3 Kitchen Gadgets that WORK! | By Request

Today I'm testing out 3 kitchen gadgets by request, all of which I found to work well.

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0:00 Butter Crock
3:32 Omelet Maker
8:23 Mueller Kettle
12:05 Conclusion

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[JRWatchman]

When i moved to the US from the UK, I was surprised how few people owned an electric kettle. No British home can be found without one.

[marycoughlan]

It’s amazing to watch someone trying out an electric kettle as if it were something new!

[rancid]

I figured I would give the omelet maker a try. Funny that the price is different depending on the color. I bought a yellow one since it was the cheapest. Crazy that a red one is almost $16.00 more. I guess the omelets taste the best when you make them in a red one. LOL

[garykitzis]

I have used a butter bell for a few years and am very happy with it. I use a soup spoon to pack the butter into the bell. Since butter and water don't mix, even if the batter falls out of the bell (which has never happened to me) all you have to do is put it in the refrigerator to harden, wipe off any excess water and pack it back into the bell. When softening the butter to put into the bell, you should keep it in the original package, not open to the air where bacteria could settle on the butter. Changing the water and occasionally washing the bowls is very easy.

[jadekwong]

I have the omelette maker and the kettle. The omelette sits collecting dust. The kettles, (I have 3) are in constant use. Water for cooking, tea, coffee, etc. so much faster. For me it’s also about safety. I have a tendency to forget the stove is on even with a whistling kettle. So an electric kettle that turns itself off is a must.

[seanfoltz]

I make my own butter so the butter crock might be useful.
For those who would like to as well the recipe is simple - pour a quart of whipping cream into a stand mixer, salt and season to taste (ie/garlic powder for garlic butter or Italian seasoning for a more exotic butter), set to whip level 6 or 7 depending on your model and just stop and scrape down the sides ever two or three minutes - the cream will turn into butter in about fifteen minutes.
Drop the chunks into some water with ice to wash the butter milk off of it, gently squeeze and pat off the water and that's it - you'll have a grapefruit sized ball of butter which is as good or better than whatever you can get in the store and potentially cheaper too.

[americanflika]

The trick to the butter bell is to be sure and seal the butter against the sides so that the water can't travel up behind the butter and break the seals, i.e. fall out. We've used one for 10+ years, love them.🎉

[mrs.antihero]

I love my butter bell and electric kettle, both of which I've had for years. I do like the glass one you tried- it's fun to see when it's boiling, also useful if you want to stop it just short of boiling, for white tea or what have you. Mine is completely opaque and looks like a traditional stove-top type.

[clee]

6 minutes for a kettle to boil? As a Brit I am shooketh 😮

[Shannan]

The best way to load the butter crock is to leave the butter wrapped while on the counter getting room temp. Then open one side of the package and push it into the crock with the wrapper covering you hand. No mess and it seems like the butter gets more compacted into the crock than with a spoon.

[AMG]

We keep our butter in a butter dish on the counter… never had an issue. My grandparents (lived to a ripe old 85 and 91 respectively ) had no AC and very hot summers… did the same.

[jekku]

You _can_ keep butter out on your counter, as long as it's covered (I use an old-fashioned butter dish, and have NEVER had an issue with it going rancid, which usually only happens after quite a long time). Plus it doesn't get wet! SUGGESTION: a good 'old fashioned' (well, maybe a modern version) *percolator!*

[TheHrb]

As a tea drinking Brit living in the USA, one of my first purchases was a kettle. I use one very similar to the one you reviewed and have been very happy with it for a number of years. I just wish we had 240V here rahter than 120V so the water would boil quicker though haha.

[AlienFrequency]

The stovetop kettle makes that cool whistling sound though.

[cdorst]

I have that same kettle. Love it. I use it for canning when I need to add boiling water to jars.

[IanSmith]

The kettle review was so funny because it’s just such a standard kitchen item in every British home. I don’t even drink tea or coffee and I still have a cheap one.

[Sarafimm]

Some beverages require less than boiling temperature for optimal flavor (many teas). Having an electric kettle that has a temperature maximum dial would be beneficial.

[Korvmannen]

Electric kettles are very common in Europe throughout. We also have 240V power sockets, so it goes *a lot faster* in our kitchen than in an American 120V. Regardless, you can "start and forget" with an electric kettle which you can't with a stove one. That feature alone is great. I don't say walk away from it if you start it, but if you're in the kitchen you don't have to rush over to take it off the heat and it's way more energy efficient.

[Far-East-Beast]

Nothing wrong with leaving butter on the kitchen counter in a some what air tight container

[whoopsydaisy]

I was so excited about my butter bell when I got it. Then I kept forgetting to change the water and ruined about two pounds of butter. I eventually accepted that butter bells and ADHD don't mesh well so I that sucker to the thrift store and went back to keeping butter in my ordinary covered ceramic butter dish. lol

I got tired of refilling and re-boiling a kettle several times a day and got a Zojirushi water boiler/warmer instead. It keeps the water at my preferred temperature all day long. It was a bit pricey but I regret nothing. That Mueller kettle was a rockstar while I had it though.

I know some kids who would love that omlette maker. I might have to pick up a few of them.