Your worst kitchen purchase

Raymond Lin said:
You are missing the point.

Of the FRUIT WORLD.

It was not about actual calories, fat, carbs, protein and all that crap content.

It was compared to other fruits, since when does other fruit has salt, addictive.

As for taste, that is subjective....i know people who think it taste like glue. I know people who think it tastes furry. I know people think won't touch it because it is radioactive. (seriously)

Don't mention other fruits because no other fruits has addictive.

It was merely a metaphor, you do know what that means right ?
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There is no need to be patronizing, I know exactly what he meant but he was just plain wrong. McDonalds is about the worst burger you can buy, Bananas are definitely not the worst fruit you can buy. E.g. compared to say Blueberries it has far more potassium, magnesium, Vit B6, similar fiber and vit C and sugars, and the same lack of protein.


Things like grapes and water melon have far lower fiber, vitamins, minerals and higher sugar content. Even compared to an orange a Banana has far more vitamins, minerals -just way less Vit C.

So no, a Banana is great
 
Haha, only on OcUK could someone get defensive over their fruit of choice, I love this place.

I gotta say, I was always under the same impression as Raymond, which is to say that bananas are pretty much one of the worst fruits and spike your blood sugar like a chocolate biscuit.

As fascinating as it is that they've got loads of vitamin C or whatever in them, it's pretty much irrelevant since we're not exactly living in a scurvy epidemic. On the other hand, we do seem to have a growing problem (puntastic) with obesity and diabetes, so if bananas really are more sugary than most other fruits, you could understand someone describing them as the fruit equivalent of a maccie's cheeseburger.
 
Jolteh said:
Haha, only on OcUK could someone get defensive over their fruit of choice, I love this place.

I gotta say, I was always under the same impression as Raymond, which is to say that bananas are pretty much one of the worst fruits and spike your blood sugar like a chocolate biscuit.

As fascinating as it is that they've got loads of vitamin C or whatever in them, it's pretty much irrelevant since we're not exactly living in a scurvy epidemic. On the other hand, we do seem to have a growing problem (puntastic) with obesity and diabetes, so if bananas really are more sugary than most other fruits, you could understand someone describing them as the fruit equivalent of a maccie's cheeseburger.
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There is less sugar in a banana then many other fruits of the same portion size (e.g. Less than an apple). People says bananas are excellent energy food because of the potassium and magnesium - much like Gatorade etc.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
You are thinking FAR too hard into this.
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Not really, I had always thought bananas were healthy food packed with vitamins and minerals, some people tried claim otherwise so I spent 1 minute on google to double check, confirming my earlier belief.
 
D.P. said:
There is less sugar in a banana then many other fruits of the same portion size (e.g. Less than an apple). People says bananas are excellent energy food because of the potassium and magnesium - much like Gatorade etc.
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I'm pretty sure they don't have less sugar than an apple, but I don't care enough to check properly if I'm honest. I'm sure they are an "excellent energy food" (advertising speak for "contains loads of sugar" - see earlier point). Quite what potassium or magnesium have to do with it I'm not sure - these aren't energy sources.

D.P. said:
I had always thought bananas were healthy food packed with vitamins and minerals, some people tried claim otherwise so I spent 1 minute on google to double check, confirming my earlier belief.
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Whether they're healthy or not is pretty subjective. If you don't have enough of something in your body, then consuming a food containing it will benefit your health and therefore be healthy. Ergo in some situations a Big Mac could be considered healthy. People generally consume way more "vitamins and minerals" than they can use or store just off eating normally and just end up peeing the rest out, so eating food specifically for them is a pretty pointless exercise.
 
Enough about bananas already. Jesus.

I got a 750W stick blender at great expense a couple of years ago. Fact was, even on the slow setting it just sprayed whatever you were blending all over the place and made a right mess. Then on top of that it was too powerful for the attachments and shredded the whisk and mini chopper. It sat in the cupboard for a while before going off to charity.

Second vote for fake Kilner jars - they're rubbish. And I also got rid of my juicer because it was such a pain to clean :D
 
Worst kitchen purchase has to be a chip pan. Cooking chips after a night drinking is not to be recommended.
 
Mortar & Pestle for me. used... once and never since. Why I thought that would be a useful thing to have around I will never know.
 
Reading this thread has made me realise how much useless crud I have clogging up my kitchen cupboards.

Since a steamer was mentioned above, I'll start with that - my electric steamer which I bought years ago but only used a few times. I much prefer to use the stovetop one or the bamboo steamer with a wok.

Next would be the food processor. Since I have a stand mixer and a good stick blender, the food processor hardly ever gets used.

I'm another one who bought a garlic press that doesn't do what it's supposed to. To be honest, it's not that much hassle to do it with the back of a knife.

George Foreman grill. If I had space to keep it on the worktop, I'd use it a lot more but, as it has to live in the cupboard, I forget to use it.

Huge selection of mixing bowls; about half of which have never been used - including one so big you could bath a baby in it.
 
We have 2 that are just a waste of space. A toaster from somewhere like M&S that's never worked since we moved in. You have to stand there will the lever down because it wont lock into place on its own. The good thing about that though is you can get the toast just as you like it....as you have no choice other than to watch the bread toast.

The other is a toasty maker we had from Sainsbury's. We like the odd toasty (who doesn't?) so when we bought this we had high hopes for some lava filled cheesy toasted bread fests. Didn't quite work out like that haha. The toasty is too small to take a whole slice of bread and you end up with half a loaf hanging over the edges. This means that your filling area, and lets be honest this is the most important bit, is only big enough to hold a corner of cheese and a bacon fart. All that coupled with the fact that when you bring the toasty lid down all the cheese (and anything else) escapes from anywhere it can, its about as useful as the toaster!
 
weirdly i use most of the stuff in the kitchen... having said that i do have a fondu set some relatives bought me thats tucked away at the back of a cupboard somewhere - keep meaning to use it but then i realise its not the 70s...

Also have a garlic roaster we got for a present one year, what a crock (;)) - totally useless, might as well just shove it on a baking tray...

All this talk of garlic crushing problems leads me to one of my best kitchen purchases (or gifts) a fine microplan - its amazing for 'crushing' garlic - turns it into a fine mush with nearly no effort or mess :)
 
oll3h said:
The other is a toasty maker we had from Sainsbury's. We like the odd toasty (who doesn't?) so when we bought this we had high hopes for some lava filled cheesy toasted bread fests. Didn't quite work out like that haha. The toasty is too small to take a whole slice of bread and you end up with half a loaf hanging over the edges. This means that your filling area, and lets be honest this is the most important bit, is only big enough to hold a corner of cheese and a bacon fart. All that coupled with the fact that when you bring the toasty lid down all the cheese (and anything else) escapes from anywhere it can, its about as useful as the toaster!
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There is definately an art to it. I use my toasty machine quite a lot and so long as you lay your fillings out correctly on the bread then it won't spill out. As for the bread hanging over the edges, its just a fact that this happens and sometimes it tends to be a big soggy. About half way through cooking I use a knife you just tuck the hangover underneath the plates, problem solved.

I feel I ought to stick up for the toasty machine as the results are brilliant!

I also have an apple peeler-corer-slicer, which is an epic gadget, but it rarely gets used!
 
My mums got a toastie maker from the 70's the type with the frayed blue and black wires wrapped in fabric, the external gets so hot your worktop catches fire, you have to use a pair of pliers to unlock the handle and it oozes black gunge from it's innards when in use, however it makes the best toasties I've ever tasted.

I've told her she is to never ever throw it away..... ever
 
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