I hate this thing. I understand that there may be people out there that find this useful or helpful in their life and that is okay. But for me personally, if you're just the average home cook, this is a waste of money. You're only using it for one thing, it only gets one job done, it also is extremely ugly to look at,…
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Cooking Tools Everyone Needs
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I hate this thing. I understand that there may be people out there that find this useful or helpful in their life and that is okay. But for me personally, if you're just the average home cook, this is a waste of money. You're only using it for one thing, it only gets one job done, it also is extremely ugly to look at,…
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Now, I know what you're thinking, Josh, I love my garlic press. Okay, fine. Some people think it makes it easier, but the reality is this is just not something you need. If you have the free cash flow to just throw at a garlic press, then fine. But there are tools that will handle other things you can spend money once…
Now, I know what you're thinking, Josh, I love my garlic press. Okay, fine. Some people think it makes it easier, but the reality is this is just not something you need. If you have the free cash flow to just throw at a garlic press, then fine. But there are tools that will handle other things you can spend money once…
using a glass cutting board is almost like next level you're you're to piss me off. No glass cutting boards, no bamboo cutting boards.
I've already said to not use bamboo cutting boards
Do yourself a favor, start with a 10-in chef's knife and any cutting board that is made [music] of maple or some sort of decent wood. You can also use a rubber cutting board, that's fine, too.
Do yourself a favor, start with a 10-in chef's knife and any cutting board that is made [music] of maple or some sort of decent wood. You can also use a rubber cutting board, that's fine, too.
These two items can do so much by themselves. This feels like the caveman invention that invented a million other things. What a food processor can do, this can do. Much slower and less efficiently, but it can [music] do. What a mandolin can do, these two things can do. What a mortar and pestle can do, technically…
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These two items can do so much by themselves. This feels like the caveman invention that invented a million other things. What a food processor can do, this can do. Much slower and less efficiently, but it can [music] do. What a mandolin can do, these two things can do. What a mortar and pestle can do, technically…
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You don't need the set of 20, just get these [music] four and you can handle most tasks for meals between two and four people. And that is a 10-in nonstick skillet, a 12-in stainless [music] steel skillet.
I really am a big believer in stainless steel.
You don't want to spend money on stainless steel? Get cast iron.
You don't need the set of 20, just get these [music] four and you can handle most tasks for meals between two and four people. And that is a 10-in nonstick skillet, a 12-in stainless [music] steel skillet.
it does not matter how much money you spend on your knife. It's fine. Get the cheapest 10-in knife you can get. You don't need a multiple knives, you need one 10-in chef's knife. That's it.
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It'll have its own problems, but the point is aluminum, stainless, or cast iron 12-in skillet.
You don't want to get cast iron? Get like aluminum. That's fine. Aluminum is like the cheapest option.
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You don't want to get cast iron? Get like aluminum. That's fine. Aluminum is like the cheapest option.
This doesn't have to be tri-ply, it doesn't have to be super expensive.
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So, anything that needs to boil to cook goes in here, and then sauces that need to be made, or things that need to be melted, go in here.
you have two pot options. The 2-qt sauce pot and the four or six quart sauce pot. These are my two most used pots by far for sauces, boiling things quickly, etc., etc.
You need something to clean up with, you need something to wash your face with, something to dry your hands with.
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these have more purposes than just cleaning. These double as pot holders, as oven mitts.
You need kitchen towels. This is a non-negotiable.
You don't need to buy oven mitts. In fact, I have oven mitts, and I almost never use them, because guess what's always readily available? My towels.
And also cheap, so that you can throw them away and buy more.
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I really like these sort of like, some people call them oshies, restaurant style kitchen towels. They're a little bit ugly, I'll give you that, but the beauty of them is they're super absorbent and they're nice.
I really like these sort of like, some people call them oshies, restaurant style kitchen towels. They're a little bit ugly, I'll give you that, but the beauty of them is they're super absorbent and they're nice.
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this next one is the only time I will recommend you get a set, just because it's economical, and they're pretty basic. And that is stainless [music] steel bowls.
the reason why you need this set is because you need different sizes. You need a giant bowl for things like mixing salads, [music] things like tossing large quantities of vegetables or potatoes or chopped up meat, whatever. Point is, you need a large one for that. You need one slightly smaller than that for multiple…
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Glass is a good choice, too, but if you're going to get glass, make sure it's thick, heat-resistant glass like a Pyrex.
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I would try to avoid plastic for two reasons. Number one, they retain odors. Number two, they stain very easily. And number three, and this is more of a health, it's up to you, I don't give a but they do have microplastics in them, so if you're trying to avoid that.
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Guys, this thing does everything a food processor can do, but if you injected it with human growth hormone and steroids back-to-back every day for 5 years and it was on like an Arnold [music] Schwarzenegger training program.
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