What are you asking Santa (or whomever) to bring you?
I would like Santa to bring me a great immersion blender. I brought a crappy one to see how many messes I would make first and have made NONE!
I would like another fake Le Creuset big dutch oven, a good roasting pan and some new cutting boards. I also want the Pioneer Woman Cookbook.
I've been pretty good all year, so far. How about you?
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47 Comments:
GREAT topic!! I try not to buy too much kitchen gear, since I've been transient the last couple of years, but I think I'm on the verge of signing a real lease in the next few months so my list:
Wooden tapered rolling pin (I keep buying cheap bottles of wine for this task, not wanting to invest in a crappy one)
Pizza stone
new set of mixing bowls
Glass or brightly colored small prep bowls
Stock pot (I'm currently using the bowl of my old rice cooker for things like soup and pasta cooking. I even cooked a corned beef in it once... very depressing)
Joy of Cooking and Bittman's How to Cook Everything
ec_washington at 6:06PM on 11/02/09
I want a mixer so I can start using dough more in cooking, I'd like to make my own breads and pizza crusts and whatever other wonders are generally started with a mixer.
Good wines and some well aged balsamic vinegar will be on my list too.
AyeEat at 6:09PM on 11/02/09
I would *really* like a stand mixer, but my santa is still unemployed, so it would be terribly rude of me to ask for it, so I might just have to buy it for myself (or keep pining) ... or fake an engagement and register for one? :P
I'd be happy with a replacement bowl for my food processor since Santa melted the original one by putting it in the bottom rack of the dishwasher.
joyyy at 6:42PM on 11/02/09
I would also love a stock pot, however, my union is currently on strike...I'll take an end to that before any gadget at the moment....ugh, BananaMonkey is Debbie Downer.
BananaMonkey at 6:46PM on 11/02/09
a cobalt blue AGA stove.
NanaJoie at 6:59PM on 11/02/09
A microplane. Not so very esoteric and everyone and their mom has one these days, but I don't. I used to zest lemons on a little wasabi grater I have, but it's just not cutting it anymore. Especially when a recipe calls for zesting four large naval oranges. I now have carpal tunnel.
A couple of good knives. The old ones keep getting ruined somehow. The most recent debacle. My dad gave our good serrated knife to the lawn guys to cut sheets of turf because their own tools were inadequate (wtf). The serrated knife now looks like a slightly bumpy boning knife.
Also if Santa could somehow keep my dad out of the kitchen, that would be a lovely gift in itself.
fuuchan at 7:25PM on 11/02/09
--roasting pan
--an ice cream maker (I think hubby is afraid of buying it, in fear he'll actually need to start exercising)
--a couple of good knives (I accidentally dropped one on the ground, point down, in front of our cat. She's fine, but the knife is not.)
avaryne at 7:38PM on 11/02/09
Dear Santa Baby,
Please bring me the ability to eat anything I want while fitting into a size 4.
Love,
FineWineNDine
P.S. Will make lots of cookies for you (wink, wink)
finewinendine at 8:18PM on 11/02/09
someone to cook for.
cybercita at 8:32PM on 11/02/09
A wine aerator! (And he can have the pizza stone back.)
Onepot at 9:03PM on 11/02/09
A new up to date Food Saver...love those things.
Ribster at 9:23PM on 11/02/09
world peace. and a couple of first class tickets to France.
french tart at 9:23PM on 11/02/09
Pizza stone
Enamel dutch oven (5qt would be a good size)
Mandoline
gingercookiewithlime at 9:30PM on 11/02/09
mandoline
microplane
Nespresso Citiz machine (red)
nice wineglasses - the Ikea ones have lost their appeal...
PeanutButter at 9:56PM on 11/02/09
A vintage (but never-used) pretty enamel stovetop coffee percolator in a unique shape and an interesting color, like robin's egg blue, lemon or coral.
yayfood at 10:26PM on 11/02/09
I can't expect getting anything cooking-related from bf as he got so much crap for getting me a pressure cooker last year, from his mother and my host mother (I told them that was really what I wanted but they didn't believe me).
hmw0029 at 10:55PM on 11/02/09
A dutch oven would be nice, but I think I really want a pan that will make fond. Mmm... fond.
