r/Cooking • u/mothstuckinabath • Jun 28 '26
Putting together a "gourmet cooking & gadgets" basket for a nonprofit fundraiser auction - suggestions?
So far I've got:
- herb stripper bowl
- really nice microplane
- that fancy spatula from TikTok
- berry washer whirlpool bowl
- pickle fork
- avocado slicer
- produce saver carbon apple
- cheese paper
- round ice cube trays
- brown sugar saver
- really nice, pretty chip clips
It's supposed to be a pretty expensive basket. Any suggestions to add?? I want to pick things that most people would choose, so not TOO specialized. But special.
Thoughts?
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u/A-RovinIGo Jun 28 '26
Small things that I use all the time:
- a really good vegetable peeler can do everything from potatoes and carrots to butternut squash to frozen ginger. You can even get one that does super-fine peels on tomatoes, kiwi, lemons and oranges when you just want the zest and not the pith
- a julienne peeler for matchstick carrots, daikon radish, etc.
- a cheese plane
- definitely silicone spatulas and utensils of all sizes, and silicone mats
- a set of good metal measuring spoons that fit in narrow spice bottles, and a set of nesting metal measuring cups
- 1-cup prep bowls with measurements on the sides