgets

[alldigging]

I didn't want to hijack another thread about a kitchen gadget, so here we are...

What kitchen gadgets do you have that you either don't use at all or use so rarely it's probably not worth the cupboard space?

I have an unused chocolate fountain (A gift. A desire to stay in this size of clothes keeps me from using it, but I might use it at a party one day)

I have a pasta maker which I have unearthed and will be trying soon.

I have a ice cream maker (one that needs to go in the freezer so have to make room for it first. Have used this a few times.

I have a lolly maker that is really fun - zoku I think - but needs the block to go in the freezer so again a pita to make room for it.

Too many?

[NatalieCooke]

I bought a slow cooker a couple of months ago. With being veggie I thought I could make loads of soups & chillies with it.
I've made one soup with it didn't like the taste and it not been out of the cupboard since.
Not sure if I will use it maybe when I'm over run with veg it might come out again.

[Aberdeenplotter]

I have one of these gadgets that was designed to put a head on Guinness poured from a can. Special cans mind and the supermarket which falsified it's sales figures no longer sells them. Didn't flemmin work anyway. Hmm I wonder if this is worth a rant. Nah, but nice to see G4 posting there again. Makes my day how she doesn't take life too chuffin seriously

[Jay-ell]

Tin opener.

I've a spiraliser which turns butternut squash into spaghetti - didn't grow any butternut though.

[Aberdeenplotter]

^^^^^^ I absolutely love that concept

[JanieB]

I have a cherry/olive stoner that my OH bought. I can't remember it ever being used. I have two cherry trees in the garden but the fruit is eaten by the birds before it is ripe. And the trees are too big to be covered with net.

[Florence Fennel]

In the last couple of years I have thrown out or given away a deep fat fryer, a toasted sandwich maker, a GFman grill, a breadmaker, a 4-slice toaster and various other gizmos and gadgets. The space is now occupied by vermiculite, fleece, fertiliser, seeds and other gardening tranklements, much better use of space

[Verinda]

I have a juicer, being veggie I imagined us all drinking gallons of healthy juice, but ugh there's so much pulp which seems a waste and loads of washing up every time it's used...honestly if you like apple or orange or carrots or whatever why not just eat one! I am going to sell my juicer at a car boot sale we are having in a few weeks time.

[WPG]

I did have one of those heavy-duty juicers too, it's probably in the attic now. Like Verinda says, the amount of fruit needed for just one glass just wasn't worth the hassle... so much leftover pulp and washing up. Plus the juice always seemed to come out an unappetising brown colour.

I've also got a redundant toastie-maker. We don't eat bread anymore, so it's just gathering dust in the kitchen cupboard.

I was also given a very complicated garlic press, which has different attachments to remove the peel, to press, and then to chop. So much easier to do without.

[veggiechicken]

An iron.....................

[Alison]

An iron.....................

Sorry, what is one of them?

[Hazel at the Hill]

On their way to the charity shop tomorrow - a liquidiser for soups (use the one on the food processor thing instead) and the juicer (see chatback).

[Verinda]

Haven't used an iron for years

[greenishfing]

In my cupboards I have a totally unused 5 year old deep fat fryer (hubby bought it and I hate chips and greasy food), a used a few times juicer (pain to clean=hubby bought it), an electric mincer-unused (hubby bought it) a halogen oven (hubby bought it) been in a cupboard for ever.

Anything I use regularly lives on the worktop, kenwood mixer, breadmaker, coffee machine,ice cream maker and zapper.

Hubby is now banned from buying ANYTHING to go in the kitchen until he learns to cook!

[JanieB]

Sorry, what is one of them?

I unearthed one recently! Life's too short.