TurkeyandPickles at 11:17PM on 11/02/09
Adding to my list -- two mini cocottes from Staub. Drool.
avaryne at 11:21PM on 11/02/09
- another, bigger Le Creuset dutch oven (I love my little one, but it is, well, little)
- a stock/soup pot
- a pair of nice bread pans
- new cookie/baking sheets, mine are warped
^__^
Skythe at 11:56PM on 11/02/09
Food mill. They're pretty versatile and are a kitchen tool that I think most people underestimate because these days few people have them. But for making creamy mashed taters, gnocchi, apple sauce, etc. there's nothing better.
i'd also like to experiment a bit with the Alinea style of cooking and will be asking for stuff like agar agar to expand the pantry.
phenoderr at 11:58PM on 11/02/09
I want the new Kitchenaid pasts extruder attachment for my mixer.
dbcurrie at 12:05AM on 11/03/09
A large souffle dish.
New tablecloth and napkins.
Pilsner glasses.
ChelseaGuy52 at 12:07AM on 11/03/09
A Kitchenaid stand mixer so I can make meringues without my arm going numb from holding the hand-held.
thegourmetgal at 1:51AM on 11/03/09
Oh yeah, and ditto on the Pioneer Woman Cookbook--she was here in our city doing a book signing Friday and I had to be out of town that day!
thegourmetgal at 1:52AM on 11/03/09
@cybercita,
If I were Santa, I'd find your request the most fitting of all and do what I could to fill the order.
Since I'm not Santa, I'm asking (after a half century in the kitchen) for my first crockpot/slow cooker; I've seen so many of you discuss the successes you've had with yours. I'd also like a pizza stone and a small cast iron Dutch oven.
czken at 3:20AM on 11/03/09
cybercita - me too, but probably not going to happen by Christmas, so I'd settle for a nice dutch oven. My old one is aluminum, and I don't like to cook in aluminum that much anymore. (And in the meantime, there are always friends, shutins, the community center, etc. to cook for. My mechanic gave me a really good deal on tires yesterday, and he gets a pie with Northern Spies just as soon as I've got a minute).
I'm getting myself Shirley Corriher's CookWise (with an unexpired gift card). Spent some time looking at it over the weekend at a friend's house, and it's just the ticket. I have Harold McGee and love it, but CookWise more immediately useful.
lemonfair at 7:06AM on 11/03/09
I was lucky enough to be gifted with a Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer AND an Immersion Blender yesterday in anticipation of tomorrow's birthday! What a day!
arm1970 at 7:10AM on 11/03/09
@arm1970 - mine's tomorrow, too! Happy BD!!!
finewinendine at 7:56AM on 11/03/09
A knife safe to keep my husband from using my good knives to cut sheet rock and prune branches. Why can't he use the tools I got him for those tasks! I also wouldn't mind a quieter food processor--I ususally don't use my processor much--prefering to use a knife, but due to a knife shortage around here...
dhorst at 8:33AM on 11/03/09
@dhorst -- funny ..... you need to put a little sign on the knife rack .... i've had to put little signs up in my cabinets "do not put these in the microwave" pertaining to my grandmother's old fashioned soup bowls, they're probably 65-75 years old.... and i do use them everyday.
but if put into the wave, they might crack!
ah, what i'd like santa to bring me for xmas? i haven't thought that far ahead.... but maybe a good night's sleep for a change....
pooch at 9:12AM on 11/03/09
I'd love a bigger kitchen (hopefully the house we bid on will come thru for christmas)......a gas stove with 6 burners.......a really good stand mixer for when i do wedding cakes........but most of all i want new cables for my harley so i can mount the apehanger handlebars i got for my birthday !!!
onepercent99 at 9:18AM on 11/03/09
@finewinendine - Happy Birthday! I don't know anyone with my birthday!
