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dsalmon

Soon to be renting my first ever place on my own. Starting pretty much from scratch due to end of relationship so want to invest in some good basics for food prep and enjoying time in the kitchen. Birthday and Christmas lists will be kitchen focussed.

What are the hive minds recommendations for:

Kettle - quiet and fast
Pan sets - steel, long lasting
Frying pan - thinking 2, one heavy bottom pan, one lighter
Slow cooker
Air fryer - necessary for solo life?
Blender
Food processor
Decent bottle opener also a must

Any life saving utensils etc people can’t live without?

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hugo7 in reply to @dsalmon
- kettle: check out this site for the most current one. Be aware that if you're in a hard water area limescale build up will increase the noise so get those mesh ball descaler things and clean often.
- Slow cooker: no offence, but is it worth it if you're on your jays?
- Bottle opener: Murano https://www.winegiftcentre.com/product/murano-best-corkscrew/
Any life saving utensils etc people can’t live without?
- Silicone spatula
- no-scratch spaghetti serving scoop spoon thing
- wide sieve spoon thing for poached eggs
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aggi in reply to @dsalmon

Slow cooker

Air fryer - necessary for solo life?

You can get a slow cooker, pressure cooker, air fryer all in one.

Personally I find a pressure cooker more useful than slow cooker. They are a bit bulky though.

I have Circulon Infinite saucepans. Had them for 10 years and still in really good condition.

Kettle is probably quiet or fast. I've got a russell hobbs rapid boil https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2137074 which is quiet in theory but not so much in reality. It is quick though and you can use it for boiling small amounts.

Do you really need a blender and food processor. Obviously slightly different purposes but a fair few of the functions overlap.

Other obvious thing is knives.

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