Other equipment favorite

I wish amazon associates carried my 24-inch Garland professional gas home range so that I could get a nice big commission.  What I love most about is it huge oven.  A hotel-size sheet pan fits in perfectly and there is enough space to cook 2 turkeys at a time.Plus it even has a broiler!  It’s easy to clean, the flame gets nice and hot but goes low enough to maintain a nice simmer.  I know there are other professional home ranges such as Viking and Vulcan and they are probably very good but I don’t know them.   I know and love my Garland and highly recommend it to  the serious or enthusiastic amateur cook or…. the show-off.

I have yet to find the refrigerator of my dreams, my kitchen Aid dishwasher is fine and just about any microwave and toaster oven will do.  However, the following equipment is essential to my daily living.

No serious cook can be without a “>Kitchen Aid mixer with all it’s attachments.  How would I make sausage, fluffy tamales or mile-high sponge cakes? The same goes for my“> large Cuisinart.  With the proper disk, I can shred 3 pounds of zucchini to make my Turkish zucchini cakes in a flash, and finely chop parsley, make mayonnnaise or make my famous salsa de tomatillo cruda . It the small appliance I use the most.

Then , of course, there’s my trusty “>VitaMix blender without which I wouldn’t even attempt a mole anymore or make toasted corn flour for pimpo.

I feel as passionate about my “>Weber charcoal grill no matter what anybody says. I use it as a smoker and grill to my heart’s content in my backyard all spring, summer and fall. my gas grill comes in handy for parties but is not an absolute necessity.