Kitchen Products I Love - Part 2

10" Rolling Pin with No Handles

I discovered I could really use a rolling pin without handles when I started making Rice Crackers. My cookie sheets have raised edges to them, so a regular rolling pin with handles doesn't fit inside the sheet for me to roll the crackers out. I didn't want to remove the handles from my good rolling pin, so I went to Value Village and bought a cheap rolling pin in the Housewares Dept. for $1.00, brought it home, and removed the handles. I *love* this rolling pin. I use it all of the time. I actually haven't used my original rolling pin in years. I use it most often now when I make Vegan Shortbread. I found a rolling pin without handles that you can purchase on Amazon here. Although, it would be most economical to buy a rolling pin at a garage sale or thrift store and just remove the handles yourself.

Kitchen Products I Love

Vintage Fish Skinner

My Dad always uses one of these to skin fish, so when I got out on my own, I asked him to get me one. He found me this one at a garage sale several years ago. We eat salmon and trout quite often, and I use this fish skinner to easily remove the skin prior to cooking. It's like using a can opener. My kitchen wouldn't be complete without it. You can find them on Ebay searching under Vintage Fish Skinner.




Cuisinart ICE-20 Automatic 1-1/2-Quart Ice-Cream Maker

I started making my own sorbet when Ciao Bella began adding evaporated cane juice to their raspberry sorbet. I initially froze the sorbets mixing them with my hand mixer every hour from the freezer, but the consistency wasn't as smooth as we were used to with store-bought sorbets. So for my birthday this year, my husband got me this Cuisinart ice cream maker. I cannot express how much I love this product. It makes sorbet in 20 minutes and the consistency is fantastic. I use this ice cream maker once a week or so and cannot imagine life without it anymore.