arm1970 at 10:31AM on 11/03/09
A true Christmas wish would be a ticket to Italy and to cook side by side with local grandmas. I want to preserve what my grandma taught me and learn new things.
fatitalianbroad at 10:45AM on 11/03/09
I'd be very happy with new muffin tins for now. The bf wants Santa to spring for new saucepans, but I'm still procrastinating that purchase.
annabanannas at 11:05AM on 11/03/09
This is so funny and timely! I was just on my Amazon wish list yesterday afternoon rearranging things and establishing priorities. I have lots of cookbooks on my wish list but lately I've gotten into the habit of getting cookbooks from the library and giving them a test run. Any book I want to test drive is now on a private list which I will move to the public list after a perusal. On the gadget side, I'd love some odd sized measuring cups and measuring spoons and the kitchen aid pasta roller, which has gone up $30 since I first added it to my list! What's up with that?
Otabenga at 11:14AM on 11/03/09
@PoorOldMama, wicked toppic.
@fatitalianbroad: excellent choice; I'd love the same.
@finedine/arm: happy birthday!
@oncepercent99 - whoa man a gas stove would kick arse
Realistically: I'd love to get
- a cheese grater (I don't have one! OMG I can't believe it! I've been having to buy the "shredded" cheese for my mac n cheese...how embarassing)
- a microwave maybe? (not essential though)
- I broke my pepper-cracker...need another one of those :p
- A bottle of Wolf Blass Black Label maybe? (I've asked my mom for this three years in a row now and she insists its not going to happen)
- a good food-date :s the gentlemen I'm dating right now isn't much of a foodie: but I hope to break him in soon! (hes' a ketchup and KD kinda guy)-->any tips?
hungrychristel at 11:23AM on 11/03/09
I'd like the Momofuku book and a food mill. And some Vosges marshmallows.
worldcupfever at 11:37AM on 11/03/09
A Lodge Abelskiver pan and a copy of The Great Scandinavian Baking Book by Beatrice Ojakangas. I have her book on whole grain baking and it is outstanding. Also want Love Soup by Anna Thomas.
angelfood at 12:12PM on 11/03/09
A Tagine and a Molcajete...
sammie at 12:19PM on 11/03/09
@fatitalianbroad - That's a good wish. Luckily I've already been granted that present as we've booked our trip to Paris and Italy for April. I've already started planning out our culinary travels as the trip is part vacation and part research for my career.
I hope you get to travel to Italy soon as well.
phenoderr at 12:44PM on 11/03/09
Happy birthday arm and finewine
lemonfair at 12:52PM on 11/03/09
maybe a new kitchen would be nice. Delivered on the 25th of December, I could do that.
Carioca at 3:02PM on 11/03/09
Thanks for the good wishes. I am working on the dreams and will achieve them by next year. Hope all your wishes come true, too!
fatitalianbroad at 6:13PM on 11/03/09
I'm hoping for a 6 burner Weber Summit Grill in Black enamel.... But I won't hold my breath. LOL
mentored by A.B. at 7:15PM on 11/03/09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6wZQBh_Bg8
Cheese.
---
Ok. La Cruset anything, food processor, toaster oven, rice cooker....
then cheese. ;o)
CJ McD at 9:33PM on 11/03/09
This is a brilliant subject.
I have been sooo good this year, so I most definitely deserve a visit from Santa.
I would love a bright red Kitchen Aid stand mixer (I keep going on Amazon whilst I am at work and gazing at it adoringly. I'm in London and KitchenAids are way more expensive over here *sigh*)
A Magimix food processor - a nice big one.
Some Le Creuset cast iron pots (?dutch ovens?) in whatever colour he wished (although ideally something bright!)
Alternatively he could just drop off the winning EuroMillions lotto ticket and I can take care of buying it all for myself!
GreedyReader at 7:30AM on 11/04/09
a boyfriend to cook for...
MadelynRodriguez at 5:51PM on 11/06/09