Which kitchen utensils/gadgets do you use often?

[tortiecat]

Spatulas(silicone, they last for years), tongs(one with long handles that I can reach items in cupboard with),
immersible mixer for my soups, corkscrew ,wooden spoons, measuring cups, potato peeler( mostly used
to peel strings off of celery) and also for thin slices of cheese, an oven mitt and pot holder are on a hook
beside the stove, and too many other utensils to mention.

 

[applecruncher]

How many oven mitts or pot holders do you have in your drawer??

A couple pot holders in drawer, one pot holder on hook, one oven mitt (long, goes to elbow) but I repeatedly forget to reach for it and end up burning my arm. Go figure.

 

[Lethe200]

I use commercial rubber spatulas that are high-heat resistant. I buy 4 or 5 at a time from the restaurant supply store. Tried the "home cook" version from Rubbermaid via Amazon, but it's floppier and too much of a bowl-shape. Plus, it's actually cheaper at the pro store, and they last for decades.

 

[applecruncher]

@StarSong

Do you bake for people who are visiting (family and friends for the holidays, etc.) or do you also bake for events that are held elsewhere, and if so, how do you transport the food?

 

[StarSong]

I bake for family and friends. We host large parties in our home for which I make pizza all night (usually 24 per party). During the parties guests of all ages decorate cookies and then take home trays of cookies that we pre-assemble that afternoon plus whatever they've decorated that evening.

During the holiday season I make roughly 5000 cookies. I know, because one year my husband asked me to count them. We give a lot away as party gifts, plus ship about 20 boxes to friends and family who've live afar.