{"id":807729,"date":"2020-05-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383685"},"modified":"2020-05-22T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T16:00:00","slug":"my-favorite-quarantine-cooking-gadgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/my-favorite-quarantine-cooking-gadgets\/","title":{"rendered":"My favorite quarantine cooking gadgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/ColGeiger-SDN-052220-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/ColGeiger-SDN-052220-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/ColGeiger-SDN-052220-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/ColGeiger-SDN-052220-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/ColGeiger-SDN-052220-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/ColGeiger-SDN-052220-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Quarantine means more people are cooking at home. Loaf pans, electric kettles, hand mixers and more are useful when making the lockdown\u2019s trendy recipes.<\/strong><br \/><em>Jefferson Geiger \/ jgeiger@summitdaily.com<\/em><br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/SummitDaily.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+SummitDaily.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/my-favorite-quarantine-cooking-gadgets\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/ColGeiger-SDN-052220-1024x683.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/ColGeiger-SDN-052220-scaled.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Don\u2019t know what to do this weekend? Well, you\u2019ve come to the right place. Pull up a seat to the counter, and I\u2019ll tell you about everything that\u2019s hot and happening.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cooking at home is on the rise as folks opt to stay inside and amateur chefs have been gobbling up one viral recipe after another to stay occupied. Yours truly is no different, and I\u2019ve found there\u2019s a few cooking gadgets and tools I\u2019ve been using more frequently.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hand mixer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dalgona coffee was the first quarantine trend I tried because it looked so delicious and is extremely easy to make. Take equal parts instant coffee, sugar and hot water (usually two tablespoons each, though you could use less sugar depending on taste) and whisk them together until the whipped mixture is caramel in color with stiff peaks. Then dollop it on top of a glass of milk and enjoy. While you could do it manually, a hand mixer or whisk attachment for an immersion blender saves you precious minutes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row sd-donation sd-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The blender also can be used to make hearty soups that sit on the stove or in the slow cooker all day as you binge television and sip coffees. Now people are whipping all sorts of drinks. I\u2019ve even seen recipes for a White Russian dalgona drink that I\u2019m itching to try for happy hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Electric kettle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re making dalgona coffee often, then an electric kettle is a simple way to get the water to the right temperature quickly. Aside from coffee, I\u2019m also drinking a lot more tea than usual, especially chamomile, to help with stress and odd sleeping habits that have developed due to the quarantine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Loaf pan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve noticed a shortage of yeast and flours on grocery store shelves, that\u2019s because I lot of people have picked up baking as a hobby. Beer bread, banana bread, sourdough bread, focaccia \u2014 you name it, people are baking it. \u201cThe Great British Baking Show\u201d has reentered my queue, as well, which only fuels my temptation to bake \u2014 and eat \u2014 lots of bread.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, lots of recipes can be made in a free-form boule, but it doesn\u2019t hurt to invest in a convenient loaf pan for quick breads with wet dough.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Serrated knife<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once the bake is complete, you\u2019re going to need a way to slice it up without ruining the product, and a serrated knife is the best way to do so. Homemade bagels also are becoming increasingly popular, and the knife will make sure you have the perfectly even surface for spreading jam and butter. You could use a bagel slicer, but that might squish your hard work rather than slice it if the blade is too dull. I\u2019m eagerly awaiting a 5,000-word, 32-page recipe booklet for Parachute\u2019s bing bread to arrive, and you can bet when I make the potato, cheese and bacon dish from a Michelin-starred restaurant that I\u2019m going to use a serrated knife.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paprika<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, I\u2019m not talking about the spice. As you comb the internet for the latest and greatest trendy quarantine recipes, you\u2019re going to need a place to store them. The Paprika app has become my virtual recipe binder where I can menu plan my favorite dishes from Half Baked Harvest, Eater, The Takeout, The New York Times, Serious Eats and more \u2014 all in one location.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong. I love cookbooks, but I\u2019m also a millennial with limited bookshelves, and I don\u2019t want to scour a bunch of browser bookmarks to find that one thing I made months ago. The app has a ton of useful features, too, such as scaling up or down servings with a push of a button.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jefferson Geiger is the arts and entertainment editor for the Summit Daily News and managing editor for Everything Summit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/my-favorite-quarantine-cooking-gadgets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quarantine means more people are cooking at home. Loaf pans, electric kettles, hand mixers and more are useful when making the lockdown\u2019s trendy recipes.Jefferson Geiger \/ jgeiger@summitdaily.com Buy Photo Don\u2019t know what to do this weekend? Well, you\u2019ve come to the right place. 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